Are we making a better world with ICTs? Reflections on a future agenda for the IS field

By Geoff Walsham. Journal of Information and Technology, 2012

377 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Computer Science Applications, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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How researchers see this paper

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In Computer Science Applications

1. Geoff Walsham
2. Suprateek Sarker
3. Bernd Carsten Stahl
4. Damian Okaibedi Eke
5. Michael D. Myers
6. Nripendra P. Rana
7. Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi
8. Richard L. Baskerville

In Safety Research

1. Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi
2. Niki Panteli
3. Bernd Carsten Stahl
4. Damian Okaibedi Eke
5. David Graham Wastell
6. Paul Benjamin Lowry

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Nripendra P. Rana
2. Geoff Walsham
3. Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi
4. Abdullah Mohammed Baabdullah
5. Maung Kyaw Sein
6. Michael D. Myers
7. Richard L. Baskerville
8. Suprateek Sarker

Citations in the corpus

• Future directions for behavioral information security research (2013, background): “These themes should be considered from the perspective of the greater discipline of IS, of which Behavioral InfoSec research is a part (Walsham, 2012).”
• ICT4D research: reflections on history and future agenda (2017, background): “Thus a major ethical challenge for us all is to try to create a better world (Walsham, 2012) where people from less advantaged backgrounds can be enabled to enhance their capabilities and increase their participation in matters which affect their lives.”
• Climate change and COP26: Are digital technologies and information management part of the problem or the solution? An editorial reflection and call to action (2022, background): “Meanwhile, Walsham (2012) argues that there is a need to undertake IS research that demonstrates how we can make the world a better place.”
• Research on information systems failures and successes: Status update and future directions (2014, background): “There is enough evidence now that we are indeed ‘ making a better world with ICTs ’ (Walsham 2012).”
• The ethics of ChatGPT - Exploring the ethical issues of an emerging technology (2024, background): “…some responsibility for future morally relevant technical developments and to undertake an honest attempt to proactively engage with those (Cagnin et al., 2008; Groves, 2009; Swierstra et al., 2009; Walsham, 2012) and to provide orientation with regards to research activities (van der Burg, 2014).”