CHIWORK Steering Committee

CHIWORK Motivations, Goals, Values, and Approaches

March 10, 2025

CHIWORK Motivating Questions

The community of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK) is motivated by the following broad questions:

  1. How can human-computer interaction (HCI) help individuals, teams, and organizations use digital technology to support work and promote well-being?
  2. What practical technologies are needed to advance HCI for work?

CHIWORK Goals

CHIWORK aims to provide answers to the above broad questions, thus generating new knowledge. This aim is supported by the following specific goals:

  1. Scientific Research: CHIWORK will promote scientific research in HCI and related fields to improve the future of work.
  2. Impact on Practice: CHIWORK will foster the creation and implementation of practical technology solutions that support individuals, teams, and organizations in the evolving work landscape.
  3. Policy Resource: CHIWORK will serve as a resource for policymakers by providing evidence-based insights and recommendations to inform policy decisions.
  4. Community Building: CHIWORK will build and maintain a community of experts who can support, and continuously improve, its scientific, practice-related, and policy-related work.

CHIWORK Guiding Values

Our work is guided by the following core values:

  1. Scientific Evidence and Relevance: The scholarly work published at CHIWORK will be driven by scientific approaches, based on evidence, and solving relevant problems in the future of work.
  2. Welcoming All Perspectives: We recognize the importance of different backgrounds and experiences. We are building an environment where everyone is valued and given the support they need to thrive.
  3. Accessibility: We are committed to ensuring that our work and events are accessible to all participants, regardless of abilities or backgrounds.
  4. Sustainability: We strive to minimize environmental impacts and promote sustainable work practices.
  5. Ethics and Responsibility: We emphasize ethical design and responsible implementation of technologies.

CHIWORK Approaches to Generating New Knowledge

  1. Interdisciplinary Work: CHIWORK brings together a growing community of experts from interconnected fields such as computer science, engineering, psychology, economics, geography, and anthropology.
  2. Expanding Community: The symposium aims to increase the number of contributors working to tackle CHIWORK’s core questions.
  3. Participatory Design and Co-Creation. We emphasize that workers should have a voice in the design and deployment of workplace technologies.
  4. Knowledge Sharing and Open Science. We encourage open science practices by making findings and resources publicly available (e.g., code repositories, toolkits).

CHIWORK Approaches to Building a Community

  1. Community-Based Government: CHIWORK is led by the CHIWORK Steering Committee. The SC is building a community-wide governance structure, including town-hall meetings, and open volunteering opportunities.
  2. Transparency: SC and conference decisions are made in a transparent fashion and reported with appropriate detail to the community.
  3. Financial Stability: CHIWORK seeks to create structures for long-term stability in finances, while maintaining self-governance for the community. 
  4. Hybrid Engagement: We embrace hybrid formats to make participation more flexible and inclusive.