{"id":1359,"date":"2026-06-12T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/?page_id=1359"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:52:50","slug":"workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/nordichi-2026\/program\/workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NordiCHI 2026 will feature 34 workshops, all of which are in-person. You register for a workshop as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/nordichi-2026\/registration\/\">the conference registration process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For questions related to a specific workshop, please contact the workshop organizers directly.<br \/>\nFor general questions, you can contact the NordiCHI 2026 workshop chairs Dina Koutsikouri (<span data-contrast=\"auto\">dina.koutsikouri@ait.gu.se) <\/span>and Daniel Ventus (<span data-contrast=\"auto\">daniel.ventus@abo.fi)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>All workshops will be held during the pre-conference days (Saturday and Sunday) at <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/nordichi-2026\/practical-information\/venue\/\">Academill building, \u00c5bo Akademi University (Vaasa Campus)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the schedule is subject to change and further updates will come closer to the conference.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Saturday, October 3, 2026<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Morning Sessions (09:30\u201313:00)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>HCAI4IDS: Human-Centered AI Support for Immersive Data Sensemaking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hcai4ids.github.io\/hcai4ids-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HCAI4IDS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Purposeful Deployment of Humanoid Service Robots in the Real-World: A Human-Centric Co-Creation Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nordichi.techlabs.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nordichi.techlabs.fi\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Navigating Design Spaces and Guidelines for Human Augmentation in Industry and Craftsmanship<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nordichi2026-human-augmentation.wineme.wiwi.uni-siegen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nordichi2026-human-augmentation.wineme.wiwi.uni-siegen.de\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Afternoon Sessions (14:00\u201317:30)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Robots as Welfare Technologies and Actors within Future Home- and Healthcare Services: Co-Designing an Integration Model through Story-Dialogue Method ROBOWELL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/robowell-nordichi26\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/robowell-nordichi26\/home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When Design Becomes Visible: Structural Awareness and Reimagination in Playable Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Webpage: TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Empowering Users in Public Procurement \u2013 User Involvement, Work Environment, and AI in Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/empoweringusersinpublicprocurement.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/empoweringusersinpublicprocurement.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Full-Day Sessions (09:30\u201317:30)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Soul Sync: Exploring Technological Resonance in Religious and Spiritual Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spiritedhci.org\/nordichi-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/spiritedhci.org\/nordichi-2026\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spatial Interaction Design: A Field-Based Workshop for Observing and Designing in Everyday Social Environments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.design.cmu.edu\/spatial-ixd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.design.cmu.edu\/spatial-ixd<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Designing Multi-Reality Futures: Speculative Explorations of Seamless and Meaningful XR Experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inter-reality.com\/2026\/06\/16\/designing-multi-reality-futures-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/inter-reality.com\/2026\/06\/16\/designing-multi-reality-futures-workshop\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Many Facets of Eudaimonia: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Design Perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eudaimonicdesign2026.init-owl.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/eudaimonicdesign2026.init-owl.de\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dissonance Workshop: Live Performance and Generative Friction with AI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dissonanceworkshop.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.dissonanceworkshop.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking Your Students for a Walk: Art Interventions and Critical Techniques in HCI Design Pedagogy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/takingyourstudentsforawalk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/takingyourstudentsforawalk.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where Participation Happens: Mapping Contemporary Sociotechnical Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mn.uio.no\/ifi\/english\/research\/groups\/design\/events\/nordichi26-whereparticipationhappens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mn.uio.no\/ifi\/english\/research\/groups\/design\/events\/nordichi26-whereparticipationhappens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design Without Goal: Listening, Silence, and Emergence in Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Webpage: TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shifting Stories of Human-Centered Computing Research: Exploring Narratives Through the Lens of Le Guin\u2019s The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pit-carrierbag.github.io\/cbt-humancenteredcomputing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pit-carrierbag.github.io\/cbt-humancenteredcomputing\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Sunday, October 4, 2026<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Morning Sessions (09:30\u201313:00)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Challenges &amp; Tactics of Navigating Long-term Researcher-Participant Relationships<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/melodyorz.notion.site\/navigating-long-term-relationship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/melodyorz.notion.site\/navigating-long-term-relationship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design for Calibrated Trust in AI: Exploring Opportunities to Support Appropriate Mental Models When Interacting with Conversational AI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hci.rwth-aachen.de\/nordichi26-calibrated-trust-in-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/hci.rwth-aachen.de\/nordichi26-calibrated-trust-in-ai<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keeping Up: IxD Education in the Age of GenAI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/genai-ixd-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/genai-ixd-education\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broken Design and Maintenance of Technology: Thinking of Repair as a World-Making Practice Through Design and Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brokendesign.odie.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/brokendesign.odie.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Afternoon Sessions (14:00\u201317:30)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Designing for Early Parenthood Together: Exploring Collaborative Technologies for Parents and Their Wider Care Ecosystems<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/designingforearlyparenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/designingforearlyparenthood\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Participation to Transformation: Children Shaping AI Futures<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/nchi26-shaping-ai-futures\/home-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/nchi26-shaping-ai-futures\/home-page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Second Workshop on Designing with AI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hci.uib.no\/ws\/designing_with_ai_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/hci.uib.no\/ws\/designing_with_ai_2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Last Mile of HCI: From Participatory Design to Community Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/svs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de\/the-last-mile-of-hci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/svs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de\/the-last-mile-of-hci\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speculative AI Futures Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pit-carrierbag.github.io\/NordiCHI-AI-Futures-WS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pit-carrierbag.github.io\/NordiCHI-AI-Futures-WS\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Full-Day Sessions (09:30\u201317:30)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A Feminist Salon: Finding and Making Our Carrier Bags for Feminist HCI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Webpage: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/nordichi-feministhci-workshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/nordichi-feministhci-workshop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jokaisenoikeudet in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Participatory Co-Design and Solarpunk Narratives in HCI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nordichi-solarpunk.pages.dev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nordichi-solarpunk.pages.dev\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emancipatory HCI: Exploring the Energy of Transformation in Participatory Approaches<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medieteknik.info\/emancipatory-hci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medieteknik.info\/emancipatory-hci\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Human-Computer Intimacy: Mapping and Manifesto-ing Technologies and Politics of Intimacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/technologies-of-intimacies.carrd.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/technologies-of-intimacies.carrd.co\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Designing for the Democratic Pulse: Engagement, Silence, Friction, and Storytelling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mn.uio.no\/ifi\/english\/people\/aca\/aparecip\/designing-for-the-democratic-pulse.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mn.uio.no\/ifi\/english\/people\/aca\/aparecip\/designing-for-the-democratic-pulse.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regulation by Design: Exploring the Role of Nordic HCI in EU Technology Regulation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/design-regulations\/startsida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/design-regulations\/startsida<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Designing for Children\u2019s Participation in Everyday Life: Bridging HCI and Occupational Therapy Through Roles and Contexts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Open to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/childrensparticipationinlife\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/childrensparticipationinlife\/home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rethinking the Datafied Human: Critical Data Literacy in HCI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medieteknik.info\/rethinking-datafied-human\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medieteknik.info\/rethinking-datafied-human\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Understanding Intermediaries&#8217; Role in Public Service Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trustmproject.aalto.fi\/intermediaries-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/trustmproject.aalto.fi\/intermediaries-workshop\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-growth Sandbox: Designing (in) a Post-growth World<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Room: TBA<\/li>\n<li>Pre-acceptance required.<\/li>\n<li>Webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=R_J9zM5gD0qddXBM9g78ZJ1oJ5cZ9lBBkv6g1Y8Xvc5UMElGUTZUOU9ENkdRU0owSk1SRTFSWUo3QS4u\" target=\"_blank\" 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