Track Chairs
Martin Santana, Ph.D., Universidad Privada del Norte
Bjoern Niehaves, Ph.D., University of Bremen
Satish Krishnan, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode

Track Description
The “Public IS and Infrastructures” track explores the critical role of information systems (IS) and digital infrastructures in shaping public sector services, governance, and societal development. As governments worldwide increasingly digitize services and build large-scale infrastructures to support various public initiatives, it is essential to understand the potential and challenges these systems bring. This track seeks contributions investigating the design, implementation, and impact of public IS, focusing on how these systems transform public administration, deliver services, foster inclusion, and create value for societies.
Schedule

2025
Sunday, December 14th

AI Adoption in U.S. Police Departments: Impacts on Enforcement Outcomes and Arrest Disparities

Seungwoo Han, College of Business, KAIST
Wonseok Oh, KAIST

Beyond Access: Rethinking Refugee Integration through Information Systems

Olena Ocheredko, LUT University, Lappeenranta-Lahti, Finland
Dominik Siemon, LUT University

Caring at a Distance: Configuration of Remote Healthcare

Dinushika Gunawardena, University of Sydney
Mingyue Guo, The University of Sydney
Vera G M Sistenich, Emergency Telehealth Service, Western Australia Country Health Service
Manoj A. Thomas, University of Sydney Business School
Dirk Hovorka, University of Sydney

Distillation-Based Knowledge Editing of LLMs for Social Media Text Classification in Disaster Monitoring: A Design Science Approach

Md. Saddam Hossain Mukta, LUT University
Najmul Islam, LUT University

Freelance Labor Markets in Crisis: How Platform Governance and Reactions Shape Economic Opportunity After Geopolitical Disruption

Qingyuan LIN, City University of Hong Kong

From Awareness to Action: Designing the Metaverse for Social Resilience in Crises

Miriam Gräf, Technical University of Darmstadt
Philippe Herve Jacquemin, Technical University of Darmstadt
Nihal Wahl, Information Systems

From Dialectics to Multilectics: Navigating Networks of Tensions in AI Governance

Heidi Hietala, University of Oulu
Raffaele Ciriello, The University of Sydney Business School
Karin Väyrynen, University of Oulu
Arto Lanamäki, University of Oulu

Mapping Transparency of Open-Source AI Models: A Large-Scale Analysis on Hugging Face

Yue Li, NanjinUniversity
Lele Kang, Nanjing University
Qiqi Jiang, Copenhagen Business School

Supply, Demand or Policy Driven? An Empirical Examination of Data Center Location Strategies in the United States

Chen Tian, Emory University
Ramnath K. Chellappa, Emory University
Jonathan Gomez Martinez, University of Southern California

Technology-Positioning Competition in Information Systems Implementation: The Case of National Identity Ecosystems

Sarah Mulombo Mulaji, University of Cape Town
Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town

The Influence of Institutional Logics on Data Literacy Self-Efficacy in Local Governments

Fabian Steinert, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Philipp Staudt, Carl-von-Ossietzky University

Unraveling the Dual Effects of Online Contextual Information Disclosure on Offline Transactions

Yichang Shen, University of Science and Technology of China
Jiahui Feng, Orange Energy Co.Ltd
Jie Fang, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Hefu Liu, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China

Why Generative Artificial Intelligence Does Not Survive First Contact with Bureaucracy

Josue Kuika Watat, University of Oslo
Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan, Stockholm University
Lidan Zhang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute