Rudolf A. (Rudy) Hirschheim is the Ourso Family Distinguished Professor of Information Systems in the E.J. Ourso College of Business at

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. Hirschheim is a top-ranking

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researcher, notable for his research on information systems development and

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Career

Hirschheim received a PhD in information systems from the

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in 1985. He went on to be on the faculties of the

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, Templeton College (University of Oxford), London School of Economics, and

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. He has written several books,https://lsu.edu/business/z-directory/profile-viewer.php?un=rudy among them ''Information Systems Development and Data Modeling - Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations'', with

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and Heinz Klein, published by

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in 1995/2008. Hirschheim is a recipient of the Leo award, the Association for Information Systems's highest honor. He has received honorary doctorates from the

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and the

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