Editorial Special Issue: Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology

The papers in this special section focus on design science research in information systems and technology. The rapid digital transformation of businesses and society creates new challenges and opportunities for information systems (IS) research, with the designing of system becoming a strong focus. Technologies, such as blockchain, cloud computing, and wearable devices, have spawned a paradigmatic shift in the design of IS. Thus, design science research in IS has evolved to become a mature yet thriving area of research. Design science seeks to extend the boundaries of human and organizational capabilities by designing new and innovative constructs, models, methods, processes, and systems. Scholars having diverse backgrounds in fields, such as IS, computer science, software engineering, energy informatics, and medical informatics, are actively engaged in generating novel solutions to interesting design problems in IS.