-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Reminder: CAIS Special Section on Digital Innovation for Social Development and Environmental Action Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:56:24 +0000 From: Jacqueline Corbett Jacqueline.Corbett@fsa.ulaval.ca To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
The Information Systems (IS) community has the opportunity to advance inclusive and sustainable social development and to transform human behaviors and business practices that have become environmentally unsustainable. However, affecting such positive change is a 'wicked problem' with many interacting components, many uncertainties and equivocalities, and many views on methods, even where there is agreement on the end goal. These are grand global challenges that are complex, multi-layered, transdisciplinary, and socio-technical in the sense of fundamentally involving humans and how we do things.
Recognizing that the IS community must move from discussion to action, the goal of this special issue is the construction and dissemination of applicable knowledge within the IS community in relation to the SDGs related to social development and the natural environment. We encourage solution-oriented submissions that can make immediate contributions to the sustainable practices adopted by organizations, societies, and individuals: preference will be given to papers that include measurable sustainability outcomes that link to one or more of the SDGs. The special issue is also open to 'dependent variables' and more general outcomes that pertain to the issues at hand such as reduction of pollution in the air or water, access to nutritious food or stable housing as well as the traditional IS measures of use, user satisfaction, and success. We are primarily interested in how the research has or can affect these global problems, but we also want to see the role and influence of information systems and digital technology as a component of the study to provide connection to and grounding with our AIS community.
Due date for paper submissions: 31 October 2022 Full details of the call can be found at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/callforpapers.pdf
For more information, please contact on of the co-editors: Jacqueline Corbett, Denis Dennehy and Lemuria Carter.
Jacqueline Corbett Professor, Management Information Systems Director, Centre for Research and Co-creation in Indigenous Innovation and Sustainable Business FSA ULaval, Université Laval 2325 rue de la Terrasse, room 1439 Quebec (QC) G1V 0A6 Jacqueline.corbett@fsa.ulaval.ca _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org