AVISON David

David Avison is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Information Systems at ESSEC Business School, near Paris, France. He joined ESSEC in 2000 after being Professor at the School of Management at Southampton University for nine years. He has also held posts at Brunel and Aston Universities in England, and the University of Technology Sydney and University of New South Wales in Australia, and elsewhere. He was President of the Association of Information Systems (AIS) for 2008-9. He was founding editor of Information Systems Journal, rated as a 'core' international research journal in information systems. So far, twenty-five books are to his credit including the fourth edition of the well-used text Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools (authored with Guy Fitzgerald) and most reently Information Systems Project Management (with Reza Torkzedah). He has published a large number of research papers in learned journals, edited texts and conference papers. He was Chair of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) 8.2 group on the impact of IS/IT on organisations and society. He was past President of the UK Academy for Information Systems and also chair of the UK Heads and Professors of IS and is presently member of the IS Senior Scholars Forum. He was joint programme chair of the International Conference in Information Systems (ICIS) in Las Vegas, joint programme chair of IFIP TC8 conference at Santiago Chile and again in Milan, Italy, programme chair of the IFIPWG8.2 conference in Amsterdam, panels chair for the European Conference in Information Systems at Copenhagen and publicity chair for the entity-relationship conference in Paris and chair of several other UK and European conferences. He also acts as consultant, most recently with a leading manufacturer developing their IT/IS strategy. He researches in the area of information systems development and more generally on information systems in their natural organizational setting, in particular using action research, though he has also used a number of other qualitative research approaches. David received the LEO Award for lifetime exceptional achievement in San Francisco December 2018 having preciously been awarded IFIP Silver Core and Fellowship of the AIS..

• 2003 : Habilité à Diriger des Recherches (Université de Nantes, France)
• 1990 : Ph.D. in Information Systems (Aston University, United Kingdom)
• 1974 : MSc, Applications in Computing (CNAA) (Metropolitan University London, United Kingdom)
• 1969 : BSc, Economics (University of Leicester, United Kingdom)

Full-time academic appointments

• 2004 - Present : Distinguished Emeritus Professor (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2000 - 2004 : Professor (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 1991 - 2000 : PROFESSOR and HEAD of DEPARTMENT (Southampton Business School, United Kingdom)

Other Academic Appointments

• 2003 - 2005 : Head of Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2000 - Present : Visiting Professor (Brunel University, United Kingdom)
• 2000 - 2005 : Visiting Professor (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
• 2000 - 2005 : Visiting Professor (University of Technology, Australia)
• 1977 - 1991 : Senior Lecturer (Aston University, United Kingdom)

• 2018 : Best Paper in 2017 in the journal Information and Management, for the article “Reflexivity: A third essential ‘R’ to enhance interpretive field studies”
• 2018 : LEO Award for lifetime exceptional achievement in information systems, Association for Information Systems (AIS) qt the International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS)
• 2011 : 2011 Emerald Literati Network Best Paper Award for his article entitled, “The Potential of Qualitative Research: Four Approaches Shedding Light on IS Practice,” Journal of Systems and Information Technology (co-written with J. Malaurent)
• 2006 : Literati Club: Highly Commended Award
• 2004 : EMCIS: Best Practical Paper Award
• 2000 : Literati Club: Award for Excellence
• 1998 : SILVER CORE International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP)

• AVISON, D. (2019). Reminiscences and Reflections. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 44, pp. 263-272.
• AVISON, D., DAVISON, R.M. and MALAURENT, J. (2018). Information Systems Action Research: Debunking Myths and Overcoming Barriers. Information and Management, 55(2), pp. 177-187.
• AVISON, D., MALAURENT, J. and EYNAUD, P. (2017). A Narrative Approach to Publishing Information Systems Research: Inspiration from the French New Novel Tradition. European Journal of Information Systems, 26(3), pp. 260-273.
• KOCK, N., AVISON, D. and MALAURENT, J. (2017). Positivist Information Systems Action Research: Methodological Issues. Journal of Management Information Systems, 34(3), pp. 754-767.
• MALAURENT, J. and AVISON, D. (2017). Reflexivity: A Third Essential 'R' to Enhance Interpretive Field Studies. Information and Management, 54(7), pp. 920-933.
• MALAURENT, J. and AVISON, D. (2016). Reconciling Global and Local Needs: A Canonical Action Research Project to Deal with Workarounds. Information Systems Journal, 26(3), pp. 227-257.
• BICHLER, M., FRANK, U., AVISON, D., MALAURENT, J., FETTKE, P. and HOVORKA, D. (2016). Theories in Business and Information Systems Engineering. Business and Information Systems Engineering, 58(4), pp. 291-319.
• MALAURENT, J. and AVISON, D. (2015). From an Apparent Failure to a Success Story: ERP in China—Post Implementation. International Journal of Information Management, 35(5), pp. 643-646.
• AVISON, D. and MALAURENT, J. (2014). Is Theory King?: a Rejoinder. Journal of Information Technology, 29(4), pp. 358-361.
• AVISON, D. and MALAURENT, J. (2014). Is Theory King?: Questioning the Theory Fetish in Information Systems. Journal of Information Technology, 29, pp. 327-336.
• AVISON, D. and MALAURENT, J. (2013). Qualitative Research in Three IS Journals: Unequal Emphasis but Common Rigour, Depth and Richness. Systèmes d'Information et Management, 18(4), pp. 75-123.
• AVISON, D. (2012). From Espoused Values to Action: A Commentary on ‘Are We Making a Better World with ICTs?’. Journal of Information Technology, 27(2), pp. 104-105.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2012). Reflections and Opinions on 25 Years with the ISJ. Information Systems Journal, 22(3), pp. 179-193.
• AL-DEBEI, M.M. and AVISON, D. (2011). Business Model Requirements and Challenges in the Mobile Telecommunication Sector. Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change, 8(2), pp. 215-235.
• AL-DEBEI, M.M. and AVISON, D. (2010). Developing a Unified Framework of the Business Model Concept. European Journal of Information Systems, (19), pp. 359–376.
• ZORINA, A. and AVISON, D. (2010). Meso Level as an Indicator of Knowledge Society Development. International Journal of Knowledge Society Research, 1(4), pp. 1-19.
• AVISON, D. and BANKS, P. (2008). Cross-cultural (mis)communication in IS Offshoring: Understanding through Conversation Analysis. Journal of Information Technology, 23, pp. 249-268.
• AVISON, D., DWIVEDI, Y., FITZGERALD, G. and POWELL, P. (2008). The Beginnings of a New Era: Time to Reflect on 17 years of the ISJ. Information Systems Journal, 18(1), pp. 5-21.
• AVISON, D., D., D., MALAURENT, J. and J., D. (2007). Enterprise Resourse Planning Software in China: A Disaster Story. Intercultural Management Quarterly, 8(2).
• WILSON, D.N. and AVISON, D. (2007). Services Sector Role in the ICT Contribution to Economic and Productivity Growth. International Technology Management Review.
• COLE, M. and AVISON, D. (2007). The Potential of Hermeneutics in Information Systems Research. European Journal of Information Systems, pp. 820-833.
• AVISON, D. and YOUNG, T. (2007). Time to Rethink Health Care and ICT? Communications of the ACM, pp. 69-74.
• AVISON, D., BJORN-ANDERSEN, N., COAKES, E., DAVIS, G., EARL, M. and ELBANNA, A. (2006). Enid Mumford: A Tribute. Information Systems Journal, pp. 343-382.
• AVISON, D., GREGOR, S. and WILSON, D. (2006). Managerial IT Unconsciousness. Communications of the ACM.
• AVISON, D., COLE, M. and FITZGERALD, G. (2006). Reflections on Teaching Information Systems Analysis and Design: From Then to Now! Journal of Information Systems Education, pp. 253-256.
• AVISON, D., KAUTZ, K., SIGALA, M., WHITLEY, E. and WINTER, R. (2005). Becoming Engaged with Conferences: Reputations and Networks. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, pp. 895-903.
• AVISON, D., JONES, J., POWEL, P. and WILSON, D. (2004). Using and Validating the Strategic Alignment Model. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, pp. 223-246.
• ADAMS, C. and AVISON, D. (2003). Dangers Inherent in the Use of Techniques: Identifying Framing Influences. Information Technology and People, pp. 203-234.
• ATKINSON, C., AVISON, D. and WILSON, D. (2003). Images of Information Systems Development in the Practice of Architecture. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, pp. 283-300.
• AVISON, D. (2003). Information Systems in the MBA Curriculum: An International Perspective. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, pp. 2-22.
• AVISON, D. (2003). Is IS an Intellectual Subject? European Journal of Information Systems, pp. 229-230.
• PEFFERS, K., AVISON, D., EIN-DOR, P. and ZMUD, R.W. (2003). Scholarly Products in IS: Will Advances in Electronic Media Promote Evolutionary or Radical Change? Communications of the Association for Information Systems, pp. 498-512.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2003). Where Now for Development Methodologies? Communications of the ACM, pp. 79-82.
• AVISON, D. (2002). The UK Information Systems Perspective: A Personal View. Systèmes d'Information et Management, pp. 49-54.
• AVISON, D. and WILSON, D. (2001). A Viewpoint on Software Engineering and Information Systems: What We Can Learn From the Construction Industry? Information and Software Technology, pp. 795-799.
• AVISON, D., BASKERVILLE, R. and MYERS, M. (2001). Controlling Action Research Projects. Information Technology and People, pp. 28-45.
• AVISON, D., FITZGERALD, G. and POWELL, P. (2001). Reflections on Information Systems Practice, Education and Research: 10 Years of the Information Systems Journal. Information Systems Journal, pp. 3-22.
• AVISON, D., CUTHBERTSON, C. and POWELL, P. (2000). The Paradox of Information Systems: Strategic Value and Low Status. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, pp. 419-445.
• AVISON, D., LAU, F., MYERS, M. and NIELSEN, P. (1999). Action Research: Making Academic Research Relevant. Communications of the ACM, pp. 94-97.
• AVISON, D. (1999). Rigour in Action Research: Some Observations and a Plea. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, pp. 119-124.
• AVISON, D., WOOD-HARPER, T., VIDGEN, R. and WOOD, B. (1998). A Further Exploration into Information Systems Development: the Evolution of Multiview2. Information Technology and People, pp. 124-139.
• AVISON, D., EARDLEY, A. and POWELL, P. (1998). Suggestions for Capturing Corporate Vision in Strategic Information Systems. Omega.
• AVISON, D. and NANDHAKUMAR, J. (1998). The Fiction of Methodological Development: A Field Study in Information Systems Development. Information Technology and People, pp. 176-191.
• AVISON, D., EARDLEY, A. and POWELL, P. (1997). Developing Information Systems to Support flexible Strategy. Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, pp. 57-77.
• AVISON, D., WARD, KLEIN, J., POWELL, P. and KEEN, J. (1997). Flexibility and the Management of Uncertainty: A Risk Management Perspective. International Journal of Project and Business Risk Management, pp. 131-145.
• AVISON, D. and TAYLOR, V. (1997). Information Systems Development Methodologies: A Classification According to Problem Situation. Journal of Information Technology.
• AVISON, D., LOEBBECKE, C., POWELL, P., EARDLEY, A. and JELASSI, T. (1997). The Limits to DSS: Supporting Vision, Creativity and Future Thinking. Revue des Systèmes de Décision, pp. 317-331.
• AVISON, D., EARDLEY, A. and POWELL, P. (1996). How Strategic are Strategic Information Systems? Australian Journal of Information Systems, pp. 11-20.
• AVISON, D., EARDLEY, A., LEWIS, T. and POWELL, P. (1996). The linkage between IT and business strategy in competitive systems: a reappraisal of some 'classic' cases using a competition analysis framework. International Journal of Technology Management, pp. 395-411.
• AVISON, D., WALDMAN, J., ORME, J., FORBES, I. and GLASTONBURY, B. (1996). Who should have a say? Developing a Rationale for Consultation with Older Persons in Relation to Commissioning Plans. Generations Review, pp. 6-11.
• AVISON, D., POWELL, P., KEEN, P., KLEIN, J. and WARD, S. (1995). Addressing the Need for Flexibility in Information Systems. Journal of Management Systems, pp. 43-60.
• AVISON, D. and MYERS, M. (1995). Information Systems and Anthropology: An Anthropological Perspective on IT and Organizational Culture. Information Technology and People, pp. 43-56.
• AVISON, D. and SHAH, H.U. (1994). From Third Generation to Fourth Generation Applications Development: A Case Study. Information Technology and People, pp. 233-248.
• AVISON, D., POWELL, P. and ADAMS, C. (1994). Identifying and Incorporating Change in Information Systems. Systemic Practice and Action Research, pp. 143-159.
• AVISON, D., SHAH, H.U. and WILSON, D. (1994). Software Quality Standards in Practice: The Limitations of Using ISO-9001 to Support Software Development. Software Quality Journal, pp. 105-111.
• AVISON, D., FITZGERALD, G. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (1994). The Discipline of Information Systems: The Interdisciplinary Thing. Systemist, pp. 62-69.
• AVISON, D., GOLDER, P. and SHAH, H. (1993). Tools for SSM: A Justification - A Reply to `Critique of Two Contributions to Soft Systems Methodology'. European Journal of Information Systems, pp. 313.
• AVISON, D., GOLDER, P. and SHAH, H. (1992). An SSM Toolkit: Rich Picture Diagramming. European Journal of Information Systems, pp. 397-407.
• AVISON, D., SHAH, H.U., POWELL, R.S. and UPPAL, P. (1992). Applying Methodologies for Information Systems Development. Journal of Information Technology, pp. 127-140.
• AVISON, D. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (1992). Reflections from the experience of using Multiview: through the lens of soft systems methodology. Systemist, pp. 136-145.
• AVISON, D. (1991). Action Programmes for Teaching and Researching in Information Systems. Australian Computer Journal.
• AVISON, D. and WILSON, D. (1991). Controls for Effective Prototyping. Journal of Management Systems, pp. 41-53.
• AVISON, D. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (1991). Information systems development research: an exploration of ideas in practice. Computer Journal, 34(2), pp. 98-112.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (1991). Information Systems Practice, Education and Research. Journal of Information Systems, pp. 5-17.
• AVISON, D. (1991). MERISE: A European Methodology for Developing Information Systems. European Journal of Information Systems, pp. 183-191.
• AVISON, D. (1990). A Departmental Information System. International Journal of Information Management.
• AVISON, D. and FREEMAN, C. (1990). Decision Support in a Microcomputing Environment. Asia Pacific international management forum, pp. 6-11.
• AVISON, D. and HORTON, J. (1990). Evaluating Benefits of Computerised Information Systems. Information Technology in Nursing, pp. 58-59.

• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2010). Information Systems Development Methodologies, Techniques and Tools (Macedonian Translation). AD VERBUM-SKOPJE, 645 pages.
• AVISON, D. and TORKZADEH, G. (2009). Information Systems Development. Project Management. SAGE Publications, 480 pages.
• AVISON, D., KASPER, G.M., PERNICI, B., RAMOS, S. and ROODE, D. (2008). Advances in Information Systems Research, Education and Practice. Springer, 214 pages.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2006). Information Systems Development Methodologies, Techniques and Tools. McGraw-Hill, 645 pages.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2006). Information Systems Development Methodologies, Techniques and Tools. Newtech-publications, 926 pages.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2006). Information Systems Development Methodologies, Techniques and Tools (Greek translation). Newtech-publications, 463 pages.
• AVISON, D. and PRIES-HEJE, J. (2005). Research in Information Systems: A Handbook for Research Students and Their Supervisors. Elsevier, 329 pages.
• AVISON, D. and CUTHBERTSON, C. (2002). A Management Approach to Database Applications. McGraw-Hill, 250 pages.
• VIDGEN, R., AVISON, D., WOOD, B. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (2002). Developing Web Information Systems. Butterworth-Heinemann, 274 pages.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2002). Information Systems Development. Methodologies, Techniques and Tools. McGraw-Hill, 592 pages.
• AVISON, D., PRIES-HEJE, J., CIBORRA, C., KAUTZ, K. and VALOR, J. (1999). Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Information Systems, Volumes I-III. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School.
• AVISON, D. and EDGAR-NEVILL, D. (1998). Matching Technology with Organisational Needs. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.
• AVISON, D. and SHAH, H.U. (1997). The Information Systems Development Life Cycle: A First Course in Information Systems. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.
• AVISON, D., KENDALL, J. and DEGROSS, J. (1993). Human, Organizational and Social Dimensions of Information Systems Development. Amsterdam: North Holland.
• AVISON, D. (1990). Mastering Business Microcomputing. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
• AVISON, D. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (1990). Multiview: An Exploration in Information Systems Development. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.

• LYTRAS, M.D., DAMIANI, E., CARROLL, J.M., TENNYSON, R.D. and AVISON, D. [Eds] (2009). Visioning and Egineering the Knowledge Society. Springer.
• AVISON, D. and BASKERVILLE, R. [Eds] (2008). Major Currents in Information Systems. Volume II: Information Systems Development. SAGE Publications.
• AVISON, D., MILTIADIS, D.L. and CARROLL, J.M. [Eds] (2008). The Open Knowledge Society - A Computer Science and Information Systems Manifesto. Springer.
• AVISON, D., ELLIOT, S., KROGSTIE, J. and PRIES-HEJE, J. [Eds] (2006). The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond. Springer.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. [Eds] (2005). Strategies for Growth in SMEs: The Role of Information and Information Systems by Margi Levy and Philip Powell. Elsevier.
• AVISON, D. [Ed] (2004). The Past and Future of Information Systems. Elsevier.
• MYERS, M.D. and AVISON, D. [Eds] (2002). Qualitative Research in Information Systems. A Reader. SAGE Publications.
• AVISON, D. [Ed] (1997). Key Issues in Information Systems. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.

• AVISON, D. and MALAURENT, J. (2015). Is Theory King?: Questioning the Theory Fetish in Information Systems. In: Formulating Research Methods for Information Systems. 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 213-237.
• ZORINA, A. and AVISON, D. (2013). Redefining Agency: Indeterminacy and the Role of Extra-Organizational Dynamics in Organizational Routines and Technologies. In: Materiality and Space: Organizations, Artefacts and Practices. 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 274-301.
• AVISON, D. and CONGER, S. (2010). Foreword. In: Information Systems: People, Organizations, Institutions, and Technologies. 1st ed. Physica-Verlag.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2010). Information Systems Development Approaches. In: Strategic Information Systems Management. 1st ed. Course Technology. Cengage Learning, pp. 51-76.
• AVISON, D. (2007). Advisory Board. In: Implementing CRM. From Technology to Knowledge. 1st ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• AVISON, D., BASKERVILLE, R. and MYERS, M.D. (2007). The Structure of Power in Action Research Projects. In: Information Systems Action Research - An Applied View of Emerging Concepts and Methods. 1st ed. Springer, pp. 19-41.
• AVISON, D. and ELLIOT, S. (2006). Scoping the Discipline of Information Systems. In: Information Systems. The State of the Field. 1st ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 3-18.
• AVISON, D. (2005). Confession and Reflections. In: Research in Information Systems. A handbook for research supervisors and their students. 1st ed. Elsevier, pp. 35-54.
• ELLIOTT, S. and AVISON, D. (2005). Discipline of Information Systems. In: Research in Information Systems. A handbook for research supervisors and their students. 1st ed. Elsevier, pp. 185-206.
• AVISON, D., KAH, M., KAH, J. and SORIYAN, A. (2005). Diverse Cultures. In: Research in Information Systems. A handbook for research supervisors and their students. 1st ed. Elsevier, pp. 171-182.
• AVISON, D. and MYERS, M. (2005). Qualitative Research. In: Research in Information Systems. A handbook for research supervisors and their students. 1st ed. Elsevier, pp. 239-253.
• PRIES-HEJE, J. and AVISON, D. (2005). Quality and Originality. In: Research in Information Systems. A handbook for research supervisors and their students. 1st ed. Elsevier, pp. 207-220.
• AVISON, D., VIGDEN, R. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (2004). Forming a Contingent, Multi-disciplinary and Ethical Approach to IS Development. In: The Past and Future of Information Systems. 1st ed. Elsevier, pp. 29-42.
• AVISON, D. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (2003). Bringing Social and Organisational Issues into Information Systems Development: The Story of Multiview. In: Socio-technical and Human Cognition Elements of Information Systems. 1st ed. Information Science Publishing, pp. 5-21.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2003). Information Systems. In: International Encyclopedia of Information and Library Science. 1st ed. Routledge, pp. 306-310.
• AVISON, D. (2002). A Word of Caution. Exploring Fashions in IS/IT Management. In: Make or Break Issues in IT Management. 1st ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 1-16.
• MYERS, M.D. and AVISON, D. (2002). An Introduction to Qualitative Research in Information Systems. In: Qualitative Research in Information Systems. A Reader. 1st ed. SAGE Publications, pp. 3-12.
• AVISON, D. and WILSON, D. (2002). IT Failure and the Collapse of One.Tel. In: Information Systems: The e-business Challenge. 1st ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 31-46.
• AVISON, D. and MYERS, M.D. (2002). La recherche qualitative en systèmes d'information. In: Make or Break Issues in IT Management. 1st ed. Vuibert, pp. 57-66.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2002). Reflections on Information Systems Development 1998-2002. In: Information Systems Development. Advances in Methodologies, Components, and Management. 1st ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 1-11.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (1999). Information Systems Development. In: Rethinking Management Information Systems. 1st ed. Oxford: pp. 250-278.
• AVISON, D., VISECK, E. and POWELL, P. (1999). Strategic Aspects of Business Process Engineering: the UK Experience. In: IT in Business: A Manager's Casebook. 1st ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 108-123.
• AVISON, D. and EDGAR-NEVILL, D. (1998). Matching Technology with Organisational Needs. In: Matching Technology with Organisational Needs. 1st ed. McGraw-Hill, pp. 1-13.
• AVISON, D. (1997). Action Research in Information Systems. In: Understanding Social Research, Perspectives on Methodology and Practice. 1st ed. Falmer Press, pp. 196-209.
• AVISON, D. (1997). Key Issues in Information Systems. In: Key Issues in Information Systems. 1st ed. McGraw-Hill, pp. 1-8.
• AVISON, D. (1997). The Discipline of Information Systems. In: Information Systems Teaching, Research and Practice. 1st ed. McGraw-Hill, pp. 113-136.
• AVISON, D. (1997). The Search for the Discipline of Information Systems. In: Understanding Social Research, Perspectives on Methodology and Practice. 1st ed. Falmer Press, pp. 87-100.
• AVISON, D. and NANDHAKUMAR, J. (1996). Information Systems Development Methodology in Use: An Empirical Study. In: Lessons Learned from the Use of Methodologies. 1st ed. Londres: BCS, pp. 205-214.
• AVISON, D. (1996). Information Systems Development: A Broader Perspective. In: Method Engineering: Principles of Method Construction and Tool Support. 1st ed. Chapman & Hall, pp. 263-277.
• AVISON, D. and NANDHAKUMAR, J. (1995). The Discipline of Information Systems: Let Many Flowers Bloom. In: Information System Concepts: Towards a Consolidation of Views. 1st ed. Chapman & Hall, pp. 1-12.
• AVISON, D. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (1994). Experience of using Multiview: some reflections. In: Information Systems Provision: The Contribution of Soft Systems Methodology. 1st ed. McGraw-Hill, pp. 102-117.
• AVISON, D. and KENDALL, J. (1993). Emancipatory Research Themes. In: Information Systems Development: Human, Organizational and Social Aspects. 1st ed. Amsterdam: North Holland, pp. 1-12.
• AVISON, D. and HORTON, J. (1993). Evaluation and Information Systems Development. In: Investimenti in Information Technology nel settore bancario. 1st ed. Milan: FrancoAngeli, pp. 248-279.
• AVISON, D., GOLDER, P. and SHAH, H. (1992). Tools Supporting Soft Systems Methodology. In: The Impact of Computer Supported Technologies on Information Systems Development. 1st ed. Amsterdam: North Holland.
• AVISON, D. and WOOD-HARPER, T. (1991). Conclusions from Action Research: The Multiview Experience. In: Systems Thinking in Europe. 1st ed. pp. 591-596.
• AVISON, D., HORTON, J. and STONE, M. (1991). Investigating the Costs and Benefits of a Community Health System. In: Current Perspectives in Healthcare Computing. 1st ed. BCS, pp. 40-50.
• AVISON, D., QUANG, P.T. and CHARTIER-KASTLER, C. (1991). Preface to English-language edition. In: Merise in Practice. 1st ed. Macmillan, pp. 13-14.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (1991). The Nature of Information Systems and the Role of Practice. In: Systems Thinking in Europe. 1st ed. Kluwer/Plenum Press, pp. 459-464.
• AVISON, D. and GOLDER, P. (1991). The Need for Tool Support for Soft Systems. In: Systems Thinking in Europe. 1st ed. Kluwer/Plenum Press, pp. 327-332.
• AVISON, D. and GOLDER, P. (1991). Tools Supporting Soft Systems. In: Systems Thinking in Europe. 1st ed. Kluwer/Plenum Press, pp. 333-338.

• AVISON, D. (2003). HDR. France.

• AVISON, D., KOCK, N. and MALAURENT, J. (2017). Special Issue: Action Research in information Systems. Journal of Management Information Systems, 34(3).

• LYTRAS, M.D., ORDONEZ DE PABLOS, P., DAMIANI, E., AVISON, D., NAEVE, A. and HORNER, D.G. (2009). Best Practices for the Knowledge Society. Springer, Germany.
• BARTMANN, D., RAJOLA, F., KALLINIKOS, J., AVISON, D. and WINTER, R. (2005). Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems. Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy. IMIS, University of Regensburg, Germany.
• AVISON, D., GALLETTA, D. and DEGROSS, J.I. (2005). Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Conference on InformationSystems. ICIS, United States of America.

• GAUR, A., AVISON, D. and ONDRUS, J. (2013). Mobile Merchandising Exploring New Business Practices in the Mobile Payment Ecosystem. In: 3rd Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (IAM). Indian Academy of Management (IAM).
• MALAURENT, J., LI, Y. and AVISON, D. (2012). Reopening the Centralization-decentralization Debate: A Comparative Case Study of ERP Implementation in Two Chinese Petroleum Companies. In: Proceedings of Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2012. Vietnam University of Science.
• AVISON, D. and MALAURENT, J. (2011). The Potential of Qualitative Research: Four Approaches Shedding Light on IS Practice. In: AIM 2011. Association for Information Management (AIM).
• ZORINA, A. and AVISON, D. (2011). When Environment Matters: Inter-Organizational Effects on Sociomaterial Imbrications and Change. In: ICIS 2011 Proceedings. ICIS.
• ZORINA, A. and AVISON, D. (2009). Innovation Management in the Knowledge Economy: The Intersection of Macro and Micro Levels. In: Visioning and Engineering the Knowledge Society. A Web Science Perspective. Springer, pp. 395-404.
• AVISON, D. and PRIES-HEJE, J. (2008). Flexible Information Systems Development: Designing an Appropriate Methodology for Different Situations. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, ICEIS 2007: Enterprise Information Systems. Springer, pp. 212-224.
• AVISON, D. and PRIES-HEJE, J. (2007). Designing an Appropriate Information Systems Development Methodology for Different Situations. In: Proceedings of the ICEIS 2007 Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC), pp. 63-70.
• WILSON, D. and AVISON, D. (2007). Double Jeopardy: The Crises in Information Systems, an Australian Perspective. In: Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems the 3Rs: Research, Relevance, Rigour ? Coming of Age. ACIS2007 Toowoomba. University of Southern Queensland.
• AVISON, D. and EIN-DOR, P. (2007). The Status of the Discipline of Information Systems. In: 28th Annual ICIS 2007 "Diversity in IS Research and Practice" CD-Rom. Association for Information Systems (AIS), pp. 1-14.
• AVISON, D. and FITZGERALD, G. (2006). Methodologies for Developing Information Systems: A Historical Perspective. In: Proceedings of the IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Steam: The Past and Future Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond. Springer, pp. 27-38.
• CAMPBELL, B. and AVISON, D. (2004). Causal-loop Diagrams in Information Systems Research into Strategic Alignment. In: 15th Australian Conference on Information Systems 2004: Managing New Wave Information Systems: Enterprise, Government and Society. Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS).
• AVISON, D. and WILSON, D. (2004). Information Systems Failure Explained through the Lens of the Cultural Web. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Entreprise Information Systems ICEIS 2004. Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC), pp. 203-210.
• CAMPBELL, B., KAY, R. and AVISON, D. (2004). Strategic Alignment: A Practitioner's Perspective. In: Proceedings of the European and Mediterranean (EMCIS) 2004 Conference. ISEing.
• AVISON, D., WILSON, D. and HUNT, S. (2003). An IT Failure and a Company Failure: A Case Study in Telecommunications. In: 8ème Colloque de l'AIM. Université Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble.
• TRUEX, D. and AVISON, D. (2003). Method Engineering: Reflections on the Past and Ways Forward. In: 9th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2003). Association for Information Systems (AIS).
• ADAMS, C., AVISON, D. and MILLARD, P. (2003). Personal Trust Space in Mobile Commerce. In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research (ICECR-6). ATSMA, pp. 396-403.
• AVISON, D. (2002). Action Research: A Research Approach for Cooperative Work. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD2002). Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, pp. 19-24.
• AVISON, D. (2002). Diffusion: Personal Reflections of An Outsider. In: Proceedings of the IFIP TC8 WG8.6 International Conference on Diffusion, Adoption and Implementation of Information Technology: Working Conference on the Adoption and Diffusion of IT in an Environment of Critical Change. Pearson and IFIP, pp. 2-8.
• ADAMS, C. and AVISON, D. (2002). Macro-analysis of Techniques to Deal with Uncertainty to Information Systems Development: Mapping Representation Framing Influences. In: Soft-Ware 2002: Computing in an Imperfect World. Springer, pp. 280-299.
• AVISON, D. and MYERS, M. (2001). Research into Practice: Qualitative Research in Information Systems. In: Actes du 6ème Colloque de l'AIM - Commerce électronique et nouvelles organisations. Université de Nantes, pp. 153-159.

• AVISON, D. (2018). Reminiscences and Reflections. In: 26th European Conference on Information Systems: Beyond Digitization - Facets of Socio-Technical Change.
• AVISON, D. (2017). [Keynote] Research: Why Don’t You Do Something Different Instead? In: 16th Wuhan Conference on E-Business.
• MALAURENT, J., THIETART, R.A. and AVISON, D. (2017). Co-Evolving Emergence of the Physical and Digital Worlds: The Story of a Street Art Happening. In: Workshop: MISQ Special Issue on Complexity and Information Systems Research in the Emerging Digital World.
• MALAURENT, J. and AVISON, D. (2015). A Literary Approach for Analyzing Academic Narratives: An Initial (But Necessary) Step Toward Theorizing. In: 2015 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015).
• AVISON, D. and GAUR, A. (2015). Women and ICT -enabled well-being: inclusive innovation by micro financial institution in India. In: 13th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries.
• AVISON, D. and MALAURENT, J. (2014). Keynote: Is Theory King? Questioning the Theory Fetish in Information Systems. In: 4th Concurrent ICIS-SIGPHIL Workshop on IS Theory: Whence Cometh, Whither Goeth? (Where does it come from and where is it going?).
• AVISON, D. (2014). Reflections on Writing with Others: The Use of Metaphors to Describe and Develop Writing Relationships. In: 2014 International Conference on Information Resources Management.
• MALAURENT, J., AVISON, D. and EYNAUD, P. (2014). Reflexivity: A Third Essential 'R' to Enhance Interpretive Field Studies. In: 22nd European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS).
• AVISON, D. and MOUSAVI, R. (2013). A Socio-Emotional Model of IT Use. In: 2013 OASIS Pre-ICIS Workshop.
• AVISON, D. and TORKZADEH, R. (2013). Getting the Right Balance in IS Project Management: Seven Guidelines for an Equal Emphasis on the Sociocultural Aspects. In: Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems – Aligning Technology, Organizations and People.
• AVISON, D. and MOUSAVI, R. (2013). Intervening with Technology Acceptance: The Role of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX). In: 2013 OASIS Pre-ICIS Workshop.
• AVISON, D. (2013). The Supervisor-Student Relationship: The Problem of Conflicting "Mixed Metaphors". In: 26th Bled eConference.
• AVISON, D. (2012). Reflections on Information Systems, Qualitative Research and Business Intelligence. In: 11th Annual International Conference on Business Intelligence and Knowledge Economy.
• AVISON, D. (2010). A Few of the Many Issues to Think About and Reflections on my Choices. In: Junior Faculty Consortium at ICIS - International Conference on Information Systems 2010.
• MALAURENT, J. and AVISON, D. (2009). Problèmes rencontrés par les équipes virtuelles : nouvelles perspectives des communautés de logiciels libres. In: Colloque AIM 2009.
• AVISON, D. and WILSON, D. (2005). IT Failure and Professional Ethics: The One-Tel Case.

• AVISON, D., KOCK, N. and MALAURENT, J. (2017). [Editorial] Special Issue: Action Research in information Systems. Journal of Management Information Systems, 34(3), pp. 630-632.

• AVISON, D. (2004). Redesigning Human Systems. European Journal of Information Systems, United States of America.