BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:ABRI Lunch Seminar Andreas Eckhard METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260203T120000 DTEND:20260203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260203T120000 UID:2026/abri-lunch-seminar-andrea@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260408T222744 LOCATION:VU Main Building De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam SUMMARY:ABRI Lunch Seminar Andreas Eckhard X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We are happy to invite you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar Virtuous and Vicious Self-Governance Pr actices: Mechanisms of Moral Formation Through Personal Data Routines via Wearables by prof. Andreas Eckhardt (Department of Information S ystems, Production and Logistics Management, University of Innsbruck) .

The seminar will take place on Tuesday, February 3rd, from 1 2:00 to 13:00 (HG-06A37). You can find more information below. It has been organized by ABRI and the KIN Center for Digital Innovation.
This is a lunch seminar; please register your attendance by ac cepting/declining your emailed invitation by Friday, January 30th, at 10 AM at the latest (for catering).

Abstract
Consumer wearables enable self-governance practices that shape how users understand and manage themselves through data, producing su bjectivities. These subjectivities embody identities characterized by moral dispositions: some users exhibit disciplined, health-promoting conduct, whereas others display compulsive data routines that underm ine well-being. Although IS research recognizes that personal data di gitalization has normative implications, the mechanisms by which self -governance practices morally form users into distinct subjectivities remain theoretically underspecified. Drawing on Vallor's virtue ethi cs, we model the recursive relationship between self-governance pract ices and moral dispositions, conceptualized as virtues and vices. Usi ng this model, we analyze semi-structured interviews with 50 wearable users and identify three subjectivities, characterized by distinct d ispositional configurations: Devotee, Challenger, and Calibrator. We theorize three mechanisms that drive moral formation: transfusion (im porting external dispositions), transposition (cultivating new dispos itions through device use), and transmutation (oscillating between a virtuous disposition and its vices of deficiency or excess). These me chanisms operate in a salience hierarchy (primary, secondary, tertiar y) that differs across each subjectivity, explaining why self-governa nce practices persist or change. Our study contributes to IS research by showing how personal data digitalization has normative ramificati ons through three distinct mechanisms, how it co-constitutes subjecti vities that embody morally laden identities, and why similar devices produce divergent engagement patterns and well-being outcomes. Practi cally, we propose interventions targeting each mechanism that challen ge the ideology of continuous improvement embedded in wearables and s how when stepping back from self-improvement better supports flourish ing.

DESCRIPTION: The seminar will take place on Tuesday, February 3rd, fro m 12:00 to 13:00 (HG-06A37). You can find more information below. It has been organized by ABRI and the KIN Center for Digital Innovation.

This is a lunch seminar; please register your attendance by accepting/declining your emailed invitation by Friday, January 30th, at 10 AM at the latest (for catering).

Abstract
Consumer wearables enable self-governance practices that sha pe how users understand and manage themselves through data, producing subjectivities. These subjectivities embody identities characterized by moral dispositions: some users exhibit disciplined, health-promot ing conduct, whereas others display compulsive data routines that und ermine well-being. Although IS research recognizes that personal data digitalization has normative implications, the mechanisms by which s elf-governance practices morally form users into distinct subjectivit ies remain theoretically underspecified. Drawing on Vallor's virtue e thics, we model the recursive relationship between self-governance pr actices and moral dispositions, conceptualized as virtues and vices. Using this model, we analyze semi-structured interviews with 50 weara ble users and identify three subjectivities, characterized by distinc t dispositional configurations: Devotee, Challenger, and Calibrator. We theorize three mechanisms that drive moral formation: transfusion (importing external dispositions), transposition (cultivating new dis positions through device use), and transmutation (oscillating between a virtuous disposition and its vices of deficiency or excess). These mechanisms operate in a salience hierarchy (primary, secondary, tert iary) that differs across each subjectivity, explaining why self-gove rnance practices persist or change. Our study contributes to IS resea rch by showing how personal data digitalization has normative ramific ations through three distinct mechanisms, how it co-constitutes subje ctivities that embody morally laden identities, and why similar devic es produce divergent engagement patterns and well-being outcomes. Pra ctically, we propose interventions targeting each mechanism that chal lenge the ideology of continuous improvement embedded in wearables an d show when stepping back from self-improvement better supports flour ishing. We are happy to invite you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar Virtuous and Vicious Self-Governance Practices: Mechanisms of Moral Formation Through Personal Data Routines via Wearables by prof. Andreas Eckhar dt (Department of Information Systems, Production and Logistics Manag ement, University of Innsbruck). END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR