Grand societal challenges in information systems research and education : ideas from the ERCIS Virtual Seminar Series / Jan vom Brocke, Armin Stein, Sara Hofmann, Sanja Tumbas.
This book examines how information systems research and education can play a major role in contributing to solutions to the Societal Grand Challenges formulated in ℓ́ℓThe Millennium Projectℓ́ℓ (millenium-project.org). Individual chapters focus on specific challenges, review existing approaches and c...
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| Language: | English |
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| Series: | SpringerBriefs in information systems.
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| Summary: | This book examines how information systems research and education can play a major role in contributing to solutions to the Societal Grand Challenges formulated in ℓ́ℓThe Millennium Projectℓ́ℓ (millenium-project.org). Individual chapters focus on specific challenges, review existing approaches and contributions℗ℓtowards solutions in information systems research and outline a research agenda for these challenges. The topics considered in this volume range from climate change, population growth, global ICT availability, breakthroughs in science and technology and energy demand to ethical decision-making, policymaking, gender status and transnational crime prevention. It is the first book to present ideas on how the Information Systems discipline can contribute to the solution on this wide spectrum of grand societal challenges. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 98 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783319150277 3319150278 331915026X 9783319150260 |
| ISSN: | 2192-4929. 2192-4937 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 9, 2015) |