Exemplars and advancement of design research in information systems
Track 11
Track chairs
Stefan Morana
Université Laval
Marc T. P. Adam
The University of Newcastle. Australia
Sofia Schöbel
Osnabrück University
Track description
The appropriate design of sociotechnical systems has been of interest to researchers and practitioners for decades and has become increasingly important, especially since digital technologies have increasingly shaped our everyday lives. Digital technologies are the foundation for bridging digital borders, and it is important to understand how they must be designed to meet all the needs of society, organisations, and us as individuals in our interconnected world. Researchers and engineers must address the design, implementation, and evaluation of novel artifacts to ensure the resulting digital technologies are used meaningfully and contribute to business and society.
The appropriate design of sociotechnical systems has been of interest to researchers and practitioners for decades and has become increasingly important, especially since digital technologies have increasingly shaped our everyday lives. Digital technologies are the foundation for bridging digital borders, and it is important to understand how they must be designed to meet all the needs of society, organisations, and us as individuals in our interconnected world. Researchers and engineers must address the design, implementation, and evaluation of novel artifacts to ensure the resulting digital technologies are used meaningfully and contribute to business and society.
Design research in IS aims to inform the design of technological artifacts by establishing and applying (design) theories, exploring and testing conceptual models, generating design guidelines and best practices, and designing and evaluating computing artifacts. We are especially interested in research that explores how the design of digital technologies can bridge the divide between human and machine actors, ensuring that technological innovation is not only strategically aligned with policy but also human-centric and inclusive.
We welcome research that produces design knowledge about computing artifacts for addressing realworld problems, conceptual research that expands our understanding of the role and impact of design science research in various application domains, methodological contributions for designing sociotechnical systems, and knowledge about the implications of specific design elements. Moreover, we welcome a diversity of submissions focusing on designing, developing, and evaluating artifacts, adding to design research’s theoretical and methodological knowledge base.
Publishing Opportunities in Leading Journals
Publishing Opportunities in Leading Journals High-quality and relevant papers from this track will be considered for selection for fast-tracked development towards publication in the AIS Transaction on Human-Computer Interaction [http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci]. Selected papers will need to expand in content and length to meet the requirements for standard research articles published in the journal. Although the track co-chairs are committed to guiding the selected papers towards rapid publication, further reviews may be needed before final publication decision can be made.
Topics of interest
- Behavior design, gamification, persuasive systems, and digital nudging
- Cognitive and behavioral underpinnings of sociotechnical system design
- Conversational interfaces, chatbots, voice assistants, digital assistants, and intelligent agents
- Design science theory, principles, processes, and design evaluation
- Design of adaptive, context-aware, and neuroadaptive interfaces
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion; accessibility; and design for special populations
- Emerging methods, tools, and methodological advances in design science research
- Human-centered, participatory, and responsible design of information systems
- Modularity, architecture, and theorizing in information systems design
- Usability, user experience engineering, and aesthetics in information systems design and use
Associate editors
Eva Bittner
Universität Zürich, Switzerland
Dominik Gutt
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Benedikt Brendel
Indiana University, Kelly School of Business, USA
Sascha Lichtenberg
Saarland University, Germany
Ryan Schuetzler
BYU Marriott School of Business, USA
Mala Kaul
University of Nevada, Reno, The College of Business, USA
Debra VanderMeer
Florida International University, USA
Timm Teubner
TU Berlin, Germany
Shirley Gregor
Australian National University, Australia
John Venable
Curtin University, Australia
Melanie Reuter-Oppermann
Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
Wasana Bandara
Queensland University of Technology
Jacqualine Bailey
University of Newcastle
Jana-Rebecca Rehse
University of Mannheim, Germany
Thuy Duong Oesterreich
University of Osnabrück
Fabian Tingelhoff
EMLV Paris Business School
Jens Joachim Marga
WHU, Germany
Tuure Tuunanen
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Christina Keller
Lund University, Sweden
Axel Winkelmann
University of Würzburg, Germany
