Designing Support for Systematic Sociotechnical
Risk Literacy 

Workshop Overview

This one-day workshop aims to develop pedagogical frameworks for understanding sociotechnical risk across a landscape of ongoing technological and social change. The workshop brings together educators, researchers, and practitioners with an interest in how risk literacy is taught and operationalized in the design, governance, and use of computational systems.

The workshop provides a forum for interdisciplinary discussions around the fragmented, ad-hoc, and issue-driven nature of current risk education. The aim is to move beyond siloed approaches by developing a coherent toolkit for what we term "systematic sociotechnical risk literacy," drawing on the rich contributions of the growing body of literature on sociotechnical harms, digital safety, and critical pedagogy from fields such as HCI, CSCW, and STS. 

Through collaborative design activities and critical dialogue, the workshop intends to experiment with existing harms frameworks and prototype pedagogical interventions, for teaching systematic risks across different contexts. Our goals include:

• The development of a shared library of resources and pedagogical approaches.

• The creation of a support network for individuals working on or teaching about digital safety or sociotechnical risk.

• New collaborations aimed at developing evidence-based best practices for the design and evaluation of risk literacy education.

Submission/Application 

To apply to participate, we ask that you fill out a Google form providing us with information about your interest and/or experience with educating on digital risk and harm addressing: 

• The context(s) you teach or work in

• The audiences you teach or work with

• The response to digital safety from the audiences you engage with

• The specific sub-areas of digital safety you have experience with

• The goals you have for designing and utilizing a toolbox to support systemic risk literacy. 

• Your goals for participation in the workshop

We also welcome submissions with an optional illustrate themes artifact, which could be a 250-300 word statement, a five-minute slide presentation, an infographic, design fiction, or other formats representing a similar level of effort.