Call for Papers: 23nd Americas Conference on Information Systems August 10 - 12, 2017, Boston, MA, USA http://amcis2017.aisnet.org<http://amcis2017.aisnet.org/ Dear Colleagues, We welcome papers for the mini track titled “Social Theory in Information Systems (STIR ’17)”, for AMCIS 2017. Details are as follows: Track: Social Technical and Social Inclusion Issues Mini Track Title: Social Theory in Information Systems (STIR ’17) Description This year we are proud to celebrate the 21st consecutive year of the Social Theory in Information Systems Research minitrack. Since 1996, scholars and researchers have presented cutting edge research, using social theory in their work. STIR’17 solicits papers that use social theory in IS research drawing upon such approaches as sociotechnical theory, critical theory, social informatics, and organizational theory. We are interested in highlighting research that critically examines the constitution of ICT, and their roles in organizations and society. We are particularly interested in research that makes use of social theory to address the main theme of the conference, “A Tradition of Innovation,” meaning work that is innovative in terms of multi- and trans-disciplinary uses of social theory and methodologies to study the impacts of new and emerging technologies on people in their organizational and social lives. We are interested in questions about how we interact with ICTs in our work and social lives in ways that help and hinder the move towards more useful, productive, and happier lives. Issues might include designing smart and sustainable digital futures, critically examining the constitution of ICTs, and their roles in the design, maintenance and dissolution of online and offline communities, and posing and investigating questions about how we interact with ICTs in our work and social lives in ways that help and sometimes hinder progress towards more useful, productive, and happier lives. Please join us in San Diego for this milestone! Suggested Topics In addition to research aligned with the conference theme we are also interested in high quality empirical and conceptual work that uses social theory to study and understand: • The implications of social networks for organizations and social groups • Conceptual and empirical work focusing on the ways ICT can promote or hinder social inclusion • The significance of cyberinfrastructure for commerce, governing and research and sustainable development • The relationships between ICTs and people as they participate in online communities and virtual teams • Online communities of practice, their processes and outcomes • The dynamics of and social and cultural impacts on ICT • Hacktivism and the use of technology to mobilize resources and advance ideology • Unintended consequences of technology implementation and use in organizations and in social life • Scientific collaboration and scholarly communication as enabled and constrained by ICTs • The impacts of social computing on our social and work lives SUBMISSION SITE http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2017 Submissions may be of two types: Completed research papers (< 5000 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) Research-in-progress papers (< 3500 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2017 For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2017 website at http://amcis2017.aisnet.org IMPORTANT DATES January 9, 2017: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2016 begin March 1, 2017: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors at 10:00am PST April 17, 2017: Notification of initial decision CHAIR CONTACT INFORMATION Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman@indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba@indiana.edu<mailto:hrosenba@indiana.edu>