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Information Systems Journal
Special Issue Call for Papers
Transforming to a Sustainable Visitor Economy with Information
Systems
Manuscript deadline: 31 July 2022
Special Issue Guest Editors:
Brad McKenna, University of East Anglia
Wenjie Cai, University of Greenwich
Tuure Tuunanen, University of Jyväskylä
The visitor economy, which includes the tourism, hospitality, and
events sectors, has the potential to contribute to the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We believe that information
systems research can bring new insights and produce new knowledge
for a sustainable digital visitor economy. Therefore, this special
issue calls for new theoretical developments at the intersection
of the visitor economy, information systems, and sustainability.
Examples of sustainability include good health and wellbeing
(SDG3), gender equality (SDG5), decent work and economic growth
(SDG8), industry, innovation, and infrastructure (SDG9), or
sustainable cities and communities (SDG11), among others. We
welcome qualitative, quantitative, design science, mixed methods,
and conceptual papers within any aspect of the visitor economy. We
encourage submissions that also explore the environmental, social,
cultural, and economic impacts of the visitor economy from an
information systems perspective.
The Call for Papers is now available at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/13652575/Call%20for%20Papers%20-%20Visitor%20Economy-1632411305073.pdf
We welcome papers based on, but not limited to, the following
topics. All papers must be aligned with at least one of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals:
- The role of information systems in cultural, natural landscapes,
and heritage preservation.
- Artificial intelligence, robotics, and service jobs.
- Information systems, wellbeing, and travel (e.g., digital
passports, e-mindfulness, digital-free tourism).
- Technological innovation and hospitality food waste.
- The sharing economy, peer-to-peer accommodation, and
overtourism.
- The role of information systems in social exclusion/inclusion
(e.g., LGBT+, disabled travellers, ethnic minorities, income
inequalities, gender, accessibility, and digital literacy).
- Smart tourist destinations, hospitality and exhibition venues,
or mega-events (e.g., Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Eurovision Song
Contest).
- (Un)ethical use or the dark side of information systems in the
visitor economy.
- Community-based tourism, pro-poor tourism, social
entrepreneurship, and digital empowerment.
- Information systems and sustainable destination and event
management.
- Innovation in sustainable operations, marketing, and management.
- Social media in a sustainable visitor economy (the impact of
glamourisation, influencers, fake news, or conspiracy theories).
- How economic impacts as a result of digitalisation has
knock-on-effects for visitors, employees, residents, and other
stakeholder’s health and wellbeing.
- Digital transformation of the visitor economy in the post-COVID
era.
- Sustainability issues arising from the digitalisation of visitor
infrastructure.
- The design of sustainable information systems solutions (e.g.,
design thinking, design science).
- Digital innovations and the visitor economy’s impact on the
climate and natural resources.
Submissions
The submission deadline is 31 July 2022 which will not be
extended. Please follow the ISJ’s Author Guidelines when preparing
and submitting manuscripts. Submissions will be made through
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/isj and please indicate that the
paper is for the special issue. All papers will be initially
screened by the special issue guest editors to assess their fit
with the special issue. Manuscripts that pass the initial
screening will go through the review process. Reviews will be
conducted on a rolling basis.
For queries about suitability of your work for the special issue,
please contact the special issue guest editors.
Best wishes,
Dr Brad McKenna
Associate Professor in Information Systems
Chair, IFIP Working Group 9.5 ‘Our Digital Lives’
Norwich Business School
University of East Anglia
United Kingdom
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