This workshop is designed to produce tangible, immediately applicable resources for the HRI community.
All outcomes will be made freely available to the HRI community through open-access channels, to lower barriers to sustainable research practice and fostering continued community engagement beyond the workshop itself.
We anticipate the following concrete outcomes:
A practical framework for incorporating sustainability considerations into HRI research design, from initial conception through deployment. This will include checklists and decision trees for evaluating environmental, social, and economic impacts at each research stage.
Specific guidelines addressing the environmental costs of large language models and generative AI in HRI systems, including criteria for when to use computationally intensive models versus lighter alternatives, and best practices for model selection and responsible, ethical use.
A standardized format for sustainability statements to accompany HRI publications, similar to existing ethics or funding disclosure statements. This template will prompt researchers to reflect on and document the sustainability implications of their work.
A resource helping HRI researchers identify which UN Sustainable Development Goals their work addresses, both positively and potentially negatively, enabling more intentional alignment with global sustainability objectives.
A curated collection of references, tools, and case studies demonstrating sustainable practices in HRI research, hosted on a publicly accessible website that will continue to grow beyond the workshop.
A comprehensive paper documenting the workshop activities, synthesizing outcomes, and reporting on progress since the 2025 workshop. Participants will be invited to contribute as co-authors.
Emerging reflections and ideas in this workshop are intended to be documented in a future paper, however, we acknowledge that topics of sensitive nature might be mentioned. We will have a dedicated note-keeper who will be instructed to not write down anything sensitive that might be disclosed during the discussions. We are also committed to dealing with these collected data in a transparent and ethical manner. As a participant, you will be informed beforehand how the content of the discussions will be recorded, and will also be offered the possibility to contribute to the future work on the sustainability statement and paper.