The Association for Information Systems has awarded 37 AIS Communities the Outstanding SIG, Chapter, or College designation for the activities held in 2021.
AIS Communities contribute to the field of information systems by catering to specialized areas of study, geographic locations, and similar professional interests. The Outstanding Community designation celebrates the exceptional work of AIS Communities and their contributions toward supporting the mission of AIS through the advancement of knowledge and the promotion of excellence in the practice and study of information systems.
The AIS Outstanding Communities for 2021 include:
SIGs
Adoption and Diffusion of IT (SIG ADIT)
Decision Support and Analytics (SIG DSA)
Digital Innovation, Transformation, & Entrepreneur
E-Business (SIG EBIZ)
Education (SIG ED)
Green IS (SIG Green)
Grounded Theory Methodology (SIG GTM)
Human-Computer Interaction (SIG HCI)
ICT and Global Development (SIG GlobDev)
Information Security and Privacy (SIG SEC)
IS/IT Issues in Asia Pacific (SIG ISAP)
IS-Cognitive Research (SIG IS-CoRE)
IT in Health Care (SIG Health)
IT Project Management (SIG ITProjMgmt)
Leadership in IT (SIG LEAD)
Ontology Driven IS (SIG ODIS)
Services (SIG SVC)
Social Inclusion (SIG SI)
Chapters
Australiasian
Hong Kong
India
Israel
Italy
Korea
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Malaysia
Middle East and North Africa
New England USA
Portugal
Qatar
Scandinavia
Southern USA
Colleges
AIS Women's Network
College of Academic Leadership
College of Senior Scholars
Doctoral Student College
Chapters in Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopian, Iranian Scholars, Thailand, Vietnam, and West Africa were new communities formed in 2021 and will begin their first reporting cycles on activities in the 2022 calendar year.
If you are interested in learning more about or joining a SIG, Chapter, or College, please visit the AIS Communities page at www.aisnet.org/GetInvolved.