The paper opens by generalizing the concept of 'informing science'. It then introduces some meta-scientific perspectives and a discussion of a metaphor that has considerable explanatory power. Two main schools of metascience are presented and contrasted. The difference between treating invariances in natural sciences and in social and cultural sciences is discussed. The double helix is introduc...

With our ever-changing society there seems to be more pressures on young people. Recent epidemiological studies in Australia have found that adolescent mental health is an important public health problem (Sawyer et al., 2001). As many as one in five Australian children aged from 4 to 17 have significant mental health concerns (Zubrick, Silburn, Burton, & Blair, 2000). However, only one in four ...

Nearly everyone can be successfully involved with intellectual frontiers – if they are efficiently educated to do so. This article offers evidence of the processes applied to bring ordinary citizens to the edges of the known, and beyond, which the article calls, “edGe-ucating.” David Cavallo, for example, an MIT engineer, has guided Thai villagers to break through expert understandings to addre...

A major emphasis of research in informing science and its contributing disciplines is the development of theory. As it is most commonly used, the term theory refers to our attempt to describe—in symbolic terms—some underlying truth. Through developing such descriptions, we seek to improve our understanding of phenomena that occur in the natural or social world and, perhaps, enhance our ability ...

This article discusses the relationship between the informing science and information view of organization. Both approaches are described, similarities and differences between them demonstrated, and the contribution of the latter to the former discussed.

This paper presents a technology-independent rational inquiry into informing systems in business environments. Depending on the primary concerns, informing systems should be examined from either the viewpoint of information disseminators or informing clients. The latter viewpoint is subject to extensive empirical studies within informing science and partially within the MIT Information Quality ...

Within the pages of even this journal, some have interpreted Informing Science as the same as Information Systems. Others interpret it as the same as Information Science. It includes both of these and it is more. The field of Information Systems commonly focuses on the use of information technology to inform business managers, while the field of Information Science focuses on information retrie...

Organisations of the twenty first century are increasingly dependent on knowledge, informationand communication technology (ICT). Due to the changes in modern organisations, a new role and set of expectations have emerged for ICT workers. Academic institutions have a responsibility to determine the needs of the ICT industry and develop the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities in their lear...