Given its sensory and emotional qualities, food as a rich resource for design has been much explored in Human-Food Interaction research. Besides such positive aspects of food and food experiences, other scholars have focused on problematic and disordered eating, as well as technologies' negative impact on the growing number of people living with these conditions. Drawing from mindfulness-based interventions, health research has explored effective interventions for mindful eating, which however have been limitedly harnessed in interaction design, despite the growing body of HCI research on mindfulness technologies emphasizing also the role of the human body in mindfulness practices.
This half-day workshop aims to address this gap, by bringing together designers, practitioners, and HCI researchers from human-food interaction, mindfulness, and somaesthetics to explore the design space of technologies for mindful eating interventions, with a focus on five goals targeting (i) support for the role of the body in mindful eating, (ii) design exploration of technologies supporting mindful eating interventions, (iii) develop theoretical and methodological foundations for designing for mindful eating, (iv) explore ethical aspects of designing for mindful eating interventions, and (v) position mindful eating technology-based interventions within a broader, more sustainable food cycle.
We invite designers, practitioners, and researchers with an interest in mindful eating to participate in this workshop. It aims to bring together expertise from Human-Computer Interaction research on Human-Food Interaction (HFI), mindfulness technologies, and somaesthetics to explore the opportunities and challenges of designing interactive systems for supporting mindful eating interventions for both clinical and non-clinical populations.
Submissions
We welcome single-column SIGCHI submissions, up to 3 pages long (excluding references), describing theoretical perspectives, design approaches or tools, as well as conceptual designs or prototypes that could support mindful eating interventions. All submissions must comply with SIGCHI accessibility guidelines.
PDF submissions should be sent to l.s.guluzade@lancaster.ac.uk with the subject line “BCS HCI25 Mindful Eating Workshop”.
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Conference Details
BCS HCI 2025 will take place at Cardiff University, 8th to the 11th of November 2025
Workshop date: 9th of November 2025 - https://www.britchi2025.co.uk
UPDATE
An asynchronous online workshop on 7th November, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (UK time), providing opportunities for remote participation prior to the conference. We welcome paper submissions for online participation until the 6th of October.
