Cognition and Human Behavior in Information Systems
BackTrack Chairs
Annamina Rieder
Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business
annamina_rieder@sfu.ca
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Annamina Rieder is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at Simon Fraser University in Canada. She received her Ph.D. in Management from the University of St.Gallen in Switzerland. Her research interest lies in IT use and persuasive design. She studies such topics as effective use of IT, digital nudging, and IT affordances, particularly in the domains of digital health, social media, and sustainability. Her work has appeared in globally recognized peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, amongst others, in the European Journal of Information Systems, the Journal of Information Technology, Decision Support Systems, the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, ICIS, ECIS, and AOM. She has served as Co-Chair of this ECIS track since 2023.
Anuschka Schmitt
London School of Economics
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Anuschka Schmitt is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics. Her research examines how AI-based systems augment human work, as well as individual decision-making and learning, placing special emphasis on conversational AI. Her work uses laboratory and field experiments, as well as digital trace data analysis methods. Anuschka’s research has been published in outlets such as the Journal of the Association of Information Systems. Anuschka holds a PhD from the University of St.Gallen. Prior to joining LSE, Anuschka worked as a research fellow at the Computer Science department at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and at a data analytics startup in Paris, France.
Ilias O. Pappas
Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology;
Department of Information Systems, University of Agder
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Ilias O. Pappas is a Professor of Information Systems at the Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Department of Information Systems, University of Agder, Norway. His research focuses on human-centered AI, data science, digital transformation, social innovation, user experience, digital marketing, e-services, and information technology adoption, with a key interest in fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) applications. He has published over 150 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals and conferences, including the European Journal of Information Systems, Human Relations, British Journal of Management, European Journal of Marketing, Information & Management, Journal of Business Research, Psychology & Marketing, International Journal of Information Management, and Journal of Systems and Software. Dr. Pappas has served as a guest editor for multiple journals, an associate editor for several information systems journals, and is an ERCIM “Alain Bensoussan” and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow. Since 2016, he has been a track chair on AI as well as on Big Data Analytics at ECIS and AMCIS, among others
Technological advancements in the realms of artificial intelligence, collaborative platforms, and the Internet of Things not only affect organizational value creation but also fundamentally alter the ways in which users interact with technologies. Specifically, users must constantly adapt to new technologies and novel ways of collaboration in their private and working lives.
While some adaptations can have positive effects on productivity and well-being, others are associated with adverse effects ranging from the experience of technostress to discontinuance or even sabotage. By acknowledging the fundamental role of users in seizing the opportunities that information systems offer, this traditional ECIS track seeks to put the user front and center.
To re-imagine digital technology for business, management, and society, it is crucial to understand how human emotions, cognitive processes, and subsequent behaviors shape the design, usage, and impact of information systems.
We invite contributions on the design and use of information systems that reflect cognitive mechanisms, requirements, and consequences for information systems users. Cognitive considerations in guiding or “nudging” users’ choices become relevant, e.g., by encouraging people to behave in a socially and environmentally responsible fashion or to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Furthermore, contributions are invited that provide an understanding of how digital technology shapes human cognition and emotion and that investigate how users interact with technology. We welcome novel qualitative and quantitative empirical insights, design research, as well as conceptual contributions that develop theory and offer directions for future research. Additionally, we encourage research grounded in reference disciplines such as cognitive psychology, human-computer interaction, or neuroscience.
Outstanding and suitable papers will be invited to submit extended and revised versions to the Special Issue on “Shaping the Future of Agentic Systems” in the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems.
Track topics
Topics of interest include for example:
design and effects of digital technologies on human behavior
shaping cognition, emotion, and behavior through emergent technology (e.g., artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, persuasive system design)- user interaction with algorithms, agentic, and autonomous systems
- cognitive biases and heuristics in the context of novel digital technologies
- differences in user behavior and cognitive processes when using different devices (smartphones, PCs, tablets), smartphones as our “extended mind”
- online persuasion and deception (e.g., fake news and reviews, misinformation, e-commerce strategies)
- design of information systems for digital nudging in various domains (e.g., online shopping, online donations, privacy decision-making, crowdsourcing and funding, energy consumption, and choice of healthy products)
- cognitive mechanisms underlying persuasive system design
- neuroIS studies on information systems design and use (i.e., neurocognition, neurophysiology, eye tracking)
- Negative consequences, such as, cognitive overload, technostress, and coping caused by interruptions and consumption of information through digital devices
- fostering creativity in digital settings
- evaluation of user experience and user attitudes toward innovative interaction designs
- cognitive requirements and consequences of human-centric design of information systems
Track Associate Editors
Alexander Kupfer, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Alireza Nili, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Fumi Kurihara, University of Münster, Germany
Jim Burleson, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Dominik Siemon, LUT University, Finland
Kamel Rouibah, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Zachary Sheffler, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Ekaterina Jussupow, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Roozmehr Safi, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
Vincent Beermann, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Sybren de Kinderen, Eindhoven University of Technology, Germany
Laura Ruiz, NEOMA Business School, France
Alexander Chung, Université Laval, Canada
Michael Knierim, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Jeannette Stark, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Greta Polites, Kent State University, UK
Torsten Eymann, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Netta Iivari, University of Oulu, Finland
Katina Michael, Arizona State University, USA
Stephen McCarthy, University College Cork, Ireland
Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland
Sangseok You, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Kwame Robinson, Wayne State University, USA
Connor Esterwood, Wayne State University, USA
Sarah Hönigsberg, ICN Business School, France
Maylis Saigot, University of Queensland, Australia
Alper Beser, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Timo Strohmann, University of Münster, Germany
Nicola Ens, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Manuel Schmidt-Kraepelin, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Anne Ixmeier, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Saman Bina, Baylor University, USA
Ehsan Nouri, University of Virginia, USA
Rui Sundrup, University of Louisville, USA
Bernhard Lutz, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Olga Abramova, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
Sofia Sherman, Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo, Istrael
Johannes Sedlmeir, University of Münster, Germany
Mena Teebken, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
Katja Bley, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Saurav Chakraborty, University of Louisville, USA
Ioanna Constantiou, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Kathrin Figl, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Najmul Islam, LUT University, Finland
Christiane Lehrer, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Alexander Maedche, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Ariana Polyviou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
PK Senyo, University of Southampton
Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Falk Uebernickel, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Stefan Schmager, University of Agder, Norway
Dinara Davlembayeva, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Davit Marikyan, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Thiemo Wanbsganss, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Aqib Siddiqui, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Savindu Herath, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Panda Kumar Sachin, Univeresity of Bern, Switzerland
Yong Liu, Aalto University, Finland
Ransome Bawack, Audencia Business School, France
Doreen Schick, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany