Brief Introduction

In the VUCA environment, digital resilience is becoming increasingly important. It helps organizations and communities to cope with unexpected shocks and chronical stressors. However, the development of digital resilience is a challenging task in that it often involves changing existing routines, organizational structures and even business models. Thus, the process faces strong resistances and requires managerial interventions. Meanwhile, organizations also face the pressure to pursue sustainable objectives which create social, economic and environmental values within and beyond organizational boundaries. Digital technologies are a powerful tool in these pursuits. Digital resilience and sustainability can complement each other. For example, organizations that have launched effective digital sustainability initiatives can respond more effectively to unexpected shocks. In this track, we welcome studies that explore the design, deployment and use of information systems (IS) for resilience and sustainability. In particular, we are interested in the use of artificial intelligence for the development of digital resilience and sustainability. A study can focus on either digital resilience or digital sustainability or the interactions of both. We welcome both conceptual and empirical studies and research that uses different methods.

Topics

1. The antecedents of digital resilience and sustainability
2. The impacts of digital resilience and sustainability
3. IS design for digital resilience and sustainability
4. IS-enabled organizational change for resilience and sustainability
5. IS-enabled collaboration for resilience and sustainability
6. The roles of artificial intelligence for digital resilience and sustainability
7. The unintended consequences for digital resilience and sustainability