Mind the AI-GAP
Mind the AI-GAP: Co-Designing Socio-Technical Systems
Colocated with HHAI 2025: The 4th International Conference Series on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (June 9-13, 2025 in Pisa, Italy)
The workshop aimed to critically identify risks and limitations of AI-powered technologies and to foster reflection on their development and societal impact through structured co-design methodologies. The event brought together diverse contributions and practices to explore how participatory processes could integrate community values into the co-design of socio-technical systems. Through a combination of talks, roundtable discussions, and hands-on activities, participants collaborated to produce actionable outputs, such as guidelines, a white paper, and design artifacts. Overall, the workshop fostered interdisciplinary engagement beyond academia by involving practitioners, NGOs, and designers, and experimented with a robust, society-centered approach to the development, assessment, and deployment of AI systems.
Proceedings and Special Issue:
- Workshop proceedings: The proceedings of the workshop are available here.
- Special Issue – Call for Papers: A Call for Papers for a special issue on co-designing socio-technical systems will be announced soon. Details on the scope, submission guidelines, and important dates will be available shortly.
Workshop Organizers
Costanza Alfieri, Università dell’Aquila - costanza.alfieri(at)univaq(dot)it
Eleonora Cappuccio, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - eleonora.cappuccio(at)cnr(dot)it
Donatella Donati, Università dell’Aquila
Miriam Felici, Digital Product Designer - miriamfelici(at)gmail(dot)com
Marta Marchiori Manerba, Università di Pisa - marta.marchiorimanerba(at)unito(dot)it
Benedetta Muscato, Scuola Normale Superiore
Clara Punzi, Scuola Normale Superiore
Beatrice Savoldi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler - bsavoldi(at)fbk(dot)eu
Program Committee
Selenia Anastasi, Sapienza Università di Roma
Isacco Beretta, Università di Pisa
Tommaso Caselli, University of Groningen
Silvia Casola, University of Munich
Gianluca De Ninno, Gran Sasso Science Institute
Donatella Donati, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila
Alessandra Facchin, Politecnico di Milano
Fabio Fossa, Politecnico di Milano
Manuel Lardelli, Institute of Translation Studies in Graz
Daphne Lenders, Scuola Normale Superiore
Yue Li, University of Sheffield
Beatrice Melis, Gran Sasso Science Institute
Alessio Miaschi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Lucia Passaro, Università di Pisa
Andrea Pugnana, Università di Pisa
Alan Ramponi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Laura State, Università di Pisa
Tommaso Turchi, Università di Pisa
Giacomo Zanotti, Politecnico di Milano