Social Informatics - From Theory to Actions for the Good ICT Society Gunilla Bradley IT University, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Bradley@imit.kth.se, http://web.it.kth.se/~bradley/gunilla/ Abstract: This paper presents ongoing social changes related to the use of ICT. They are analyzed under the headings: workforce, organizational design and structure, psychosocial communication, and work content. A theoretical model entitled 'The Convergence theory on ICT and Psychosocial Life Environment' is described, which reflects main ongoing processes in the Network society encompassing various spheres of life, environments, and human roles. A special section analyzes the ongoing changes in the home and home environment. Social Informatics is discussed related to the model and special attention is devoted to the individual level and humans. Concluding remarks deal with visions and actions. Figures with circles and converging circles are used to illustrate and summarize. Keywords: ICT society, theory, work life, network organization, psychosocial 1 Introduction The area Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and its interaction with social changes on organizational, individual and societal levels has in the 2000'th become of growing attention, due to the depth and wide use of ICT. The focus in the ICT related disciplines has so far been too much on the 'technology push' in contrast to focus on human needs and requirements at the development, introduction and use of ICT. New universities, sometimes entitled IT universities, are appearing in many European countries trying to bring together disciplines from the traditional university and disciplines from the technical university in order to facilitate a necessary rethinking and reorientation of R&D. This sometimes results in new centres directly named 'Humans in the ICT-society' focusing on the human, organizational, and societal aspects of ICT use. Empirical experiences show that it is important to keep a balance between pure technical research and development in software and hardware Please use the foUmringformat when citing this chapter: Bradley, G., 2006, in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 223, Social Informatics: An In- formation Society for All? In Remembrance of Rob Kling, eds. Berleur, ,T., Numinen, M. I., Impagliazzo, J., (Boston: Springer), pp. 383-394.