Cancelled - GenAI and Well-Being:
Designing for Agency and Beyond
Cancelled - GenAI and Well-Being:
Designing for Agency and Beyond
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Designing for Agency and Beyond
In this workshop, we will explore the complex and interdependent relationship between sense of agency (SoA) and well-being in the age of generative AI (GenAI). With the increasing integration of GenAI technologies in everyday life, there is an underexplored need to understand how GenAI can support well-being and a good life. Rather than focusing solely on the societal risks of GenAI, this workshop shifts the focus toward how GenAI can enhance SoA and well-being, and how concepts from positive psychology (PP) can be integrated into human-AI interaction (HAI) design, while critically examining its risks and limitations.
Call for Participation
Call for Participation
Extended Deadline: 27.06.2025, AoE
Submission Deadline: 12.06. 2025, AoE
Notification: 02.07.2025, AoE
We invite researchers, developers, and practitioners to participate in our half-day, in-person workshop focused on exploring the impact of generative AI tools on users' well-being, with a focus on both users' sense of agency (SoA) and positive psychology (PP). Our aim is to provide a space to discuss the opportunities and risks of AI-enabled well-being factors. We strive to promote future collaboration and to shape a cohesive research agenda through presentations, group discussions, and interactive activities.
Submissions
Submissions
Participants are invited to communicate their interest either by i) submitting a brief paragraph (~250 words) describing their background and interest in attending, or ii) submitting a position paper (2-4 pages, including references) that falls into one of the following categories: i) Ongoing or future HCI research, or their prior work, on GenAI tools to support well-being and/or SoA/PP and the impact of such tools, and ii) Provocation papers or position statements that critically reflect on the relationship between agency, well-being, and GenAI technologies, or that outline research gaps and open questions that could shape a future research agenda.
Work exploring the impact of GenAI tools on SoA- and PP-related terms, such as self-efficacy, sense of ownership, competence, control, autonomy, and similar, are also welcome. Participants will be selected based on the relevance of their submission by the workshop organisers. Submissions must be made through Conftool, and will be published on the workshop's website. At least one author of each accepted paper and all workshop participants must register for and attend both the workshop and at least one day of the main conference.
Submission Format
Submissions should be prepared in ACM double column.
Publishing Workshop Material
Publishing Workshop Material
All accepted submissions from participants will be published on our workshop's website to ensure broad dissemination of the findings. Key ideas and discussion points will be documented on an open online platform during and after the workshop. Participants will be encouraged to engage in future collaborative projects that arise from the discussions.
Our Keynote Speaker
Our Keynote Speaker
Jasmin Niess
Jasmin Niess
Associate Professor | University of Oslo
AI, Agency, and the Good Life: From Control to Meaningful Connection
AI, Agency, and the Good Life: From Control to Meaningful Connection
In this keynote, Jasmin Niess explores how AI-driven tools offer new forms of empowerment, while also challenging traditional notions of control, decision-making, and autonomy. Beyond the binary of empowerment and automation, this talk will examine how AI influences our capacity to form meaningful connections—with others, with technology, and with ourselves, discussing how we can design systems for human flourishing in an increasingly automated world.
Our Schedule
Our Schedule
Introduction of the Workshop
Introduction of the Workshop
The workshop will take place as an in-person half-day workshop on Sunday, August 31, starting at 9am. We will start the workshop with a brief introduction of the organising team, the invited guest speaker, and our aims for the workshop.
Inspiring Keynote by Jasmin Niess
Inspiring Keynote by Jasmin Niess
"AI, Agency, and the Good Life: From Control to Meaningful Connection", followed by a Q&A session.
In this keynote, Jasmin Niess explores how AI-driven tools offer new forms of empowerment, while also challenging traditional notions of control, decision-making, and autonomy. Beyond the binary of empowerment and automation, this talk will examine how AI influences our capacity to form meaningful connections—with others, with technology, and with ourselves, discussing how we can design systems for human flourishing in an increasingly automated world.
Lightning Talks of Select Position Papers
Lightning Talks of Select Position Papers
Next, we will have a round of lightning talks of select position papers (max. 3min each), ending in a short round of questions and comments from the audience. This format of receiving only quick glimpses of the participants' works will allow the group to get an overview of the works and positions of attendees while focusing on the interactive parts.
Group Discussions
Group Discussions
We will continue with a discussion phase based on key topics that arise during the workshop. We plan to use online platforms like Mentimeter to allow attendees to submit and upvote questions they'd like to discuss, ensuring the discussion topics align with their interests. The organising team will also prepare a set of thoughtful questions in advance to help guide the conversation. Afterwards, the most popular questions will be selected, and participant groups will be formed, with each group exploring one specific question, and participants will be encouraged to consolidate their discussion points using analogue means. The results will be presented to the group, allowing all workshop participants to discuss further and shape a uniform research agenda. We will incorporate regular breaks throughout the event to encourage individual networking and informal discussions.
Closing
Closing
To support ongoing collaboration and exploration of workshop topics, we will provide a shared interactive virtual board (Miro) for synthesising workshop findings and a dedicated Discord channel to stay connected and for continued discussions and networking.
Organizing Team
Organizing Team
Nadine Wagener
Nadine Wagener
Postdoctoral Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Michael Burmester
Michael Burmester
Professor
Stuttgart Media University
Thomas Eßmeyer
Thomas Eßmeyer
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Bremen
Lisa Hesselbarth
Lisa Hesselbarth
PhD Student
University of Bremen
Laura Spillner
Laura Spillner
PhD Student
University of Bremen
Carolin Stellmacher
Carolin Stellmacher
PhD Student
University of Bremen
Samuel Tomczyk
Samuel Tomczyk
Junior Professor
University of Greifswald
Evropi Stefanidi
Evropi Stefanidi
Postdoctoral Researcher
TU Wien
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