On the Imperative of Interdisciplinarity in Defining Digital Exclusion?

Sylvie Michel, Magalie Duarte

2025

Abstract

Digital inclusion is a central concept in information systems (IS) management, in a context of social and environmental transitions, and with the emergence of disruptive technologies for society, such as artificial intelligence, or blockchain. When it is mobilised in the literature, the aim is mainly to provide solutions to digital inequalities (digital divide and literacy). However, situations of digital inclusion and exclusion can coexist, in the meantime. To assess the impact of digital technologies on society, we stand for an imperative to define this complementary concept of “digital exclusion”, i.e. the social mechanisms that keep individuals unable to fully participate in a world structured by technological spheres. Our article proposes to anchor this definition in an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on philosophy and sociology, in order to envisage and operationalize future required research on digital exclusion in IS.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Michel S. and Duarte M. (2025). On the Imperative of Interdisciplinarity in Defining Digital Exclusion?. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS; ISBN 978-989-758-749-8, SciTePress, pages 690-693. DOI: 10.5220/0013478600003929

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis25,
author={Sylvie Michel and Magalie Duarte},
title={On the Imperative of Interdisciplinarity in Defining Digital Exclusion?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS},
year={2025},
pages={690-693},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013478600003929},
isbn={978-989-758-749-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS
TI - On the Imperative of Interdisciplinarity in Defining Digital Exclusion?
SN - 978-989-758-749-8
AU - Michel S.
AU - Duarte M.
PY - 2025
SP - 690
EP - 693
DO - 10.5220/0013478600003929
PB - SciTePress