Paper Number
ICIS2025-1459
Paper Type
Short
Abstract
Expertise research has long relied on proxies such as credentials, socialization, tool use, and observable actions. Emerging technologies like AI unsettle these markers and hamper conventional study designs. We propose tracing as a methodological orientation that follows expertise in the making by leveraging digital traces and integrating them with novel indicators, bridging qualitative and computational approaches. This framework captures expertise in technologically mediated settings where standard observations fall short. We call for reconceptualizing expertise research to combine established and emerging methods suited to the digital age.
Recommended Citation
Karačić, Tomislav; Rezazade Mehrizi, Mohammad; and Elmholdt, Kasper, "Tracing Expertise: Conceptualizing the Study of Expertise in the Age of Emerging Technologies" (2025). ICIS 2025 Proceedings. 6.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2025/is_researchmethods/is_researchmethods/6
Tracing Expertise: Conceptualizing the Study of Expertise in the Age of Emerging Technologies
Expertise research has long relied on proxies such as credentials, socialization, tool use, and observable actions. Emerging technologies like AI unsettle these markers and hamper conventional study designs. We propose tracing as a methodological orientation that follows expertise in the making by leveraging digital traces and integrating them with novel indicators, bridging qualitative and computational approaches. This framework captures expertise in technologically mediated settings where standard observations fall short. We call for reconceptualizing expertise research to combine established and emerging methods suited to the digital age.
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