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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Call for Papers –
<a href="https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/organizational-systems-and-technology/#human-flourishing-in-the-digital-age-minitrack">
Minitrack: "Human Flourishing in the Digital Age"</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">HICSS-59 - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) - January 6-9, 2026 - Hyatt Regency Maui<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Conference Website</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://hicss.hawaii.edu/" title="http://hicss.hawaii.edu/"><span lang="EN-US">http://hicss.hawaii.edu/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This minitrack provides a forum to explore, present, and discuss a broad range of issues related to flourishing in digitally enabled environments.
Flourishing is a multidimensional concept that extends beyond individual well-being. It involves the optimal and continuing development of human potential while acknowledging the interconnectedness of human lives with non-human entities and ecosystems. To
promote flourishing, we must consider the diverse conditions that enable individuals and communities to thrive, including health, economic stability, community cohesion, financial well-being, and political systems—all of which are increasingly shaped by digitalization.
Several critical questions arise when examining human flourishing in contemporary organizations and society:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">What do humans and non-humans need to flourish in life</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">?
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">How does digital technology impact individual, collective, and planetary flourishing?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">How can flourishing be promoted through digital innovation?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">How can organizations embed flourishing—beyond human-centric goals—into their digital transformation strategies?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">How do people utilize digital technologies to enable flourishing across species, systems, and communities?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">In what ways does digital technology enhance flourishing, and how does it detract from it<span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Understanding flourishing requires a shift from traditional anthropocentric views to an
approach that recognizes the interdependence of all living and non-living systems. As digital technologies become central to human and ecological futures, determining their role in fostering both individual and collective flourishing becomes a critical challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This minitrack seeks to advance new insights and perspectives on these topics. By including
a post-anthropocentric perspective, we encourage scholars to explore how digital technologies can create opportunities for mutual flourishing—bridging the well-being of humans, non-humans, and the environments we inhabit. We aim to continue our minitrack’s
vision of fostering research agendas on well-being and flourishing, offering hope for a better future shaped by digital technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We welcome papers that aim to advance our understanding of flourishing in digital environments
across various levels (e.g., individual, group, organizational, societal) and from diverse perspectives (e.g., cultural, ethical, design, ecological). We encourage not only empirical research but also conceptual, analytical, and theoretical contributions that
expand our understanding of flourishing in the digital age. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Novel approaches to digitally innovating for human flourishing, well-being and human potential<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Management practices and their impact on human flourishing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Consequences of digital technology on human flourishing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The socio-technical nature of human flourishing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Use of digital technologies for human flourishing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ethical and moral dimensions of human flourishing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The role of wisdom, emotions, dignity and desires<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Environmental sustainability and flourishing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Post-anthropocentric perspectives on human flourishing<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Minitrack Co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lena Hylving</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (Primary Contact)<br>
University of Oslo<br>
lenaandr@ifi.uio.no<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dina Koutsikouri</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
University of Gothenburg<br>
Dina.koutsikouri@gu.se<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tina Blegind Jensen</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Copenhagen Business School<br>
tbj@digi.cbs.dk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We look forward to your submissions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate Professor</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
in Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Applied IT
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Gothenburg<br>
Forskningsgången 6, 417 56 Gothenburg, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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