Application of persuasive systems design for adopting Green Information Systems and Technologies
Thesis event information
Date and time of the thesis defence
Place of the thesis defence
Pohjanmaansali (L1), Linnanmaa
Topic of the dissertation
Application of persuasive systems design for adopting Green Information Systems and Technologies
Doctoral candidate
Master of Science Nataliya Shevchuk
Faculty and unit
University of Oulu Graduate School, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Oulu Advanced Research on Service and Information Systems
Subject of study
Information Processing Science
Opponent
Professor Stefan Seidel, University of Liechtenstein
Custos
Professor Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, University of Oulu
Using information systems to encourage sustainable behavior through Persuasive Systems Design
The dissertation includes the following topics: information systems, persuasion, behavior change, and sustainability. It researches the potential information systems have to convince people to change behaviors to more environmentally friendly ones. The need for this research stems from the critical environmental situation must be addressed immediately. Designing solutions for saving the environment involve human behavior change. Typically, changing behavior is challenging because it requires significant efforts. Therefore, certain persuasion tactics should be used to help people change their habits. Moreover, these persuasive techniques should also be implemented via effective channels.
People’s lives nowadays depend heavily on information systems. For example, it is hard to imagine a day without using smartphone applications. Hence, the dissertation focuses on mobile apps as examples of information systems through which behavior is influenced. Theoretical background of the dissertation is primarily based on Persuasive Systems Design (PSD) model, a framework for design and evaluation of information systems capable of changing users’ behaviors. The dissertation is composed of systematic literature review, historical analysis and four empirical studies, which researched different aspects of interrelations between PSD elements in information systems and sustainable behavior.
Overall, the research findings of the dissertation suggest that PSD provides means to improving the ability of the existing technologies to change behaviors, including pro-environmental ones. The implications of the dissertation contribute to both academic and practitioner’s points of view on the investigated issues.
People’s lives nowadays depend heavily on information systems. For example, it is hard to imagine a day without using smartphone applications. Hence, the dissertation focuses on mobile apps as examples of information systems through which behavior is influenced. Theoretical background of the dissertation is primarily based on Persuasive Systems Design (PSD) model, a framework for design and evaluation of information systems capable of changing users’ behaviors. The dissertation is composed of systematic literature review, historical analysis and four empirical studies, which researched different aspects of interrelations between PSD elements in information systems and sustainable behavior.
Overall, the research findings of the dissertation suggest that PSD provides means to improving the ability of the existing technologies to change behaviors, including pro-environmental ones. The implications of the dissertation contribute to both academic and practitioner’s points of view on the investigated issues.
Last updated: 1.3.2023