Preparedness and Response in the Century of Disasters: Overview of Information Systems Research Frontiers

Ahmed Abbasi (), Robin Dillon (), H. Raghav Rao () and Olivia R. Liu Sheng ()
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Ahmed Abbasi: Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Robin Dillon: McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20057
H. Raghav Rao: Department of ISCS, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249
Olivia R. Liu Sheng: Department of Information Systems, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281

Information Systems Research, 2024, vol. 35, issue 2, 460-468

Abstract: “The Century of Disasters” refers to the increased frequency, complexity, and magnitude of natural and man-made disasters witnessed in the 21st century: the impact of such disasters is exacerbated by infrastructure vulnerabilities, population growth/urbanization, and a challenging policy landscape. Technology-enabled disaster management (TDM) has an important role to play in the Century of Disasters. We highlight four important trends related to TDM, smart technologies and resilience, digital humanitarianism, integrated decision-support and agility, and artificial intelligence–enabled early warning systems, and how the confluence of these trends lead to four research frontiers for information systems researchers. We describe these frontiers, namely the technology-preparedness paradox, socio-technical crisis communication, predicting and prescribing under uncertainty, and fair pipelines, and discuss how the eight articles in the special section are helping us learn about these frontiers.

Keywords: information systems research; technology-enabled disaster management; preparedness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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