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Workshop on Sustainable Human-Work Interaction Designs: Introduction and Summary

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Design for Equality and Justice (INTERACT 2023)

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Sustainability has become a global concern that requires action at all levels – from individual households to international politics. The field of human-computer interaction (HCI) contributes analyses of perceptions and practices relating to sustainability, designs of tools for acting sustainably, and critical discussions of how best to convert green attitudes into green behavior. The workshop on sustainable human-work interaction designs aimed to support HCI researchers in making such contributions by providing a forum for sharing (a) methods and processes for creating sustainable designs and workplaces, (b) case studies of experiences with introducing and learning from sustainability at work, and (c) agenda items for future research on sustainable HCI. Seven of the nine papers presented at the workshop were subsequently revised, extended, and included in this workshop proceedings volume. They investigate sustainability in households, communities, and workplaces. Individually, they provide illustrative case studies. Collectively, they contribute valuable insights about the many faces of sustainability. We hope that the workshop papers will inspire further research.

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Further information about the two IFIP working groups (WG13.6 and WG13.10) that organized the workshop is available at https://ifip-tc13.org/working-groups.

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  1. Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Morten Hertzum

  2. Università degli Studi di Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Barbara Rita Barricelli

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Elodie Bouzekri

  4. Copenhagen Business School, Howitzvej 60, 2000, Frederiksberg, Denmark

    Torkil Clemmensen

  5. School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, 02150, Espoo, Finland

    Masood Masoodian

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Hertzum, M., Barricelli, B.R., Bouzekri, E., Clemmensen, T., Masoodian, M. (2024). Workshop on Sustainable Human-Work Interaction Designs: Introduction and Summary. In: Bramwell-Dicks, A., Evans, A., Winckler, M., Petrie, H., Abdelnour-Nocera, J. (eds) Design for Equality and Justice. INTERACT 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14535. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61688-4_31

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