ISS Bapna-Ghose Social Justice Best Paper Award

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Creation or Destruction? STEM OPT Extension and Employment of Information Technology Professionals

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Fairness of Ratemaking for Catastrophe Insurance: Lessons from Machine Learning

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Inclusion by Design: Requirements Elicitation with Digitally Marginalized Communities

Purpose of the Award

This best paper award’s purpose is to foster and encourage high quality IS research that makes an impact towards improving social justice outcomes. The award’s concept of social justice research is broadly scoped to include all facets of modern IS, analytics, digital platforms and AI perspectives, as well as the full palette of methodologies. It specifically aims to direct, recognize and reward IS research that helps positively move the interlocking gears of education, housing, healthcare, transportation, employment, income and criminal justice outcomes and policies. 

Application Process:

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Past Awardees

2024
Winner(s)
Avijit Sengupta , University of Queensland
Heng Xu, University of Florida
Isam Faik, Western University
Jing Gong, University of Virginia
Min-Seok Pang , Temple University
Nan Zhang, University of Florida
Xue Guo, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Yimeng Deng, National University of Singapore
2023
Winner(s)
Huaxia Rui, University of Rochester
Jessica Clark, University of Maryland
Lauren Rhue, University of Maryland
Priyanga Gunarathne, University of Pittsburgh
Russell James Funk, University of Michigan
Ross School of Business
Sofia Bapna, University of Minnesota
2022
Winner(s)
Anandasivam Gopal, University of Maryland
Brad Greenwood, University of Minnesota
Gorkem Turgut Ozer, University of New Hampshire
2021
Winner(s)
Christopher Parker, American University
Jorge Mejia, Indiana University