Research areas 

• Philosophy of science and technology
• Intelligent systems
• Human-computer interaction
• Theoretical foundations of information systems 
   

Biography

Shirley Gregor is a Professor Emerita at the Australian National University. Her research interests include artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction and the philosophy of science and technology. 

Professor Gregor spent a number of years in the computing industry in Australia and the United Kingdom before beginning an academic career. She obtained her Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Queensland in 1996. Her research has appeared in the leading outlets in her field, including MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Information Systems Research, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, and European Journal of Information Systems. She has been named in a Stanford University study as being in the top 2% of scientists worldwide.  

Professor Gregor’s international reputation rests largely on her contributions to the design science research paradigm in computing fields. She has led large applied research projects aimed at societal benefit that that have embodied and developed her work on DSR. Projects have been funded by the Meat Research Corporation, the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, the Australian Research Council and AusAID. Her project in the beef industry on supply chain management and e-commerce 1997-2003 contributed to the award of an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honour’s list in June 2005.  

Professor Gregor was inaugural President of the Australasian Association of Information Systems 2002-2003 and Region 3 (Asia/Pacific) Councillor for the Association of Information Systems 2007-2009. She was a Senior Editor for MIS Quarterly 2008-2010 and was Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of the Association of Information Systems from September, 2010 to September, 2013. 

In 2005 she was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society. In 2010 she was made a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems, the peak global body for the discipline. In 2014 she was awarded a Schöller Senior Fellowship at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nurenberg. She was given a DESRIST Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 for contributions to design science research in information systems and technology. In 2024 she was recognised by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) with an AIS LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement in information systems. 
 

Shirley Gregor - Journal Publications 

2026 

Buyssens, H., Viaene, S., Gregor, S., Rossi, M., & Haj-Bolouri, A. (2026). ORCA: Guiding principles for navigating uncertainty in design research. Decision Support Systems, 206, 114677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2026.114677 

2025 

Gregor, S. (2025). Being Creative with a Non-Human: The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Art. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 29. 

Ramakrishnan, M., Gregor, S., Shrestha, A., & Soar, J. (2025). Addressing knowledge gaps in ITSM practice with “learning digital commons”: A case study. Information Systems Frontiers, 27(3), 965-989. 

2024 

Rinta-Kahila, T., Someh, I., Gillespie, N., Indulska, M., & Gregor, S. (2024). Managing unintended consequences of algorithmic decision-making: The case of Robodebt. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, 14(1), 165-171. 

Gregor, S., & Zwikael, O. (2024). Design science research and the co-creation of project management knowledge. International Journal of Project Management, 42(3), 102584. 

Haj-Bolouri, A., Conboy, K., & Gregor, S. (2024). Research Perspectives: An Encompassing Framework for Conceptualizing Space in Information Systems: Philosophical Perspectives, Themes, and Concepts. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 25(2), 407-441. 

Gregor, S. (2024). Responsible artificial intelligence and journal publishing. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 25(1), 48-60. 

2023 

Ramakrishnan, M., Gregor, S., Shrestha, A., & Soar, J. (2023). Design Principles for Platform-Enabled Knowledge Commons with an Expository Instantiation. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 24(5), 1413-1438. (https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais_preprints/98 

Sun, R., & Gregor, S. (2023). Reconceptualizing platforms in information systems research through the lens of service-dominant logic. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 32(3), 101791. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0963868723000379 

Gregor, S., Gunawardena, M., Imran, A., Okai-Ugbaje, S., Page Jeffery, C.  and Wilson, R. (2023). Indigenous knowledge-sharing interventions in Australia and the use of information and communication technology: A scoping review. Australasian Journal of Information Systems. URL: https://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/4217 

Gregor, S. (2023). A Design Research Journey. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 52(1), 15. URL: https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol52/iss1/15/ 

2022 

Ramakrishnan, M., Gregor, S., Shrestha, A. and Soar, J. (2022). Achieving Industry-aligned Education through Digital Commons: A Case Study. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 63(4), 950-964. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08874417.2022.2115955 

Rinta-Kahila, T., Someh, I., Gillespie, N., Indulska, M. and Gregor, S. (2022). Algorithmic Decision-Making and System Destructiveness: A Case of Automatic Debt Recovery, European Journal of Information Systems, 31(3), 313-338. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0960085X.2021.1960905 

[Awards: 2023 Stafford Beer Medal from the Operational Research Society: 2023 Association for Information Systems Senior Scholar Best IS Publication Award] 

Hevner, A., and Gregor, S. (2022). Envisioning Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation through a Design Science Research Lens: A Matrix Approach. Information & Management, 59, 3, 103350. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378720620302883 

2021 

Ngo, N., Gregor, S., Beavan, G. and Riley, B. (2021). The Role of Bystanders in the Prevention of Railway Suicides in New South Wales, Australia. Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention.  URL: https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.1027/0227-5910/a000804 

Lee, J-K., Park, J., Gregor, S., and Yoon, V. (2021). Axiomatic Theories and Improving the Relevance of Information Systems Research. Information Systems Research. URL: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/isre.2020.0958 

Sun, R., Gregor, S., & Fielt, E. (2021). Generativity and the paradox of stability and flexibility in a platform architecture: A case of the Oracle Cloud Platform. Information & Management, 58(8), 103548. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378720621001221 

Other Selected Papers 

Riaz, A., Gregor, S. and Lin, A. (2018). Biophilia and Biophobia in Website Design: Improving Internet Information Dissemination. Information & Management, 55, 2, 199-214. 

Gregor, S., Imran, A., Turner, T. (2014). A ‘Sweet Spot” Intervention in a Least Developed Country: Leveraging eGovernment Outcomes in Bangladesh, European Journal of Information Systems, 23, 6, 655-671. 

Gregor, S., Lin, A., Gedeon, T., Riaz, A., and Zhu, D. (Spring 2014). Neuroscience and a Nomological Network for Understanding Emotions in Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, 30, 4, 13-47. 

Gregor, S. and Hevner, A. (2013). Positioning and Presenting Design Science Research for Maximum Impact, MIS Quarterly, 37, 2, 337-356. 

Gregor, S. and Jones, D. (2007). The Anatomy of a Design Theory, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 8(5), 312-335. 

Gregor, S., Hart, D., and Martin, N. (2007). Enterprise Architectures: Enablers of Business Strategy and IS/IT Alignment in Government. Information Technology & People, 20, 2, 96-120. 

Gregor, S., Martin, M. Fernandez, W., Stern, S., Vitale, M. (2006). The transformational dimension in the realization of business value from information technology, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 15(3), 249-270. 

Lynch, T. and Gregor, S. (2004). User Participation in Decision Support Systems Development: Influencing System Outcomes, European Journal of Information Systems, 13(4), 286-301. 

Gregor, S. (2006). The Nature of Theory in Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, 30(3), 611-642. 

Gregor, S. and Benbasat, I. (1999) Explanations from Intelligent Systems: Theoretical Foundations and Implications for Practice, MIS Quarterly, 23(4), 497-530. 

Other Publications: 

For a longer list of publications since 2001, see 
https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/gregor-sd

Editorial Boards: 

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 2010-2013 

Senior Editor, Management Information Systems Quarterly, 2008-2010 

Associate Editor, Management Information Systems Quarterly, 2006-2007 

Senior Editor, Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 2007-. 

Guest Editor, Special Issue on Design Science, Journal of Information Systems and e-Business Management, 2009 (with Alan Hevner).