Track Co-Chairs
Alexander Richter, Ph.D., Victoria University of Wellington
Maha Shaikh, Ph.D., ESADE
Raghu Santanam, Ph.D., Arizona State University

Track Description
We invite IS scholars to engage with fundamental questions of the nature and purpose of IS research and theory, to critically reflect on methodological developments and philosophical underpinnings, and to envisage advances that would inspire future scholarly endeavors.
Schedule

2025
Sunday, December 14th

A Position based framework for conducting critical Information Systems Research

Ranjan Vaidya, Auckland University of Technology

Can Autoencoders Replace Attention Checks to Detect Inattentive Survey Respondents?

Ilias Triantafyllopoulos, New York University
Panos Ipeirotis, New York University

Discriminative vs. Descriptive – Analyzing the Use of Taxonomies in Contemporary Information Systems Research

Leonard Nake, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Stephan Kuehnel, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Johannes Damarowsky, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Does “Causal Language Bias” Exist? A Proposal to Test the Effect of Phrasing Measurement Scales Using Causal Language

Diana Fischer-Pressler, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Dario Bonaretti, NEOMA Business School
Michael Klesel, Frankfurt University of Applied Science

Empirical Bayes Tensor Decomposition: A Holistic and Interpretable Representation of Digital Trace Patterns

Xinyuan Zhang, University of Notre Dame
Jeff Cai, University of Notre Dame
Jingjing Li, University of Virginia
Ahmed Abbasi, University of Notre Dame

Feedback Extensions to Task-Technology Fit

Artemio Rimando, Toronto Metropolitan University
Ozgur Turetken, Toronto Metropolitan University

Free Will in action in a digital and AI world

David Kreps, National University of Ireland
Frantz Rowe, University of Nantes

Impact of Explicit and Hidden Survey Framing on Paid Online Survey Panel Participant Screening Rates, Attentiveness, and Data Quality: An Empirical Examination

Henri Jalo, Tampere University
Markus Makkonen, Tampere University
Henri Pirkkalainen, Tampere University
Marko Seppänen, Tampere University

Investigating Roles of Robots and Other Agents in Data-Based Relationships: Towards a Framework for Meta-Organization

Alexandra Hettich, Copenhagen Business School

Process Modeling in Information Systems

Mohammed Alsubaie, The University of Melbourne
Adam Edgar Caldwell, The University of Melbourne
Sam Pitruzzello, The University of Melbourne
Jian Li, The University of Melbourne
Nimra Akram, The University of Melbourne
Sean B. Maynard, University of Melbourne
Atif Ahmad, The University of Melbourne
Scott Ainslie, The University of Melbourne

Revealing Visual Cognition with AI Simulator: Hierarchical Attention Entropy Derived from Artificial Neural Network

Jingyuan Cai, City University of China
Chong (Alex) Wang, City University of Hong Kong

Theorizing Inverted-U Relationships through Moderated Mediation Mechanisms in Information Systems Research

Yongqiang Sun, Wuhan University
Nan Wang, Wuhan University

Toward a framework of mindful metaphor use in IS

Shaoxin Wang, The University of Sydney
Bowen Guan, University of Sydney Business School
Yangting Li, The University of Sydney
Rick Sullivan, University of Sydney Business School

Towards a Conceptualization of Data Rhythm: An Assemblage-Based Approach

Astri Moksnes Barbala, University of Galway
Kieran Conboy, NUI Galway

Towards a Positivist Theory of Virtuous IS Use

Benjamin Richardson, University of Georgia

Towards an Approach for Estimating Theoretical Saturation

Bastian Brechtelsbauer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Towards ‘Multistability’ and ‘Multiplicity’ of Embodiment in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Post-Phenomenological Analysis

Amir Haj-Bolouri, Business and Informatics

Tracing Expertise: Conceptualizing the Study of Expertise in the Age of Emerging Technologies

Tomislav Karačić, London School of Economics
Mohammad Rezazade Mehrizi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kasper Elmholdt, Aalborg University