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

[Katie Winkle]

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for any cross-posting.

We would like to bring to your attention the *extended deadline* for our Special Issue -- GENDERING ROBOTS: Ongoing (Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics -- that is open on the International Journal of Social Robotics (new deadline: June 30th, 2022)!

The Special Issue welcomes submissions addressing the topic of gender in robotics from multiple angles. We are interested in Social Robotics and HRI papers, as well as in submissions from Philosophy, Social Sciences, Psychology, and Humanities.

All papers submitted to the special issue 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.


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 CFP).

Kind regards,
Katie Winkle
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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 June 30th, 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 choose 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<mailto:giulia.perugia at it.uu.se>
Dr. Katie Winkle: winkle at kth.se<mailto:winkle at kth.se>
Dominika Lisy: dominika.lisy at liu.se<mailto:dominika.lisy at liu.se>
Ryan Blake Jackson: rbjackso at mymail.mines.edu<mailto:rbjackso at mymail.mines.edu>



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Dr. Katie Winkle
Digital Futures Postdoctoral Researcher
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning (RPL)

Lindstedtsvägen 24, 4th floor, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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