Special issue: The Mutual Shaping of Human-Robot Interaction Topic overview Studies in human-robot interaction have shown that, when robots enter different contexts of our everyday lives, they influence and change those contexts beyond their intended use purpose alone. Social scientists have referred to this process as “mutual shaping” of technology and society. Mutual shaping implies that technological and societal developments do not proceed in parallel, or in a linear progression from technological development to societal application, but rather that technology and society continuously influence and (re)shape each other. Society changes as a direct and indirect result of the implementation of technology, which itself is created based on society’s (or a particular segment of society’s) wants, needs, beliefs, and practices. The mutual shaping of technology and society approach focuseson analyzing how social and cultural factors influence the way technologies are designed, implemented , used, and evaluated, as well as how technologies affect our construction of social values and meanings. Call for Papers The aim of this special issue is to collect an overview of theoretical and empirical state-of-the-art research contributions on lessons learned about the mutual shaping of robots and society. Therefore, theInternational Journal of Social Robotics invites researchers from the many disciplines and approaches that intersect with the development and evaluation of robot systems (e.g. human-robot interaction, human-computer interaction, human factors, engineering, computer sciences, (interactive) design, sociology, communication science, anthropology, psychology, etc .) to submit to this Special Issue. We invite a diversity of topics from researchers and practitioners from a wide variety of fields focusing on how social factors affect whether people choose to use robots, and (or) how robot design factors affect thesocial contexts in which robots are used. Topics include (but not limited to): • Human-robot (non)adoption and (non)use • Human-robot interaction • Mutual shaping of robots and society • Evaluation of robot applications and contexts of use • Socially intelligent robotics • Multimodal assessment technologies • Design of robotics systems • Social analysis of robotics • Social cognitive systems To submit your paper, login to the journal’s editorial system: [1]http://www.editorial manager.com/soro/default.aspx When submitting your papers, please select the option “SI: The Mutual Shaping of Human-Robot Interaction” from the “Choose article type” pull-down menu. A general description of the International Journal of Social Robotics, its aims and scope, and authors' submission guidelines can be found here: [2]http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12369 Please submit the journal manuscripts by January 31, 2018. The Editorial Board is committed to speedy review, fast publication, and high scientific impact. Guest Editors Somaya Ben Allouch - Saxion University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Maartje De Graaf - Brown University, USA Selma Šabanović - Indiana University, USA Friederike Eyssel - Bielefeld University, Germany __________________________________________________________________ Please consider the environment and do not print this email unless absolutely necessary. Encourage environmental awareness. This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of Saxion University of Applied Sciences. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. __________________________________________________________________ References 1. http://www.editorialmanager.com/soro/default.aspx 2. http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12369