Regular biography
Emmanuelle Vaast is a Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean of Research at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. Her research focuses on digital innovation, examining how AI and other digital technologies reshape work, occupations, and organizational dynamics. She explores the social and organizational impacts of emerging technologies, including ethical tensions, the future of work, and the development of digital trace data methodologies. Her work has been published in leading journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and Organization Studies. Vaast also teaches courses on managing digital technology and technology for sustainability.
Scholar-generated biography
Emmanuelle Vaast is a Research Chair in Digital Technology Management and Professor of Information Systems at McGill University. Her research focuses on Information Systems, Organizations, social media, and online communities. She explores how digital technologies shape organizational practices, social interactions, and governance. Her work examines the affordances of social media in organizing, the sociomaterial enactment of digital entrepreneurship, and the dynamics of boundary spanning in collaborative settings. Vaast's research also investigates the role of information systems in transforming work practices, fostering connective action, and balancing openness with transparency in open source communities. Her contributions highlight the interplay between technology, social structures, and organizational change.