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Information Systems Journal (ISJ) Paper Development Workshop at PACIS 2026

Event Details

Pullman Hotel Jakarta, Indonesia  (Studio 1-2 at 2nd Floor)
July 5, 2026 (8.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.)

The proposed paper development workshop directly addresses the conference’s central theme “Leapfrogging the Future with Artificial Intelligence” by creating a structured forum for developing rigorous research that provides potential participants the opportunity to examine AI’s transformative impacts on organizations and society. As AI technologies rapidly reshape information systems across industries, there is an urgent need for theoretically grounded, contextually rich research that moves beyond technical implementation to explore critical organizational, managerial, and societal implications.

The workshop aligns closely with ISJ’s mission in several key ways. First, it emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of AI research by encouraging participants to integrate technological developments with social, contextual, and management perspectives. Rather than focusing on purely technical aspects, the workshop will guide authors to problematize urgent phenomena emerging from AI adoption—such as algorithmic decision-making, workforce transformation, ethical governance challenges, and shifting power dynamics between organizations and stakeholders.

Second, the workshop directly supports ISJ’s commitment to research that “has the potential to make the world a better place.” AI presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant risks, making it essential that IS scholars examine multiple stakeholder perspectives beyond purely economic considerations. Participants will be encouraged to develop research questions that address grand challenges facing organizations and society, such as AI equity, transparency, accountability, and human-AI collaboration.

Third, the workshop’s timing is particularly opportune given ISJ’s forthcoming special issue on “Theorizing the Impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence“. By providing developmental feedback on emerging AI research, the workshop hopes to help cultivate high-quality submissions that advance theoretical understanding while maintaining the methodological rigor and contextual depth that ISJ values. The workshop will welcome both qualitative and quantitative approaches, ensuring that authors situate their findings within broader organizational and societal contexts rather than treating AI as merely a technical artifact.

Workshop Organizers

• Sutirtha Chatterjee University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Ravi Patnayakuni University of Alabama in Huntsville

Sutirtha Chatterjee, Senior Editor, ISJ
Professor, Department of Information Systems
Lee Business School
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
sutirtha.chatterjee@unlv.edu

Sutirtha (“Suti”) Chatterjee is a full professor of information systems at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His current research focuses on ethical and humanistic issues in IS, technology-mediated work, IT and innovation, and IS disciplinary reflections. His work has been published (or accepted) in AIS Basket journals such as MISQ, ISR, JAIS, JMIS, ISJ, EJIS, DSS, JSIS, and I&M. Suti serves as a senior editor at JAIS, ISJ, and JSIS, an associate editor at Decision Sciences, and has recently been invited to be an AE at ISR. He has received multiple awards/honors for his work, such as best reviewer awards at JAIS (2018), EJIS (2024), and JSIS (2024, co-winner), and an honorable mention as an ERB member for reviewing excellence at ISR (2023). His co-authored paper published in JAIS in 2024 received the best GTM (grounded theory methodology) publication award by the AIS Special Interest Group on GTM (SIG GTM).

Ravi Patnayakuni, Senior Editor, ISJ
Department of Information Systems, Supply Chain and Analytics
College of Business
University of Alabama in Huntsville
ravi.patnayakuni@uah.edu

Ravi Patnayakuni is a senior information systems faculty and Director of the Enterprise Systems Lab at the College of Business at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Before his current appointment, he held positions at Temple University and The University of Melbourne. His research interests are eclectic and include IT implementation, innovation diffusion, organizational impacts of IT, supply chain systems, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. His work has appeared in premier journals including Information Systems Journal, MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, Decision Sciences, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering and Management. He serves as a Senior Editor for the Information Systems Journal and Information Systems Practice Journal and has previously served as an Associate Editor at Decision Sciences. More recently his focus has been on the integration of scholarship, practice, and student development. He is committed to advancing impactful research by connecting theory to practice and demonstrating measurable contributions to organizational and institutional effectiveness.

Workshop Program

Primary Target Audience

1. IS researchers who are interested in receiving feedback for their work for further submission to ISJ.
2. ISJ senior and associate editors, serving for mentors for the papers.

Submission

SUBJECT: Submission to the ISJ PDW workshop at PACIS 2026

In the body of the email, please include the title of the paper and the name and email of the author(s) who would attend the workshop if the paper is accepted. Please also highlight the contact author.

Submissions should be sent by email between May 11 and May 18, 2026. Papers submitted before May 11 (00.01 Jakarta time) and after May 18 (23.59 Jakarta time) may not be considered.

Authors will receive the decision by Friday June 5, if not earlier.

Important Dates to Remember:

• Submissions Begin: May 11, 2026
• Submission Deadline: May 18, 2026
• Decisions: Before June 5, 2026
• ISJ Workshop: July 5, 2026

List of Workshop Mentors

• Robert Davison, Editor-in-Chief, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Sutirtha (Suti) Chatterjee, Senior Editor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
• Ravi Patnayakuni, Senior Editor, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, USA
• Andrew Hardin, Senior Editor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
• Andreas Eckhardt, Senior Editor, University of Innsbruck, Austria

📥 Download call for papers document here.

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