Toward Architecture-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Learnings from a Case Study of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Fabian Burmeister, Mickey Zar, Tilo Böhmann, Niva Elkin-Koren, Christian Kurtz, Wolfgang Schulz

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Abstract

This paper explores the use of an architectural perspective to study complex data ecosystems and to facilitate a normative discourse on such ecosystems. It argues that an architectural perspective is helpful to bridging discursive and methodological gaps between information systems (IS) research and legal studies. Combining architectural and normative perspectives is a novel interdisciplinary research approach that provides a framework for analyzing techno-legal contexts. The merits and challenges of this approach are demonstrated and discussed in this paper using the example of COVID-19 contact tracing apps. We conceptualize our results on three levels of knowledge: the first is the actual knowledge of the exemplary contact tracing app we studied and its ecosystem; the second is knowledge of the architectural meta-model that we used, its benefits and its shortcomings; and the third is knowledge of the interdisciplinary research process of acquiring common knowledge shared by IS scholars and legal experts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages143-154
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781450392341
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2022
Event2022 ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law, CSLAW 2022 - Washington, United States
Duration: 1 Nov 20222 Nov 2022

Publication series

NameCSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law

Conference

Conference2022 ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law, CSLAW 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period1/11/222/11/22

Funding

FundersFunder number
Volkswagen Foundation

    Keywords

    • architecture
    • contact tracing app
    • covid-19
    • data ecosystem
    • hamagen
    • information systems
    • interdisciplinary research
    • law
    • privacy

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