Our workshop “Socio-technical Imaginaries for Responsible Design A Case for Mitigating Gender-based Online Harm” has been accepted by the leading conference CHI 2026.
Despite an increasing interest in designing technical and legal interventions to tackle online harm, the level of online violence against women and girls remains high. Responsible design plays a pivotal role in mitigating technological harms, and it has particularly captured attention in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
This workshop aims to create a space for critical reflection, collaboration, and imagination around the responsible design of technology, bringing together diverse voices and visions to explore how we can leverage new approaches, technologies, and mechanisms to better understand the problem, challenge harmful norms, support affected communities, and build safer and more inclusive digital futures.
We are calling on all researchers, developers, and practitioners across various domains and sectors, such as policy and governance experts, charities, and activists, to collectively reflect and envision how responsible design can address gender-based online harm.
This workshop will bring together a community of researchers and practioners who are interested in responsibility, responsible design, gender, and online harm, to shape the future of safe online spaces for women and girls. You’re invited to submit your statement and be part of the conversation.
📅 Submission deadline: 12th Feb 2026
For more information on topics of interest and how to register your interest in participating, please visit: https://ou-cpwo.github.io/chi-sird-2026/cfp/
The ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the leading international conference on Human-Computer Interaction. CHI 2026 will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 13-17 April 2026.
Accepted Workshop Proposal:Min Zhang, Arosha K Bandara, Gordon Rugg, Irum Rauf, Dilrukshi Gamage, Bashar Nuseibeh, Silvia Podesta, Wanling Cai, and Sarah Robinson. 2026. Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Responsible Design: A Case for Mitigating Gender-based Online Harm. In Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26), April 13–17, 2026, Barcelona, Spain. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. https://ou-cpwo.github.io/chi-sird-2026/assets/documents/chi26g-sird-paper.pdf
