<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>After the
success of the GenR 2021 workshop at RO-MAN 2021 last week, I am pleased
to announce that the homonym Special Issue “GENDERING ROBOTS: Ongoing
(Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics” is now open for submissions on
the International Journal of Social Robotics (IJSR)! The Special Issue
opened on August 12th and will stay open until January 31st, 2022. All
submitted papers will be reviewed as soon as they are received and the
accepted papers will be published online first until the complete
Special
Issue is published. Please note that we welcome submissions from all
disciplines addressing the topic of gender in robots and are open to
submissions from Ethics, Social Sciences, Psychology, and Humanities, as
well as more technical and traditional Social Robotics and HRI papers.</div><div><br></div><div>You can find more information on the Special Issue below and on our <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/ro-man21-genr-workshop/special-issue?authuser=0" target="_blank">website</a>. <br></div><div>Please feel free to reach out for questions and details to our email addresses (see below).</div><div>Kindest regards,</div><div>Giulia Perugia</div><div><br></div><div>=============================================================</div><div><font size="4"><b>SPECIAL ISSUE GENDERING ROBOTS: ONGOING (RE)CONFIGURATIONS OF GENDER IN ROBOTICS</b></font></div><div><font size="2">International Journal of Social Robotics (IJSR) - Impact Factor </font>5.126 (2020) [<a href="https://www.springer.com/journal/12369/" target="_blank">link to journal</a>][<a href="https://www.springer.com/journal/12369/updates/19292566" target="_blank">link to special issue</a>]<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>The
field of HRI is increasingly employing humanoid robots and
anthropomorphic designs to aid social interactions between humans and
robots. However, designing robots with human-like characteristics can
have far-reaching implications. For instance, integrating identity
markers such as gender into robotic systems can involuntarily transfer
implicit biases into the human-robot interaction (HRI) and perpetuate
harmful structural patterns and societal stereotypes. This Special Issue
aims to <i>deepen the social, ethical, and psychological understanding
of the attribution of gender to robots, addressing how the design and
use of gendered robots might impact HRI and affect society at large</i>.
We welcome original papers investigating the attribution of gender to
social robots, the influence of robot’s gender on the perception of and
interaction with robots (e.g., acceptance, trust), the design of
gendered robots, and its ethical and societal implications. Through this
special issue, we would like to inspire discussions about the mindful
use of robots in society and promote the possibility of using robots to
challenge harmful social practices (e.g., gender stereotypes, gender
inequality). Our ultimate goal is to bridge the communication gap we
observed between the different disciplines addressing the topic of
gender in robotics and the lack of spaces to converse with and learn
from one another. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The Special Issue is
based on the GenR workshop “GENDERING ROBOTS: Ongoing (Re)configurations
of Gender in Robotics” which took place on August 12th, 2021 at the
30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive
Communication (RO-MAN 2021). The Special issue opened on August 12th,
2021 and will stay open until <b>January 31st, 2022</b>. All submitted papers will be reviewed as soon as they are received.
Accepted papers are published Online First until the complete Special
Issue is published.</div><div><br></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Topics of inter</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">est</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;vertical-align:baseline"><b> </b>include, but are not limited to </span></span></font></div><div>- Gendering practices in Social Robotics</div><div>- Experimental studies on gendered robots<br>- Feminist robotics<br>- Robot’s gender design<br>- Norm-critical design<br>- Queer design in HRI<br>- Sex Robots<br>- Ethics of Gendered Robots<br>- Normative deviance in relation to robot gender<br>- Societal implications and applications of gendered robots<br>- Performative arts encompassing a reflection on gender in robotics<br>- Non-binary perspectives on robot gender</div><div><br></div><div><b>Instructions to submit your paper to the Special Issue:</b></div><div>
When submitting your paper to the International Journal of Social
Robotics via the Editorial Manager, you will be asked if your paper
belongs to a special issue, please select YES as an answer. At this
point, a <u>pull down menu</u> will appear and you will be able to
select the title of the special issue, select "GENDERING ROBOTS (GenR):
Ongoing (Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics". Besides selecting the
Special Issue upon submission, you should also specify in your <u>cover letter</u>
that you wish to submit your manuscript to the special issue "GENDERING
ROBOTS (GenR): Ongoing (Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics". <br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-color:currentcolor;border-style:none;border-width:medium;line-height:1.2;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p>Please, feel free to contact us should you need further information about the special issue.</div><div>The Guest Editors:</div><div>- Dr. Giulia Perugia (Lead guest editor): <a href="mailto:giulia.perugia@it.uu.se" target="_blank">giulia.perugia@it.uu.se</a></div><div>- Dr. Katie Winkle: <a href="mailto:winkle@kth.se" target="_blank">winkle@kth.se</a><br>- Dominika Lisy: <a href="mailto:dominika.lisy@liu.se" target="_blank">dominika.lisy@liu.se</a><br>- Ryan Blake Jackson: <a href="mailto:rbjackso@mymail.mines.edu" target="_blank">rbjackso@mymail.mines.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>