[PHILOS-L] [CFP] Workshop on Human Expertise and Agency in AI-Supported Work @ CHIWork 2026, June 22

[Chiara Natali]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop on Human Expertise and Agency in AI-Supported Work

@ CHIWork 2026

Date: June 22 2026, Linz, Austria

Workshop website: https://agency-and-skill.github.io/ 

Conference website: https://chiwork.org/26/

Submission form: https://forms.fillout.com/t/8RCxGKcGE7us 

When AI becomes a routine collaborator at work, what happens to human expertise and agency?

As algorithms suggest diagnoses, draft legal arguments, grade assignments, or review code, professions are not only supported—they are reshaped. Skills are redistributed, judgement is recalibrated, and responsibility is renegotiated. While short-term performance gains are well documented, the long-term consequences for human agency and skill development remain largely unexamined.

This workshop invites critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on the sustainability of human expertise in AI-supported work. We welcome contributions from HCI, AI, cognitive science, philosophy, organisational studies, healthcare, law, education, and related domains.

TOPICS

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Cognitive offloading and its limits
• Deskilling, upskilling, and skill redistribution
• Human agency and responsibility in AI-supported decisions
• Human–AI collaboration protocols
• Longitudinal evaluation of human–AI interaction
• Metrics for agency and skill sustainability

SUBMISSIONS

Participants are invited to submit short contributions (up to 4 pages, excluding references). Submissions may include empirical, theoretical, conceptual, or methodological work, as well as reflective pieces on prior research relevant to the workshop themes.

Submit the PDF via the following submission form: https://forms.fillout.com/t/8RCxGKcGE7us

Proceedings are non-archival: accepted submissions will be shared on the workshop website and a dedicated GitHub repository.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: May 4, 2026 (AoE)

Notification: May 18, 2026 (AoE)

Workshop date: June 22, 2026

LOCATION

The workshop will be held in-person within the CHIwork conference (Linz, Austria). Remote participation is possible.

CONTACT

agency-a...@protonmail.com

ORGANIZERS

• Caterina Fregosi, PhD candidate at the University of Milano-Bicocca
• Simon WS Fischer, PhD candidate at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour
• Chiara Natali, Postdoc researcher at VU Amsterdam
• Hanna Schraffenberger, Assistant Professor at Radboud University
• Federico Cabitza, Associate Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca and Director of the Digital Health & Wellbeing Centre at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)

More information: https://agency-and-skill.github.io 

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