The FS-ISE handbook

Welcome to the Information Systems Education (ISE) lab handbook! This handbook documents how we teach, research, collaborate, and support students and colleagues in a transparent, reproducible way. It is a public resource written for students, teaching staff, and collaborators who interact with the lab.

🎉 NEWS

Jul 7, 2026
First workstation-setup release published
Over the summer, we published a first release of our reproducible, Ansible-based configuration for setting up and maintaining local research and development workstations. The stack covers development, research tooling, documents, sync and backup, productivity, and security.
Apr 21, 2026
Data management in literature reviews: The C5-DM Framework
We published a new article introducing the C5-DM Framework for data management in literature reviews.
Apr 4, 2026
Teaching Python package development
Gerit Wagner, Laureen Thurner, Carlo Tang, and Stella Ott published a structured course with learning resources and an instructor's guide in the Journal of Open Source Education.
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Areas

The handbook is organized around five core areas that reflect how the lab operates over time.

Teaching

Principles, systems, and procedures … Go to Teaching →

Research

Support for scholarly work … Go to Research →

Management

Operating procedures … Go to Management →

Academy

Training and development … Go to Academy →

Team

Roles, responsibilities … Go to Team →

Contribute

To propose changes or contribute, see how to contribute to the handbook.