Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the AIS: Challenges and opportunities of remote conferences
本文基于对全球南方学者和AIS资深学者的调查，分析了在线和混合会议对信息系统社区多样性、公平与包容的挑战和机遇，旨在推动关于AIS会议未来的建设性讨论。
Abstract With this research opinion article, we aim to contribute to the ongoing conversation concerning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within the IS community. Following Windeler et al.'s (2020) research on perceptions of DEI among members of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), we focus on how conferences should be convened in the post‐COVID‐19 era to maximise inclusivity. What are the benefits, challenges and implications of holding online and hybrid conferences? Informed by feedback from a survey involving IS scholars in the Global South and from a wide array of AIS senior scholars and conference leaders, we identify several challenges and opportunities of online and hybrid conferences (or, more generally, conferences allowing remote access) for the IS community. We weigh these tradeoffs and implications for DEI and provide reflections to generate constructive discussion on the future of AIS conferences.