A Slam Session for Change

On 13 June 2023, IFIP Working Groups 9.4 and 9.5 joined forces in convening a workshop titled “Current Issues in the Digital Society”. The workshop was organised as a pre-conference session of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), which took place in Kristiansand, Norway. The workshop has been a fantastic occasion for two Working ...

Why are people so rude over work-email? And what can we do about it?

Why are people so rude over work-email? And what can we do about it?
By Emma Russell In today’s work environment, work-email is the most commonly used work communication tool and the most-preferred way of communicating for managers and professionals (Radicati Group, 2018). In 2021, around 320 billion email are being sent and received on a daily basis (Statista, 2021). There are clear reasons why people like using email ...

Why study gender bias in the Information Systems Academia?

Why study gender bias in the Information Systems Academia?
Photo by Dainis Graveris on Unsplash By Silvia Masiero In April 2020, with three colleagues we co-submitted a panel proposal to an Association for Information Systems (AIS) conference, where panel proposals were subject to single-blind review. Reviewers were hence made aware of the identity of submitting authors, so to assess the “quality of presenters” (sic) in ...

Evaluative practices and performance indicators for digital platforms

Evaluative practices and performance indicators for digital platforms
Photo by Erik Lucatero on Unsplash By Christos Begkos and Katerina Antonopoulou Rankings, ratings and reviews permeate digital platforms. They frame what we buy, where we eat, how we travel, how we consume. Their function is simple yet powerful. They streamline complex structures, quantify qualitative traits, place things in hierarchical orders and popularise their subject ...

The agential potential of digital technology in health: emerging forms of citizenship and activism in digital health

The agential potential of digital technology in health: emerging forms of citizenship and activism in digital health
Thanks to Artur Łuczka for sharing their work on Unsplash. By Dimitra Petrakaki The potential of technology to open up forms of agency has been contemplated for decades by social scientists. In the context of healthcare, this question becomes even more prominent following years of policy discourse around the digitalisation of healthcare and the set of rights ...

Digitally disconnecting in a world of ubiquitous connectivity

Digitally disconnecting in a world of ubiquitous connectivity
Photo by Lucian Alexe on Unsplash By Brad McKenna In a world of ubiquitous connectivity, digital health has become an important topic as many of us are suffering from unbalanced lifestyles. A digital detox holiday has been proposed and promoted as a solution, but many of us are not sure if they can travel digital-free. Perceptions ...

Key factors for working effectively online

Key factors for working effectively online
Photo by Ali Yahya on Unsplash By Niki Panteli In the current lockdown due to Covid-19, information  and communication technologies (ICTs) have become our saviour. They are our window to the outside world giving us the opportunity to have frequent online meetings, continue to work on joint projects regardless of where our co-workers and collaborators are, continue to teach ...

IFIP WG 9.5 Announces New Leadership Team, Name and Scope

IFIP WG 9.5 Announces New Leadership Team, Name and Scope
It has been a while and we take this as an opportunity to say a quick hi, introduce ourselves and let you know about some important changes to our Working Group (WG). We are Petros, Brad and Kathrin — a diverse team of academics interested in digital technologies and their influences on different aspects of ...

Call for papers: Virtual Collaborations for Business Innovation (MCIS 2016)

Call for papers: Virtual Collaborations for Business Innovation (MCIS 2016)
Dear IFIP WG 9.5 members:   MCIS Track Virtual Collaborations for Business Innovation   I would like to draw your attention to a track I am co-chairing on Virtual Collaborations for Business Innovation (see call attached) at the forthcoming MCIS 2016, 4-6 September 2016 in Paphos, Cyprus. Note that the deadline for submission has been extended ...

Implications of ICT for Work-Life Boundaries

by Dr Petros Chamakiotis Lately, there has been a lot of emphasis on the degree to which information and communication technologies (ICTs) — in particular smartphones and the issue of constant connectivity that these afford — are affecting work-life boundaries. We recently saw France discussing new legislation about employees retaining the right to disconnect from work once they ...