Leading People into a Better Future through Information System Interaction and Engagement

Climate change has become one of the most significant challenges humanity faces. Asgreenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, not only will natural disasters strike considerablymore frequently and severely, but whole swaths of land will become uninhabitableand infertile as farmland. It is apparent that long-term approaches like reaching net-zerowith new technologies are important, but so are short-term measures to avoid tippingpoints and passing points of no return. The transport sector accounts for nearly a quarter(23%) of energy related-emissions, and 40-60% of these transport-related emissionsstem from commuting and business traveling. One short-term approach to lower transportemissions is ridesharing: When two or more commuters team up, significant emissionscan be saved. As a result, business trip ridesharing (BTRS), the sharing of individualvehicles for commuting and business trips among employees, has gained increased attentionfrom organizations and academia alike. BTRS shares similar adoption challengeslike ridesharing and shared-mobility overall: From individuals' prevalence to solving thematching and allocation problem of shared resources. This thesis investigates the role that Green Information Systems (Green IS) can play tosupport BTRS adoption.