{"id":6681,"date":"2026-04-09T15:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/?p=6681"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:17:32","slug":"cais-announces-par-j-agerfalk-as-new-eic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/cais-announces-par-j-agerfalk-as-new-eic\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIS announces P\u00e4r J. \u00c5gerfalk as new EIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6681\" class=\"elementor elementor-6681\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52ffce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e52ffce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c936847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c936847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following careful consideration, AIS Council nominated <b>P\u00e4r \u00c5gerfalk <\/b>to serve as the next EIC of CAIS for the term July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f63b236 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f63b236\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bf134c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bf134c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>P\u00e4r J. \u00c5gerfalk is a Professor at Uppsala University, Sweden, where he holds the Chair in Information Systems (a.k.a. Computer Science in Intersection with Social Sciences). He received his PhD in Information Systems Development from Link\u00f6ping University and has held full-time positions at \u00d6rebro University, University of Limerick, J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping International Business School, and Lero \u2013 The Irish Software Research Centre. Prof. \u00c5gerfalk is a Fellow Award recipient and a Distinguished Member Cum Laude of the Association for Information Systems. Internationally recognized for his work on open-source software and distributed agile development, his research addresses various aspects of the orchestration of digital practices.<\/p><p>He currently focuses on digital innovation, digital agency, sustainable development, e-health, and how pragmatism can inform systems development and conceptual modeling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c50a27 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c50a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/N7-798-rn69zqcowrkgp6w2lunnoir98rcowty1ce4bwkmdxa.jpg\" title=\"P\u00e4r J. \u00c5gerfalk\" alt=\"P\u00e4r J. \u00c5gerfalk\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a657f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e3a657f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67a98f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67a98f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>His work has appeared in several leading journals and conferences in the information systems field, including MIS Quarterly, Journal of the AIS, and ICIS. Prof. \u00c5gerfalk is a former Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Information Systems, Co-Editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Dean of the Swedish National Research School of Management and Information Technology, and founding Chair of the AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research (SIGPrag).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b0afe5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8b0afe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.se\/en\/contact-and-organisation\/staff?query=N7-798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following careful consideration, AIS Council nominated P\u00e4r \u00c5gerfalk to serve as the next EIC of CAIS for the term July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. 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