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<p class=""><span lang="EN-US">Journal of the Association for Information
Systems</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US">Call for papers: Information
Systems Solutions for Environmental Sustainability</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </span></b></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Special
Issue Guest Editors</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Roya
Gholami (Aston University, UK) - <a href="mailto:gholamir@aston.ac.uk">gholamir@aston.ac.uk</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Niels
Bjørn-Andersen (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) - <a href="mailto:nba@cbs.dk">nba@cbs.dk</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Helen
Hassan </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">(University of Wollongong, Australia) - </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:hasan@uow.edu.au"><span style lang="EN-AU">hasan@uow.edu.au</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-AU"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Alemayehu
Molla (RMIT University, Australia) - <a href="mailto:alemayehu.molla@rmit.edu.au">alemayehu.molla@rmit.edu.au</a><span class=""></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Richard
T. Watson (University of Georgia, US) - <a href="https://mail.aston.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=OwmqExOMME6WMOWvB_RbasqOMp_41dAIMvqCKpxa0dGojvJgHNkYmEcfA-4pfy92EKtbKoHCEEY.&URL=mailto%3arwatson%40terry.uga.edu" target="_blank">rwatson@terry.uga.edu</a></span></p>
<p class=""><span style lang="EN-US"><br>
Creating a sustainable environment is a critical problem facing the whole world.
We are all affected by global climate change and other massive environmental
shifts, such as rising sea levels, ocean acidification and loss of
biodiversity. These issues must be addressed before we go beyond the tipping
point where the effects cannot be reversed.</span></p>
<p class=""><span style lang="EN-US">More and better
quality information is a perquisite for perceiving the state of the environment
and then making appropriate decisions to ameliorate identified problems. Given that
information systems have been the major force for productivity increases in the
last half-century, it is appropriate that IS scholars immerse themselves in
creating solutions for environmental problems. Indeed, given the immensity of
the ecological problems we face, it is imperative that that there is large
scale involvement by the IS scholarly community in helping to create a
sustainable society. Such engagement requires IS scholars to keep in mind the
ultimate goal of solving significant societal problems related to environmental
degradation. </span></p>
<p class=""><span style lang="EN-US">For this
special issue, we invite papers oriented towards IS solutions for environmental
sustainability.<span style> </span>Authors should identify
the environmental problem their paper addresses and justify its significance.
Authors should indicate what actions their research suggests and give an
indication of the available evidence to suggest that these actions will achieve
their purpose. The goal of this Special Issue is to encourage authors to
undertake research that can contribute to the solution of environmental problems.
Thus, papers that address this goal are suitable candidates for submission. We encourage
authors to submit an initial abstract so that the editors can provide guidance
on the potential fit to this special issue’s purpose of enhancing environmental
sustainability.</span></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US">Submissions are not restricted to a
particular methodology or unit of analysis, but they should be focused on the
creation of a more sustainable society.</span></b></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US">Some possible questions for consideration are<font>:</font></span><font><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-US"><span><sup><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:medium none" lang="EN-US">[1]</span></sup></span></span></sup></a></font><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 2pt 9.8pt"><span style lang="EN-US"><span style>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">What are the information
requirements for a sustainable society? For example, what data, in terms of
attributes and granularity, are required for pollution reporting and pricing? <span style></span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 2pt 9.8pt"><span style lang="EN-US"><span style>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">What information do consumers
need about the usage of the objects they own or manage to increase their
awareness of their ecological impact? <span style></span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 2pt 9.8pt"><span style lang="EN-US"><span style>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">How can information systems be
used to change social norms to advance sustainability?<span style></span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 2pt 9.8pt"><span style lang="EN-US"><span style>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">How can information systems be
deployed to reduce environmental damage, such as reducing carbon emissions?<span style></span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 2pt 9.8pt"><span style lang="EN-US"><span style>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">What information granularity
will lead to more effective enforcement of environmental regulations?<span style></span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 2pt 9.8pt"><span style lang="EN-US"><span style>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">What information reporting
standards for organizations and products will enhance environmental decision
making by governments, organizations, and consumers?<span style></span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 2pt 9.8pt"><span style lang="EN-US"><span style>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">What theories have sufficient
prescriptive accuracy to be useful in designing systems for a sustainable
society?<br><span style></span></span><br></p>
<p class="" style="margin-top:6pt"><span style lang="EN-US">Submissions need not be limited to the preceding list of questions.</span></p>
<h2><font><span lang="EN-US">Critical dates</span></font></h2>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Abstract
submission (one page only)</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">April
1, 2014</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Abstract
feedback</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">April
24, 2014</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Full
submission</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">September
15, 2014</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Initial
review</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">November
15, 2014</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Workshop
for papers receiving a revise and resubmit at ICIS in Auckland</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">December
13, 2014</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Revised
paper submission</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">February
28, 2015</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Revised
paper review </span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">May
1, 2015</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Second
revision submission</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">August
1, 2015</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Acceptance
decision</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">September
1, 2105</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt"><b style><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br>Special Issue
Editorial Board <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt">
</p><p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Aoun, Chadi (University of Technology
Sydney, Australia)</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black;font-style:normal"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Avital,
Michel (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)</span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;font-style:normal"> </span></i></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Carlson, Raul (Viktoria Institute,
Sweden)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Cooper, Vanessa (RMIT, Australia)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Corbett,
Jacqueline (Laval University in Quebec City, Canada)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Cranefield,
Jocelyn ( Victoria University of Wellington, Austrailia)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Dedrick,
Jason (University of Syracuse, US) </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Donnelan, Brian (NUI Maynooth,
Ireland) </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Dwyer, Catherin (Pace University,
US)</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span> <span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Goswami, Suparna (TU Minich,Germany)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Kranz, Johann (</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">University
of Goettingen, Germany)</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Ketter, Wolf (Rotterdam University,
Netherlands)</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Kotlarskey, Julia (Aston University,
UK)</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Madlberger,
Maria (Webster University, Austria) </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Melville, Nigel (University of
Michigan, US)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Oinas-Kukkonen, Harri (University of
Oulu, Finland)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Seidel, Stefan (University
of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Scharl, Arno (MODUL University, Vienna)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> <font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";font-weight:normal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Schroede,<span> </span>Andreas (Aston University, UK</span></font>)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">vom
Brocke, Jan (Universitaet Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein)</span></p>
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<p class=""><a style href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-US"><span style><sup><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;border:medium none" lang="EN-US">[1]</span></sup></span></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-US">Some of these questions are based on those
raised by Watson, R. T., Boudreau, M.-C., & Chen, A. J. W. (2010).
Information Systems and environmentally sustainable development: Energy
Informatics and new directions for the IS community. <i>MIS Quarterly, 34</i>(1),
23-38. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><br><br></p>
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