Joint Event: UKAIS is joined by the Digital Organisation and Society (DOS) research centre, Royal Holloway, University of London
Time: 09:30-11:00, 25 October 2022
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Agenda
Welcome & Introduction: Dr Philip Wu, Royal Holloway
Talk 1: Research in Information Systems: An Editor’s Perspective
Professor Robert Davison, Editor in Chief of the Information Systems Journal
Abstract
In this talk, I will present the call for papers for the ISJ special issue: “The new wave of hybrid work: An opportunity to revise assumptions and build theory”. I will present the background to the special issue and I will discuss what is expected regarding potential submissions to this special issue. The full call for papers can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/13652575/SI%20HW%20CFP%20FINAL-1658423908383.pdf
Research paper by Haili Li and Genia Kostka can be downloaded here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4066462
Bio
Robert Davison is a Professor of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on the use and misuse of information systems, especially with respect to problem solving, guanxi formation and knowledge management, in Chinese organisations. He is particularly known for his scholarship in the domain of action research. Within the AIS, Robert chaired the research ethics committee for many years, and is currently convenor of the College of Senior Scholars. Robert chairs the IFIP WG 9.4 (The Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development) and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Information Systems Journal and the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. As a researcher and as an editor, he seeks to promote both an inclusive and an indigenous perspective to research. Home Page: http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/staff/isrobert
Talk 2: ISJ Special Issue – The new wave of hybrid work: An opportunity to revise assumptions and build theory (Submission Deadline January 31st 2023)
Dr Efpraxia Zamani, Special Issue Editor, Information Systems Journal
Abstract
In this talk, I will present the call for papers for the ISJ special issue: “The new wave of hybrid work: An opportunity to revise assumptions and build theory”. I will present the background to the special issue and I will discuss what is expected regarding potential submissions to this special issue. The full call for papers can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/13652575/SI%20HW%20CFP%20FINAL-1658423908383.pdf
Bio
Dr Efpraxia Zamani is a Senior Lecturer of information Systems at the University of Sheffield. She has received her doctorate from the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece). Her research interests are found at the intersection of organizational and social aspects of Information Systems, with an emphasis on the implications of emerging technologies. Her work has appeared in journals, such as Information Systems Journal, the Journal of Information Technology, Government Information Quarterly, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. She has been guest editor for special issues in the Information Systems Frontiers and the Information Technology and Development. Currently, she is a member of the Peer Review College of the British Academy of Management journal, Board Member for the UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) and a Senior Editor at Information Technology and People.