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Pedro Seguel

Title: 
PhD Student, Information Systems
Pedro Seguel
Contact Information
Email address: 
pedro.seguelvaras [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Address: 

Bronfman Building []
1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 1G5

Degree(s): 
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
    Master of Science, Information Studies (May 2019)
  • Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica (PUC) de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    Master of Sociology (Oct. 2014)
    Bachelor of Sociology (Jan. 2011)

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Area(s): 
Information Systems
Link(s): 
Courses: 

INSY 455. Technology and Innovation for Sustainability.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The role of information and other technologies in the size and nature of an organization鈥檚 environmental 鈥榝ootprint鈥�. Achieving sustainability through strategic innovation, such as digitization, recycling, reuse of materials, sustainable design, LEED certifications, smart grids and energy metrics. Analyzing the environmental benefits and hidden costs of novel technologies.
  • Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.

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Group: 
PhD Student
Research areas: 
Digital Innovation
Evolution of Management Practices
Green IT & Innovation for Sustainability
Labour Issues in IT
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS).
    Selected participant in ICIS Doctoral Consortium 2023.
  • 大发彩票平台, Desautels Faculty of Management
    Grad Excellence Award in Management 2022
  • Academy of Management
    Selected participant in OCIS Doctoral Consortium 2020
  • Fulbright Commission
    Fulbright Scholarship 2017-2019
  • The University of Texas at Austin
    Dean prestigious fellowship supplement 2018-2019
    Muse Endowed Scholarship 2018-2019
  • Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica de Chile
    Scholarship of honors 2009
Conferences: 
  • Seguel, P., Cohen, L., and Vaast, E. (2023). ""The Occupational Vision of Information Technology Job Markets"". ICIS 2023 Proceedings.
  • Seguel, P. (2023). ""Harmonizing Technology with Sustainability with Green Software"". ICIS 2023 Technology, Research, Education, Opinion (TREOs), Dec.
  • Seguel, P., Cohen, L., and Vaast, E. (2023). ""Navigating IT Labor Market Disruption: An Analysis of Occupational Vision and Skill Change."" 16th Annual People & Organizations Conference, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sep.
  • Seguel, P. (2023). 鈥淭he Evolution of a Technical Skill: A Study of AI Demand Evolution in Job Labor Markets.鈥� Academy of Management Journal and HEC Paper Development Workshop, Montreal, Canada, Jun.
  • Seguel, P. and Vaast, E., "Repertories of Evaluation in AI Ethics: Plurality in Professional Responsibility and Accountability" (2021). ICIS 2021 Proceedings. 8.
  • Seguel, P., "Information-sharing Workarounds in Enterprise Social Networks: Privacy-related Triggers" (2021). ICIS 2021 Proceedings. 10. [Nominee Best Short Paper Award]
  • Seguel, P. (2021). Linking transparency and privacy to the impact of Enterprise Social Networks. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 16015). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
  • Pe虂rez-Comisso, M, Seguel, P., Sanhueza, N., Acevedo, C., Cancino, R. (2018): "Socio-Technical Geographies from the End of the World: A Story of STS in Chile", In STS Across Borders Gallery Exhibit, curated by Aalok Khandekar And Kim Fortun. Annual Meeting of the Society Of Social Studies of Science. Sydney, Australia, Aug 30-31
  • Seguel, P. (2018) 鈥淕overning (with) algorithms: trust, uncertainty and the promise of transparency鈥�, in Annual Meeting of the Society Of Social Studies of Science. Sydney, Australia, Aug 30-31
Current research: 

My research integrates computational and qualitative methodologies to explore the interplay between technology evolution, job dynamics, and organizational innovation, firmly rooted in a socio-technical perspective. This interdisciplinary foundation drives my research focus: understanding the intricate dynamics between technological practices, occupations, and their societal implications. At the heart of my inquiry is how new technical practices are talked about, legitimated, or contested by different organizations, which can influence their diffusion chances.

My Ph.D. dissertation examines the changing nature of work, specifically on changes in IT occupations and the demand for emerging technologies like AI. The three-paper thesis leverages text data from online job vacancies to inspect the demand for IT roles and skills across organizations over time. It expands Organizational Studies and IS theories by analyzing patterns from computational methods.

Research areas:听

  • Digital Innovation
  • Evolution of Management Practices
  • Labour Issues in IT
  • Open Collaboration
  • Green IT & Innovation for Sustainability
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