Jella Pfeiffer, Jonas Fegert, Anke Greif-Winzrieth, Greta Hoffmann, Christian Peukert, 2021

Several developments in recent years have highlighted the urgent need for an increase in sustainable behavior. In an effort to systematically achieve global human well-being and create a more sustainable and equal world by 2030, the United Nations passed the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. In this chapter, we discuss several different approaches for Information Systems (IS) to contribute to these goals. We present ideas and first results from different research approaches in which we analyze how immersive systems, in particular, are capable of addressing challenges regarding awareness, motivation, information transfer, and educating citizens to act in a sustainable manner. We conclude that the main features of immersive systems are particularly suited to approach challenges related to sustainable behavior and attitude change. With this chapter, we hope to inspire further research efforts on how IS can make a contribution to a more sustainable world.

Walter Homolka, Jo Frank, Jonas Fegert (Hrsg.), Verlag Herder, 2018

Jonas Fegert, 2018

Jonas Fegert, Carolin Stein, Christian Peukert, Christof Weinhardt, IADIS Press, 2021

Mission statements are documents that summarize an organization's core values and strategies and are used to motivate employees by creating a common understanding among them. However, studies have shown that employees often seek more involvement in the development of mission statements in their organizations. Digitization pushes the implementation of new information and communication technology in the workplace. Therefore, we argue for the potential of using e-participation for the creation of a mission statement. With this paper, we contribute to digital government research by presenting a nominal group process consisting of eight activities, for the deployment of e-participation for the purpose of mission statement development. We evaluate the suggested process using an existing e-participation tool. Our evaluation results reveal challenges of implementing e-participation with the tested tool, especially regarding the usability. Therefore, we provide an overview of specific improvements in the design of e-participation platforms that should be considered in the further development of such platforms.

Fegert, Jonas; Pfeiffer, Jella; Peukert, Christian; Golubyeva, Anna; Weinhardt, Christof, AIS eLibrary , 2020

When it comes to construction projects, public debates and protests may arise if archi-tectural plans remain unshared with the citizens they might affect. To involve the pub-lic affected by construction projects, offering easily graspable visualization for citi-zens is key. E-Participation provides opportunities to include technological innova-tions that help to inform the public and offering diverse feedback mechanisms. We de-sign and evaluate an e-participation application that uses augmented reality and vir-tual reality technology to let citizens participate in the development of public con-struction projects. Following the design science research approach, we put forward a set of meta-requirements and design principles for the development of an e-participation application using these technologies. Furthermore, we present insights into what forms and levels of participation citizens and initiators are interested in, when it comes to the use of augmented and virtual reality for e-participation, and thereby explore the potentials of these technologies for public participation.

GITO Verlag , 2020

Recent disputes over public construction projects show that the public is interested in urban development. When construction projects lack communication about its impact, agenda and costs, citizens might feel overheard and protests may arise. As a consequence, trust in public administration and politics could suffer serious damage. Following the idea of digital government, it is crucial not only to replicate and digitize established participation procedures, but rather to include new possibilities that e-participation offers. In this article, we present preliminary results of a qualitative study on using augmented reality for e-participation. Based on the study’s results, we derive metarequirements for an e-participation application employing this technology. Interestingly, our empirical findings suggest that users only seek information via the application up to a certain level of participation.

2019

Jonas Fegert, 2018

Spannungsfelder zwischen deutscher Politik und lokalen Rahmenbedingungen am Beispiel des Goethe-Instituts Porto Alegre zwischen 1975 und 1995