This study of the IS academic discipline in Australian universities has made significant demands on Queensland University of Technology (QUT), in terms of the time and efforts of Professor Gable, Dr Robert Smyth and Karen Stark; the provision of the study team web site; facilities for conferencing; and numerous other resources to support the project. I wish to acknowledge here my appreciation to QUT and the Faculty of Information Technology for this significant provision of resources to make the study achievable.

A project of this magnitude involves a large number of people. Many have contributed their valuable time to the study. In addition to the core study team members, we express our sincere thanks to: 1) state report reviewers, who reviewed a draft of one (or more) of the state case reports; 2) interviewees, who gave their time for evidence collection; and 3) special issue reviewers. We offer our special thanks to the special issue reviewers, who reviewed the complete special issue, offering ideas and advice that were particularly valuable and influential in finalising the papers. Thanks also to the AIS for endorsing the study and for seed funding. Thanks are due also to the ACS for supporting and seed funding the ACIS Archival Analysis.

Finally, my personal thanks to Bob Smyth for his untiring support as project manager throughout the study duration. We could not have made it without him; his input throughout has been substantial. My sincere thanks also to Karen Stark, who crafted sections of the overview, whose due diligence ensured maximum accuracy and completeness and whose meticulous eye introduced a level of presentation quality otherwise not possible within the project’s scope.