Societal Challenges

Multimedia Takes on Societal Challenges

E ver since the emergence of digitization, we’ve used the term multimedia to represent a combination of different kinds of media types, such images, audio files, and videos. Although the initial definition of multimedia was more technical, multimedia has become the central means for communicating and cooperating with others in our daily lives. With this shift, we have since moved from comprehen...

Reducing Societal Vulnerability to Drought: Future Challenges

A Multiagent Competitive Gaming Platform to Address Societal Challenges

The shift toward sustainable electricity systems is one of the grand challenges of the 21 century. Decentralized production from renewable sources, electric mobility, and related advances are at odds with traditional power systems where central large-scale generation of electricity follows inelastic consumer demand. Information systems innovations can enable new forms of dynamic electricity tra...

Editorial for Special Issue "Radar Systems for the Societal Challenges"

The special issue (SI) “Radar Systems for the Societal Challenges” is an updated survey of recent advances in radar systems, encompassing several application fields and related to the impact on society. In fact, radar technology is now pervasive in society and is crucial for tackling social and economic issues for the wellbeing of the population. In fact, in addition to the classical applicatio...

Understanding and Tackling Societal Grand Challenges through Management Research

“Grand challenges” are formulations of global problems that can be plausibly addressed through coordinated and collaborative effort. In this Special Research Forum, we showcase management research that examines societal problems that individuals, organizations, communities, and nations face around the world. We develop a framework to guide future research to provide systematic empirical evidenc...