[iva] [HRI][meetings][CFP] Special Issue on IJSR "GENDERING ROBOTS: Ongoing (Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics"

[Giulia Perugia]

Dear colleagues,

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.

You can find more information on the Special Issue below and on our website
<https://sites.google.com/view/ro-man21-genr-workshop/special-issue?authuser=0>.

Please feel free to reach out for questions and details to our email
addresses (see below).
Kindest regards,
Giulia Perugia

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*SPECIAL ISSUE GENDERING ROBOTS: ONGOING (RE)CONFIGURATIONS OF GENDER IN
ROBOTICS*
International Journal of Social Robotics (IJSR) - Impact Factor 5.126
(2020) [link to journal <https://www.springer.com/journal/12369/>][link to
special issue <https://www.springer.com/journal/12369/updates/19292566>]

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 *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*. 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.

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 *January 31st, 2022*.  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.

*Topics of interest* include, but are not limited to
- Gendering practices in Social Robotics
- Experimental studies on gendered robots
- Feminist robotics
- Robot’s gender design
- Norm-critical design
- Queer design in HRI
- Sex Robots
- Ethics of Gendered Robots
- Normative deviance in relation to robot gender
- Societal implications and applications of gendered robots
- Performative arts encompassing a reflection on gender in robotics
- Non-binary perspectives on robot gender

*Instructions to submit your paper to the Special Issue:*
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 *pull down
menu* 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 *cover letter* that you wish to submit your
manuscript to the special issue "GENDERING ROBOTS (GenR): Ongoing
(Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics".


Please, feel free to contact us should you need further information about
the special issue.
The Guest Editors:
- Dr. Giulia Perugia (Lead guest editor): giulia.perugia at it.uu.se
- Dr. Katie Winkle: winkle at kth.se
- Dominika Lisy: dominika.lisy at liu.se
- Ryan Blake Jackson: rbjackso at mymail.mines.edu
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