The “Research Spotlights” - introduced at WI2025 - will be continued at WI2026. Our aim is to increase the visibility of current cutting-edge research in German-speaking countries.
Following the concept of a Paper Development Workshop, English-language manuscripts intended for submission to a top-tier journal (ready-to-submit) can be submitted. A panel of Senior Editors from various prestigious journals will select up to 8 contributions to be presented in a new format during the main conference. Research Spotlights are not included in the conference proceedings, but serve to provide authors with comprehensive feedback during the Spotlight Session prior to journal submission. Anonymized extended abstracts (max. 1 page) must be made available to participants in the presentations. The selection of spotlights is at the discretion of the senior editor panel, and no review is planned for the submitters (except acceptance/rejection). Promising contributions that the senior editors also consider suitable for the journal they represent will be selected.
Submissions should adhere to the formatting and maximum page number guidelines of MISQ (https://misq.umn.edu/formatting-your-manuscript or https://misq.umn.edu/categories-lengths).