Information Technology in Creative Environments
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Track Description
Creativity is commonly associated with the generation of products, services, processes, or ideas that are both novel and appropriate. With the emergence of the creative industries as an entire sector that has developed around creative products, the use of information technology (IT) in creative environments becomes increasingly critical. Prominent application areas include the production of computer games, visual effects, music, or feature films. At the same time, other industries such as software development, pharmaceuticals, or research and development are increasingly recognizing the role of creativity. Usually, the underlying creative process is characterized by a complex interplay of human actors, IT, and other resources that generate creative products. It is collaboration-intensive, knowledge-intensive, and characterized by high levels of uncertainty. This playground opens numerous research opportunities for IS researchers, who are challenged to investigate the role of IT and its management in creative environments. In particular, there is a lack of foundational theory that explains how creativity impacts socio-technical systems and their management.

The aim of this track is to further the discussion of the role and relevance of creativity in socio-technical systems that involve IT. It intends to provide thought leaders with a forum that accounts for the breadth of creativity research in IS and thus contributes to defining an important and emergent IS research domain. Potential topics range from the use of creativity support systems and knowledge management systems in creative environments to the application of existent theories on creativity at the individual, group, and organizational level to IS-related phenomena as well as the development of new theory.

We invite rigorous and relevant studies employing a wide variety of methods. Empirical (qualitative and quantitative) studies as well as design-oriented research and conceptual papers on theory development will be considered. Submissions will be reviewed by at least three members of the international editorial board.

Confirmed journal special issues and/or journal fast-track
Authors of selected high quality papers from the track will be invited to submit an extended version of the paper to the related special issue in Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeB).

Confirmed Associate Editors
Katherine Blashki, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Australia
Jan vom Brocke, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
James Howison, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, USA
Roy Johnson, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Sara Jones, City University London, England
Stefan Klein, University of Muenster, Germany
John Lamp, Deakin University, Australia
Dorothy Leidner, Baylor University, USA
Claudia Loebbecke, University of Cologne, Germany
Brenda Massetti, St. John’s University, USA
Bjoern Niehaves, University of Muenster, Germany
Jan Recker, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Wally Smith, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Cathy Urquhart, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Erik de Vries, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Track Chairs
Didier Elzinga, Culture Amp, Australia
Kai Riemer, University of Sydney, Australia
Stefan Seidel, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein

Contact details
stefan.seidel@hochschule.li