Börje Langefors Best Doctoral Dissertation Award

Langefors contributed strongly to put Sweden on the international IT map and brought into a focus in particular to the user's role in data processing.

Every year in spring (usually in May), a prize committee assesses the theses submitted by the universities/institutions in Sweden and nominates the best dissertation, which is finally announced in connection with SISA's annual conference.

Anders Olof Larsson at the Department of Informatics and Media of Uppsala University for his thesis Doing Things in Relation to Machines - Studies on Online Interactivity.

Henrik Wimelius, assistant professor at the Umeå University awarded the first best for his doctoral dissertation titled Duplicate Systems: Investigating Unintended Consequences of Information Technology in Organizations.

His thesis is an excellent knowledge base which can advantageously be further exploited.” M Sirajul Islam, Associate Professor at the Örebro University awarded for 'Outstanding doctoral dissertation' titled Creating Opportunity by Connecting the Unconnected: Deploying Mobile Phone-based Agriculture Market Information Service for Farmers in Bangladesh.

The committee stated: “ Sirajul Islam's dissertation "reports a design-oriented action research project that sought to create sustainable societal effects by facilitating mobile technology adoption.