18th International Conference on ICT, Society, and Human Beings

Topics

• Life environment and ICT
  • Work environment/Work place
  • Psychosocial environment
  • Work content – Work tasks
  • Quality of Working Life
  • Decision support systems
  • Organizational structure
  • Power structure-formal and informal
  • Human-human communication
  • Career patterns
  • Leadership
  • Working hours and salary/compensation
  • Influence/participation
  • Physical and ergonomic conditions
  • Work pace/work load
  • Changes in the way we are (‘being’)
  • Changes in the concept of time
  • Home Environment
  • Learning and knowledge growth
  • Private Environment
  • Public Environment
  • Virtual (on-line) communities
  • Virtual Environment
  • Organisational Design and Management
• Globalization and ICT
  • Glocalization processes
  • Globalization processes
  • Labour market (outsourcing, integration, mobility)
  • Values, norms
  • Virtual worlds
  • Universal access
  • Rethinking economic and social theories
  • Global villages
  • Sustainability, Democracy
  • Human capital theory
  • Vulnerability
  • Global catastrophes
  • Peace and war
• ICT and effects on humans
  • Psychosocial impact
  • Analyses of impact as well as technology contributing to desirable human qualities
  • Human needs (meaningfulness, belonging, autonomy, influence)
  • Life styles
  • Wellbeing and health
  • Happiness and fun
  • Identity
  • Dependency
  • Trust – security – privacy
  • Integrity
  • Availability
  • Addictiveness (games)
  • Human memory
  • Motivation
  • Stress (over- and understimulation)
  • Cyber sickness
  • Fatigue
  • Workload
  • Skills and competencies
  • Love and relationships
  • Problem solving
  • Creativity
  • Analyses of impact as well as technology contributing to desirable human qualities
  • Social competenceICT and effects on humans
  • Life styles
  • Psychosocial impact
  • Happiness and fun
  • Human needs (meaningfulness, belonging, autonomy, influence)
  • Dependency
  • Wellbeing and health
  • Integrity
  • Identity
  • Addictiveness (games)
  • Trust – security – privacy
  • Motivation
  • Availability
  • Cyber sickness
  • Human memory
  • Workload
  • Stress (over- and understimulation)
  • Love and relationships
  • Fatigue
  • Creativity
  • Skills and competencies
  • Social competence
  • Problem solving
• Life role and ICT
  • Professional role
  • Citizen’s role
  • Private role
  • Leadership role
  • Home of the future
  • Virtual roles
  • Role conflicts
  • Mobile life
• Desirable goals and ICT
  • Humanization
  • Integration
  • Bridging the digital gap
  • Reducing poverty
  • Democratization
  • Freedom of expression
  • E-democracy
  • E-cooperation
  • Sustainability
  • Peace
  • Involvement, empowerment
  • Accountability, responsibility
  • Human welfare
  • Wellbeing Health
  • Human Rights
  • Quality of life
• Perspectives on ICT
  • Cross-cultural
  • Social and psychosocial
  • Gender
  • Theoretical
  • Rural – urban
  • Class
  • Economic
  • Multimodal
  • Ethical
• Actions for reaching the Good Information Society
  • Community (physical and virtual) level
  • Individual level
  • International level
  • Governmental level
  • Design of societal systems – rethinking
  • Civil society and social change in communities