In this chapter, we have presented a longitudinal analysis of an annual survey of Australian IS ‘heads of discipline’, which shows something of the current state of IS research in Australia from the 2006 survey and analyses the trends in IS research in the past few years. The study has revealed that, in terms of research, IS schools in Australian universities seek and demonstrate diversity in topic, paradigm and method. Publication and research grant performance is steadily improving, particularly in Sandstone/Redbrick and Unitech universities, but it varies significantly across the sector and within schools and even the better performers do not compare particularly well with other, more established, academic disciplines.

It should be noted that the data collected and presented do not necessarily represent the views of individual IS researchers. Future work is needed to obtain those views. The chapter can, however, and should be used to initiate discussion within the IS academic community on where we are, where we want to be in the future and how we aim to get there.