Ilan Alon, Ariel University

Marcin Wątorek, Cracow University of Technology

Aušrinė Šilenskytė, University of Vaasa

Ziaul Haque Munim, University of South-Eastern Norway

Organizations increasingly manage distributed decision-making and systemic complexity through blockchain technologies that function as operating systems by embedding governance mechanisms into digital infrastructures. These systems are being advanced with artificial intelligence to monitor and shape behavior. Despite blockchain-based operating systems being adopted in platforms, supply chains, and decentralized autonomous organizations, their implications for organizational administration, governance, and control remain poorly understood.

This special issue invites research that advances administrative and organizational understanding of blockchain-based operating systems with AI-enabled complexity. The call welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous contributions including empirical studies and theory-building papers that offer clear organizational insights and engage meaningfully with blockchain and AI as organizational infrastructures.

Appel publié par Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Blockchain as an organizational operating system and potential of AI advancements in it
• Public, private, and hybrid organizations adopting blockchain OS with AI advancements
• Integration of AI on Blockchain OS in crowdsourcing platforms, crypto exchanges, fintech firms, energy management, and transport services etc.
• Organizational decision-making in blockchain-based and AI enabled systems
• AI's role in administrative functions embedded in smart contracts and protocols
• Token-based incentives as administrative and managerial mechanisms
• Strategic control and accountability in decentralized platforms with AI-enabled advancements
• AI integration in governance, coordination, and control without centralized authority (DAOs)
• Complexity, emergence, and adaptation in blockchain-based and AI enabled organizations
• Organizational legitimacy, regulation, and institutional alignment in AI and blockchain OS integrations
• Ethical, responsible, and sustainable administration of blockchain systems, especially those advanced with AI

Timeline

• November 15, 2026: Submission Deadline