The “IoT, Public IS, and Infrastructure” track examines the critical role of the Internet of Things (IoT), along with associated digital infrastructures and platforms, in transforming public sector services, governance, and societal development. As governments worldwide increasingly deploy vast networks of interconnected physical devices and other advanced technologies (e.g., AI) to support various public initiatives, it is essential to understand the potential and challenges these systems bring to public administration and critical infrastructure. This track seeks contributions investigating the design, implementation, use, and impact of public IS enabled by IoT and other digital technology and infrastructure. We are interested in how these technologies are transforming traditional public administration, enhancing service delivery, creating public value, and fostering inclusion.

Track Chairs;
Kunsoo Han, McGill University
Chee Wei (David) Phang, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)
Miria Grisot, University of Oslo

Schedule
2026
Monday, December 14th
12:00 AM

Between Innovation and Risk Aversion: A Contextual Perception of AI Sourcing Risks in Public Organisations

Zacchaeus Otunla, University of Lausanne
Tobias Mettler, University of Lausanne

12:00 AM

Configured to Care: How AI Emotional Expression Shapes User Engagement in Mental Health Support

Yuqing Hu, University of Washington
Yu Kan, Indiana University
Lu Yan, Indiana University

12:00 AM

Digital Public Infrastructure Through the Lens of Dimensional Publicness

Luca T. Bauer, University Bremen
Selin Arpaci, Technical University of Munich
Konrad Degen, TU Berlin
Sasha Köster, University of Bremen
Björn Niehaves, University of Bremen

12:00 AM

Informal Infrastructuring as Drift: The Case of Energy Management Systems

Amirhossein Gharaie, Linköping Univesity
Gianluigi Viscusi, Linköping University

12:00 AM

Motivating Individual Effort in Collective Action Tasks in Local Government: An Experimental Evaluation of Expectancy Theory-Based Design Interventions

Fabian Steinert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Philipp Staudt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

12:00 AM

Polycentric Governance of Nascent Digital Public Infrastructures: Insights from the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure

Yanbing Long, University of Arkansas
Alexander Rieger, University of Arkansas
Tamara H. Roth, University of Arkansas
Muriel-Larissa Frank, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
Tracy Ann Sykes, University of Arkansas

12:00 AM

SVEA-in-the-Making: A Sociomaterial Genealogy of Public-Sector LLM Development in Sweden

Shengnan Han, Stockholm University
Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan, Stockholm University
Hongxiu Li, Tampere University

12:00 AM

The Impacts of Public Data on AI Innovation: Open Government Data Initiatives Encourage Local Healthcare AI Investment

Guohao Zhu, Zhejiang University
Aaron Cheng, London School of Economics
Ning Zhao, Zhejiang University

12:00 AM

Urban Mobility: Unveiling Research Trends and Future Pathways

LUIZ ANTONIO JOIA, FGV
MARCELO HIPÓLITO, FGV

12:00 AM

When Civil Servants Resist AI for Citizens: Privacy Concerns and Prosocial Resistance

Fynn E. Wojke, University of Bremen

12:00 AM