Robophilosophy Conference 2022 - Social Robots in Social Institutions
Social Robots in Social Institutions
Social institutions emerge from social practices that coordinate activities by explicit statements of rules, goals, and values. How will institutional structures and practices be transformed if we insert artificial social actors into the physical and symbolic space institutions? This conference features international (multidisciplinary) research in Humanities and Social Sciences in and on social robotics, to explore expected conceptual and practical change by social robotics in public and private institutions, such as public services, legal systems, social and healthcare services, or educational institutions.
Robophilosophy 2022, the fifth event in the biennial Robophilosophy Conference Series (robo-philosophy.org) will explore the societal significance of social robots for the future of social institutions with its usual broad scope, embracing both theoretical and practical angles. The event is an invitation to philosophers and other SSH researchers, as well as researchers in social robotics and HRI, to investigate from interdisciplinarily informed perspectives whether and how social robotics as an interdisciplinary endeavour can contribute to the ability of our insititutions to perform their functions in society.
WORKSHOPS and PANELS
- WORKSHOP 1: Persons, Things or Otherwise, Organized by D. Gunkel.
- WORKSHOP 2: Roboticists' Perspective on Social Robots in Social Institutions. Organized by A. Clodic et al.
- WORKSHOP 3: ELSI of the Avatar Symbiotic Society. Organized by M. Kukita, featuring Hiroshi Ishiguro.
- WORKSHOP 4: Re-Configuring HRI (II): The mutual shaping of social robots and social institutions. Organized by A. Krummheuer et al.
- WORKSHOP 5: Regulation of the Use of Social Robotics in Care Settings: A Simulation. Organized by P. Share & J. Pender
- WORKSHOP 6: Social Robots between Trust and Deception. The Impact on Institutions and Practices. Organized by P. Dario et al.
- WORKSHOP 7: Beyond Robot Therapy: Embodied AI, Mental Healthcare, and Value Sensitive Design . Organized by T. Kokkonen et al.
- WORKSHOP 8: (Panel): Integrative Social Robotics and the Subjective Surplus in Social Role Performance. Organized by J. Seibt.
- WORKSHOP 9: Institutions, Robots, Algorithms and Law. Organized by E. Cherny.
- PLENARY PANEL summarizing and reflecting on the conference topics, featuring Rob Sparrow and selected conference speakers.
Conference time line
- Submission deadlines for abstracts:
- February 15, 2022: Submission of workshop descriptions
- March 10, 2022: Submission of abstracts for research papers and for posters
- Notifications:
- March 15, 2022: Notification on acceptance for workshops
- April 15, 2022: Notification on acceptance for research papers and posters
- Submission of full papers:
- June 1: Submission of fully formatted penultimate versions of research papers and workshop descriptions
- Registration:
- July 1: Deadline for speakers to register.
- Conference: August 16-19, 2022
- Proceedings:
- October 1, 2022: Submission of final versions of research papers, workshop descriptions, and poster abstracts
- December 15, 2022: Publication of RP2022 Proceedings
Conference details
Time
August 16-19, 2022
Place
Metsätalo building, University of Helsinki (Finland), Faculty of Social Sciences, Practical Philosophy
Registration
Register here.
Conference fees:
Students: 90 Euros
PhD students and Postdocs: 120 Euros
Researchers presenting: 150 Euros
Academic participants: 180 Euros
Participants from private sector: 210 Euros
Note: for the registration category "late registration" other fees apply. Late registration is only available for non-speaking participants. The speakers will have to register by July 1.
Note about Covid-19
The conference will be held in Helsinki, August 16-19, 2022. The conference will be organized as an on-site conference, but some of the talks will be presented online.
PLENARIES
- Rachid Alami (LAAS CNRS University of Toulouse)
- Virginia Dignum (Umeå University)
- Maja Matarić (University of Southern California)
- Seumas Miller (Oxford Uehiro Center for Practical Ethics and Charles Sturt University)
- Catrin Misselhorn (University of Göttingen)
- Sven Nyholm (Utrecht University)
SESSION TALKS
20 Thematic Sessions featuring over 50 research papers.
Organizers
Main organizers from the RADAR group, University of Helsinki
- Raul Hakli, University of Helsinki
- Pekka Mäkelä, University of Helsinki
Co-organizers from the Research Unit for Robophilosophy, Aarhus University;
- Johanna Seibt, Aarhus University
- Marco Nørskov, Aarhus University
Program committee:
- Dina Babushkina (University of Twente)
- Aurélie Clodic (LAAS CNRS, Toulouse)
- David Gunkel (Northern Illinois University)
- Raul Hakli (University of Helsinki)
- Tomi Kokkonen (University of Helsinki)
- Kamil Mamak (University of Helsinki)
- Arto Laitinen (Tampere University)
- Pekka Mäkelä (University of Helsinki)
- Marco Nørskov (Aarhus University)
- Raffaele Rodogno (Aarhus University)
- Johanna Seibt (Aarhus University)
- Pii Telakivi (University of Helsinki)
- Petri Ylikoski (University of Helsinki)
Local organization team:
- Dane Gogoshin
- Raul Hakli
- Tomi Kokkonen
- Kamil Mamak
- Pekka Mäkelä
- Olli Niinivaara
- Pii Telakivi
- Tuomas Vesterinen
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