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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: CIVICS ‘26
Workshop on
“Citizen Science Advanced Interfaces: from Sensing to Sensemaking”,
organized at Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) 2026, San Servolo (Venice), Italy.
Website:
https://sites.google.com/view/civics26/home
Contact: catia.prandi(a)unibo.it
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***Scope***
A one-day workshop as a forum for critical discussions and reflections on the role of HCI
researchers, designers, and practitioners in designing citizen science-empowered advanced
interfaces for increasing awareness about social good and societal issues and promoting
concrete actions and behavioural change, from data to sustainable futures.
***List of topics:***
• Critical Data Science
• Technologies for Fragile Urban Ecosystems
• Application of Citizen Science
• Advanced Visual Interfaces and AI for Citizen Science
• DIY and Sensing Technologies
• Co-creation methods for agency and civic engagement
• Social Justice
• Interactive creativity for Citizen Science
• Agency and ethics in the design of Citizen Science systems
***Submissions***
--> Papers should be between 5 and 8 standard pages, plus an appropriate number of
references. Submissions will undergo thorough review by the organisers to assess
relevance, and by external experts based on their fields of expertise.
We plan to submit the workshop proceedings for publication in CEUR Workshop Proceedings
(
ceur-ws.org), subject to receiving at least 6 accepted papers.
--> Motivation letters (or Research statements) should be between 1 and 4 standard
pages, plus an appropriate number of references. This contribution will NOT be published
in CEUR Workshop Proceedings, but will be made available, if the authors agree, on the
workshop website.
***Workshop format***
As for the main conference, the workshop will take place as a full in-person event.
***Important dates***
Contributions submission deadline: March 29th, 2026
Notification of acceptance: April 10th, 2026
Workshop (at AVI 2026): June 8 or 9, 2026 (TBD)
***Organizers***
Catia Prandi (University of Bologna, Italy)
Diego Morra (MIT Senseable City Lab, USA)
Simone Mora (MIT Senseable City Lab, USA and Dept. of Computer Science, NTNU, Norway)
Alberto Martinetti (University of Twente, Netherlands)
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Catia Prandi, PhD.
Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
University of Bologna