Digital assemblages: Evidence and theorizing from the computerization of the U.S. residential real estate industry

Sawyer, S., Crowston, K., & Wigand, R.. (2014). Digital assemblages: Evidence and theorizing from the computerization of the U.S. residential real estate industry. New Technology, Work And Employment, 29(1), 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12020

My paper was selected as one of the best published information systems papers of 2012

Submitted by crowston on Wed, 2014-01-01 21:05

As announced at ICIS 2013 in December 2013, my paper with Mary Beth Watson-Manheim and Katherine M. Chudoba (, Information Systems Journal, Volume 22, Issue 1, 29-52) was selected as one the best published information systems papers of 2012.

Presentation at the National Academy of Science

Submitted by crowston on Wed, 2013-10-23 09:00

I was invited to give a response to two papers on "Technology and Design for Team Science" in the Workshop on Institutional and Organizational Supports for Team Science, part of the National Academies .

ICPSR challenge grant for research data management

Submitted by crowston on Wed, 2013-07-24 00:00

Jian Qin and I were awarded one of four one-year challenge grants from ICPSR's Sloan-funded project on "Building Community Engagement in Data Citation and Open Access to Data," to support innovative research on topics related to the management and stewardship of research data (see the press release ).

Peer Production, Collective Intelligence, and Open Communities: Issues for Researchers and Educators

Submitted by crowston on Tue, 2013-06-25 12:54

I recently took part in a webinar on "Peer Production, Collective Intelligence, and Open Communities: Issues for Researchers and Educators". The recording is posted here:

Planet Hunters and Seafloor Explorers: Legitimate Peripheral Participation Through Practice Proxies in Online Citizen Science

Mugar, G., Østerlund, C., Hassman, K. D. V., Crowston, K., & Jackson, C. B.. (2014). Planet Hunters and Seafloor Explorers: Legitimate Peripheral Participation Through Practice Proxies in Online Citizen Science. In 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2014). https://doi.org/10.1145/2531602.2531721

Exploring data quality in games with a purpose

Prestopnik, N., Crowston, K., & Wang, J.. (2014). Exploring data quality in games with a purpose. In iConference. https://doi.org/10.9776/14066

Forgotten island: A story-driven citizen science adventure

Prestopnik, N., & Souid, D.. (2013). Forgotten island: A story-driven citizen science adventure (W. E. Mackay, Brewster, S., & Bødker, S., Trans.). In CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2643–2646). https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2479484

The future of citizen science: emerging technologies and shifting paradigms

Newman, G., Wiggins, A., Crall, A., Graham, E., Newman, S., & Crowston, K.. (2012). The future of citizen science: emerging technologies and shifting paradigms. Frontiers In Ecology And The Environment, 10(6), 298–304. https://doi.org/10.1890/110294

Open Source Software Adoption: A Technological Innovation Perspective

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