Dear friends and colleagues

 

We would like to invite you to submit to our mini-track on 'Behavioral Economics in the Digital Economy: Digital Nudging and Interface Design' (with fast-tracking opportunities to AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction).

 

Please find the CfP attached.

 

Kind regards,

 

Markus Weinmann, Christoph Schneider, Jan vom Brocke

 

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BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: DIGITAL NUDGING AND INTERFACE DESIGN

 

 

* Part of the Internet and the Digital Economy Track

 

* Link: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-52/internet-and-the-digital-economy/

 

* 52nd annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

 

* January 8–11, 2019 | Waldorf Astoria Grand Wailea, Maui

 

 

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FAST-TRACK PUBLICATION

 

* Fast-tracking opportunities AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction

 

* The authors of the best research papers will be invited to submit full paper versions

 

 

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IMPORTANT DATES

 

 

* Jun. 15, 2018: Paper submissions deadline

 

* Aug. 17, 2018: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection

 

* Sept. 22: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for publication

 

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MINI-TRACK DESCRIPTION

 

 

As humans, we constantly need to make decisions about various aspects of our lives--ranging from relatively minor decisions (such as choices between two candy bars) to decisions with long-term ramifications (such as choices between home financing options). At the same time, we face cognitive limitations, and our decisions are influenced by various heuristics and biases, either for the good or bad. In light of humans' bounded rationality, the field of behavioral economics examines the effects of psychological, cognitive, emotional, and social factors on judgment and decision making of individuals and organizations. As decisions are increasingly made in online environments, understanding economic behavior in digital environments becomes ever more important.

 

Behavioral economics has reinforced the point that the context matters when making judgments or decisions. Thus, people's decisions are not only influenced by the content of choices but also the presentation of choices. That is, the design of the decision environment can 'nudge' people into certain behaviors. Coined by behavioral economists, 'nudging' describes how even minor changes to the decision environment influence choices, typically unnoticed by the decision maker. As any decision is influenced by the decision environment the presentation will always (intentionally or unintentionally) influence how people actually make their choices.

 

As decisions are increasingly made online, the concept of 'digital nudging' extends 'nudging' to the digital environment, referring to both the design and effects of nudges in digital decision environments--i.e., the use of user-interface design elements to guide people's behavior on online platforms.

 

 

The main purpose of this minitrack is to explore and extend, as well as exchange, research related to behavioral economics and nudging in the context of information systems design and the digital economy. Specifically, this mini-track aims to examine the design, main applications, and effects of digital nudging in information systems design, in particular, research with an emphasis on the effects of interface design on users' behavior, judgment, and decision making in Internet-based systems. We welcome papers that draw on or combine behavioral research methods (e.g., experimentation, survey, case study, action research), and design science approaches.

 

 

 

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TOPICS

 

 

* Applications of behavioral economics concepts to information system design

 

* Design of online choice architectures

 

* Information processing for decision making

 

* Influence of information presentation on consumption behavior (for example, feedback mechanisms in website design and sustainable behaviors)

 

* Framing effects in website design

 

* Impact of anchoring effects on online judgment and decision making

 

* Impact of behavioral economics principles and website design implementation on privacy and trust

 

* Issues related to behavioral design principles and security

 

* Impact of website design on loss aversion and risk perception/evaluation

 

* Impact of digital nudges on online judgment and decision making

 

* Website designs/elements that encourage rational thinking and/or nudge users into certain behaviors

 

* Issues related to dynamic website design and interactive decision making

 

* Website design and preference building effects

 

* Cognitive, emotional, and social factors and information systems design

 

* Applications of behavioral economics principles in online platforms that influence users' behaviors (for example, in online auctions and e-marketplaces, crowdfunding platform, mobility platforms, and others)

 

* Ethical issues of digital nudging

 

 

 

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MINI-TRACK CHAIRS

 

Markus Weinmann (Primary Contact)

University of Liechtenstein

Email: markus.weinmann@uni.li

 

Christoph Schneider

City University of Hong Kong

Email: christoph.schneider@cityu.edu.hk

 

Jan vom Brocke

University of Liechtenstein

Email: jan.vom.brocke@uni.li