<div dir="ltr"><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Dear AISWorld community,</span></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">We have great news: AIS SIG DITE is launching the 2025 PhD Research Academy! </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p2" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:22px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Responding to the positive feedback from the community and the broad reach of the inaugural edition, the monthly PhD Research Academy goes into the next round! Our aim is to equip early career researchers worldwide with the opportunity to learn about methods and concepts at the frontier of information systems and management research from distinguished role models. You can find more information on our website: </span></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://communities.aisnet.org/sigdite/events/phd-research-academy" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s2"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">https://communities.aisnet.org/sigdite/events/phd-research-academy</span></span></a></span></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p2" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:22px"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">The confirmed speakers so far are renowned senior scholars across the globe who genuinely offered to share their expertise:</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">February</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904gmail-apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">(Friday, Feb. 28, 9-10:30 am ET)</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, Theorizing in the digital age</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">March</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Dorothy Leidner, University of Virginia, Theorizing from literature reviews</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">April</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Aron Lindberg, Stevens Institute of Technology, Computational approaches to qualitative research</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">May</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Jason Thatcher, University of Colorado Boulder, TBD</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">...</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">August</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Ida Someh, University of Queensland, Theorizing with qualitative comparative analysis</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">September</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Gordon Burtch, Boston University, Practical Econometrics</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">October</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Jerry Kane, University of Georgia, How to write an "A" paper</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">November</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Shamel Addas, Queen's University, Ideas for designing online and lab experiments</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p2" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:22px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">And as a bonus - a sneak peek into </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">2026:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">February</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Arun Rai, Georgia State University, Formulating IS research problems that matter</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">March</span></b></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">: Monideepa Tarafdar, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Lessons from technostress: A work-life balance perspective for early careers</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p2" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:22px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Click this link to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>sign up for Professor Kalle Lyytinen's 1.5 hour session on Theorizing in the digital age</u> (<b>Friday, Feb. 28, 9-10:30 am ET</b>):</span></span><span class="m_5208876848032522904gmail-apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/xMoWZuqLEo3juUFy5" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;">https://forms.gle/xMoWZuqLEo3juUFy5</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Click this link to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>register for our mailing list so you are aware of the upcoming events</u>: </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYgw7ZlFw-3Xq_9v-l9Aaxt3tMug1csxUiK-hudPSFoubIeg/viewform?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span lang="EN-US">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYgw7ZlFw-3Xq_9v-l9Aaxt3tMug1csxUiK-hudPSFoubIeg/viewform?usp=sharing</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">All the best,</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p2" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:22px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">TC Eley and Ann-Katrin Eicke</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p2" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:22px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Organizers of the SIG DITE PhD Research Academy & PhD Student Ambassadors</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182p1" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span class="m_5208876848032522904m7465962901773744182s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">AIS Special Interest Group on Digital Innovation, Transformation, and Entrepreneurship</span></span></p></div>