[AISWorld] FINAL CFP: RESEARCHING THE FUTURE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH, IFIP 8.2 2011

[Mike W. Chiasson]

  FINAL CFP: RESEARCHING THE FUTURE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH - 
IFIP 8.2 CONFERENCE, TURKU FINLAND, JUNE 6 TO 8, 2011

Papers Due: **September 10, 2010** (extended deadline).

This is a final call for papers, for The IFIP 8.2 working group (IS and 
Organizations) conference in Turku Finland, 2011 on "Researching the 
Future in Information Systems Research".  Papers both addressing this 
topic, or any other topic relevant to the 8.2 working group (see 
http://ifipwg82.org/) are welcome.

The web-site and call can be found at: http://www.wg82.abo.fi/, 
including the full programme committee 
(http://www.wg82.abo.fi/committee.php).

You can also find more detailed information about the scenic location 
for the conference at http://www.wg82.abo.fi/delegateinfo.php.  The 
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) will also be taking 
place in Helsinki, right after our working group conference.

The full call is included below, and the deadline for submissions is now 
**September 10, 2010**. Please pass this call onto others you think will 
be interested.

Looking forward to your submissions and seeing you at the conference.

Warm regards.
--Mike

Mike Chiasson, Lancaster University UK, and Ola Henfridsson, Viktoria 
Institute, Sweden
IFIP 8.2 2011 Co-Chairs

Full Call:

As we approach the second decade of the 21st century, ongoing 
transformations in business forms and practices, economic institutions, 
and societal practices are greatly influenced by developments in 
information and communication technologies (ICT). Some of these 
transformations dazzle us with possibilities for improving social 
welfare, while others suggest that social inequality may be increasing 
and preserving the status quo.

As researchers within a discipline focused on the design, adoption, 
utilization and effects of ICT, we are well-positioned to contribute to 
the future shaping of ICT-based practices. Drawing on a healthy debate 
about research relevance, it is now time to explore, develop and 
substantiate the new directions through which our field can shape and 
influence the future of ICT-based practices. If anticipating and 
influencing the future is something qualitatively different than 
immediate research relevance, we must then ask whether and how our 
approaches to inquiry can affect our ability to do so. Such reflection 
would be valuable in shaping a discipline that is progressive and 
confident about its role in dealing with questions about the future.

To address this need, the theme of this international working conference 
of IFIP 8.2 is "Researching the Future". We encourage the submission of 
"traditional" written texts (empirical work of all kinds, engaged 
research, case studies, methodological and philosophical discussions), 
but also non-traditional approaches and formats (e.g. descriptions of IT 
artefacts, science fictions, and convincing speculative visions) which 
address the future of IS and IT, and the ways to research the future of 
ICT and ICT-based practices. The nature of this theme should encourage 
both authors and reviewers for this conference to experiment and assess 
the value of novel approaches to researching and thinking about the 
futures of ICT-based research. A number of possible questions and 
perspectives are identified below, recognizing and welcoming submissions 
on any topic relevant to IFIP WG 8.2 beyond this specific call.
Examples of Questions to Address within the Theme

     * How can we anticipate the possible futures of ICT?
     * How does the production and communication of ICT research affect 
the future?
     * How does and could research on the present shape the future?
     * How do we evaluate alternative approaches to research which 
addresses and speculates on the future?
     * What are the goals and measures of success for a future-oriented 
field?
     * What does a future-orientation in the field suggest about our 
current debates about research epistemologies and methodologies?
     * What social and political constraints restrict the realization of 
ICT futures and our role in producing them?
     * What kinds of environments facilitate a greater latitude for and 
consideration of ICT futures?
     * What could be the "science" behind technological foresight?


Submission Date: **10 September 2010** (extended)

General Chairs:     Michael Myers, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jacob Nørbjerg, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Organizing Chairs:     Helena Karsten, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 
Finland
Barbro Back, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Program Co-Chairs:     Mike Chiasson, Lancaster University, UK
Ola Henfridsson, Viktoria Institute, Sweden & University of Oslo, Norway