Abstract
This paper reports on a panel held during the 2006 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). The panel titled, "Social Activism in IS Research: Making the World a Better Place," was organized to question whether and how Information System (IS) research is making tangible impacts to our society. More specifically, each panelist was asked to address: (1) How can IS research, and researchers, make contributions to underdeveloped societies and underserved communities?; and (2) How can IS researchers learn from the particularities of these communities to inform better research, teaching, and service? While each panel member had different perspectives to offer in relation to these two questions, all agreed that IS academe needs to raise its awareness and efforts considerably with a view to address the needs of underserved communities.
DOI
10.17705/1CAIS.01913
Recommended Citation
Desouza, K., Ein-Dor, P., McCubbrey, D., Galliers, R., Myers, M., & Watson, R. (2007). Social Activism in Information Systems Research: Making the World a Better Place. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 19, pp-pp. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.01913
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