The DESRIST 2025 conference continues the tradition of fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. Building on the successes of previous editions, DESRSIT 2025 aims to address pressing global issues through the lens of localized solutions, emphasizing the importance of community-driven initiatives and context-specific strategies.
Contextual Design Science Research: Local Solutions for Global Challenges
This year’s conference theme is “Contextual Design Science Research: Local Solutions for Global Challenges”. In an increasingly interconnected world, global challenges such as climate change, public health crises, and socio-economic disparities require both broad strategies and localized interventions. This theme encourages the exploration of how grassroots efforts, regional innovations, and community-based approaches can contribute to solving worldwide problems. That way we encourage authors to report on grassroot journeys of design science research towards greater societal value contribution.
The theme emphasizes the importance of developing solutions that are tailored to the unique needs and contexts of different communities while addressing broader global issues. This theme advocates for a bottom-up approach in design science research, where local knowledge, cultural nuances, and specific environmental factors are integral to creating impactful solutions. By focusing on the local context, researchers and practitioners can design solutions that are innovative, effective, sustainable, and respectful of local traditions and ecosystems.
Tracks
| Track Name | Track Chair | Contact (Email) |
| Emerging DSR Methods and Novel DSR Applications | Leona Chandra Kruse Robert Winter Sofie Wass | leona.chandra@uia.no robert.winter@unisg.ch sofie.wass@uia.no |
| Data-Driven Design Science | Debra Vander Meer Wallace Chipdza | debra.vandermeer@fiu.edu wallace.chipidza@cgu.edu |
| DSR Education | Asif Gill Mahdi Fahmideh Sandeep Purao | Asif.Gill@uts.edu.au Mahdi.Fahmideh@unisq.edu.au spurao@bentley.edu |
| Healthcare Systems, Ageing and Wellbeing | Monica Chiarni Tremblay Heiko Gewald | monica.tremblay@mason.wm.edu heiko.gewald@hnu.de |
| Responsible Artificial Intelligence Design | Arin Brahma Benjamin van Giffen | arin.brahma@lmu.edu benjamin.vangiffen@uni.li |
| Cybersecurity Privacy and Ethics | Curtis Busby-Earle Jonna Järveläinen | curtis.busbyearle@uwimona.edu.jm jonna.k.jarvelainen@jyu.fi |
| Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Christoph Seckler Hannes Rothe | cseckler@escp.eu hannes.rothe@ris.uni-due.de |
| Sustainable Development and Environmental Solutions | Roya Gholami Kenan Degirmenci | rghol2@uis.edu kenan.degirmenci@qut.edu.au |
Prototypes Track/Submission
Co-Chairs:
Chinazunwa Uwaoma – Claremont Graduate University (chinazunwa.uwaoma@cgu.edu)
Clinton Daniel – University of South Florida (cedanie2@usf.edu)
In line with the conference theme “Contextual Design Science Research: Local Solutions for Global Challenges,” the prototypes track welcomes research solutions that showcase implementations of innovative IT artifacts (i.e., constructs, models, methods). The emphasis is on developing solutions that are tailored to the unique needs and contexts of different communities while addressing broader global issues. The track provides an opportunity to demonstrate and discuss emerging IT artifacts with researchers and practitioners. Submissions for the products & prototypes track should comprise the following sections in no more than 6 pages (excluding first page, references, etc., and formatted according to the Springer LNCS guidelines):
If available, screencast of or link to an implementation of the artifact
Title page with information about the designers
Design of the artifact (e.g., problem statement, use cases, intended user groups, description of features)
Significance to research (e.g., innovativeness of the artifact)
Significance to practice (e.g., usefulness of the artifact)
Evaluation of the artifact (e.g., in laboratory or field settings)
Submissions should be made via EasyChair. Please select the “Prototype” track
Deadline for submission: March 31, 2025
Doctoral Consortium
We invite doctoral students doing design science research to submit a summary of their research at the 2025 International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2025) doctoral consortium, to be held in conjunction with DESRIST 2025 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Submissions must not exceed four 8.5 x 11-inch single-spaced pages with 1 inch margin and 12 point Times New Roman font.
Submissions should be in PDF format and submitted via EasyChair. Please select the “Doctoral Consortium” track
Your submission must clearly state:
1. Background of the research
2. Specific research problem being examined
3. DSR methodological approach used
4. Description of the artifact
5. Summary of work done to date
6. Expected contribution of the work
7. A plan to assure research transparency of your work
8. Specific issues related to doctoral research that you would like to discuss at the consortium
Submissions will be reviewed by the doctoral consortium chairs and faculty mentors and a set of submissions will be accepted for presentation at the consortium.
For any questions, please contact the doctoral consortium chairs:
Amir Haj-Bolouri – University West, Sweden (amir.haj-bolouri@hv.se)
Kaushik Dutta – University of South Florida, USA (duttak@usf.edu)
Srikar Velichety – University of Memphis, USA (svlchety@memphis.edu)
Important Dates: Doctoral Consortium Application Deadline: March 1, 2025 Doctoral Consortium Notifications: March 15, 2025 Doctoral Consortium Date: June 2, 2025
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