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Dear colleagues,

We are happy to announce the call for papers for our one-day hybrid workshop on “HCI for Climate Change: Imagining Sustainable Futures” at the upcoming CHI 2023 conference.

As the climate crisis is turning into one of the most critical issues of our time, HCI researchers keep reflecting on the role their work can play in reducing the impact of adverse environmental changes. The HCI community has been addressing these changes and challenges from multiple angles - angles, which have several points of contact and would benefit from finding synergies. With this workshop, we aim to convene the CHI community to discuss how HCI can leverage its traditional skill sets and multidisciplinary influences to address climate change issues.

Our full workshop proposal can be accessed here.

After the workshop, we will create a special issue in a journal to which we invite all the workshop participants to submit. 

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Possible topics for submissions may include (but are not limited to):‬‬

• Communicating science

• Data physicalization, visualization, sonification

• Community engagement and activism

• Policymaking

• Envisioning future scenarios

• Eco-social relations and climate justice

• System thinking/interconnection of economic, social, and environmental dimensions

• Interdisciplinarity and new competencies for HCI researchers

• Post-human, more-than-human, diffractive and entangled views, theories, and practices

HOW TO APPLY?

Participants are invited to send a short paper (min. 2 - max. 6 pages) in the form of a research, reflection, pictorial, provocation, or design fiction using the ACM SIGCHI template (single-column) via EasyChair. Submissions will be assessed by the workshop organizers based on their potential to spark interesting discussions. 

KEY DATES

Submission opens: January 18, 2023, AoE

Submission deadline: February 16, 2023, AoE

Notification: March 1, 2023, AoE

Workshop: April 28, 2023

ATTENDANCE

The “HCI for Climate Change: Imagining Sustainable Futures” workshop will be hybrid, participants can join online and at the CHI conference venue in Hamburg, Germany. The workshop activities and discussions will be organized accordingly.

ORGANIZERS

Eleonora Mencarini, FBK (Italy)

Christina Bremer, Lancaster University (UK)

Chiara Leonardi, FBK (Italy)

Jen Liu, Cornell University (USA)

Valentina Nisi, ITI-LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon (Portugal)

Nuno Jardim Nunes, ITI-LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon (Portugal)

Robert Soden, University of Toronto (Canada)

For further information, visit our website.

If you have any questions, please drop an email at hci-climate-change@fbk.eu.

Best regards,

Eleonora Mencarini (on behalf of the HCI for Climate Change: Imagining Sustainable Futures workshop organizers)