CFP: ECSCW 2025 Workshop on Malicious Use of AI: A Value-Sensitive Approach for Stakeholder Consensus (Newcastle, July 1)
Apologies for cross-posting Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite contributions to the ECSCW 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop: Shifting the Conversation on Malicious Use of AI: A Value-Sensitive Approach for Stakeholder Consensus Date: July 1, 2025 (half-day workshop) Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Submission Deadline: May 26, 2025 (23:59 UTC+2) Workshop Overview: As AI technologies become deeply embedded in society, they drive both innovation and an alarming rise in malicious uses including disinformation, cyberattacks, surveillance, and online radicalization. These threats are not isolated technical challenges. They are sociotechnical problems rooted in the interplay of technology design, governance, collaborative work, and shifting regulatory systems. Malicious AI use often combines organized campaigns with distributed grassroots dynamics, making it difficult to address through technical solutions alone. This half day workshop will use a Value Sensitive Design (VSD) lens to reframe how we understand and respond to AI enabled threats. Participants will collaboratively explore ethical, organizational, and policy dimensions of AI governance. We aim to foster actionable strategies that consider not only the technological infrastructures enabling these risks but also the broader sociotechnical ecosystems and work practices that can mitigate them. The workshop will include expert panels featuring stakeholders from industry and government or policy sectors (names to be announced) and will foster rich interdisciplinary dialogue across a range of fields including, but not limited to, CSCW, information systems, cybersecurity, and trust and safety. Through collaborative activities, we seek to co develop pathways for ethical AI governance that are inclusive, practical, and grounded in real world experience. Participation is open to all interested researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders. Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to): Sociotechnical mechanisms enabling or mitigating malicious AI use AI threats in content moderation, trust & safety, OSINT, and cybersecurity Case studies on platform governance or regulatory adaptation VSD-informed approaches to ethical AI governance Empirical or theoretical explorations of AI-related harms Strategies for multi-stakeholder collaboration in high-risk environments Organizational adaptation to AI threats in public and private sectors Lessons learned from cross-sector governance successes and challenges Submission Details: Format: Short position paper (2–4 pages) or equivalent (white paper, case study, or theoretical piece). Submissions will be reviewed by the organizers for relevance, quality, and their potential to contribute to workshop discussions. Accepted position papers will be shared among participants ahead of the workshop. Submission Email: kevin.blasiak (at) tuwien.ac.at Deadline: May 26, 2025 (23:59 UTC+2) Notification of Acceptance: Early June, 2025 Selected participants will engage in panel discussions, breakout groups, and contribute to a co-authored post-workshop report. To ensure focused and productive dialogue, the workshop will be limited to 20 participants. Full Call & Submission Details: Call website: https://cts.wien/en/misc/20250429_responsiblecomputing_ecscwcallproposals/ Organizers: Kevin M. Blasiak, PhD – Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Vienna | Leader, Responsible Computing Circle, Center for Technology & Society (CTS) Daniel E. Levenson, MA, MLA – PhD Student, Swansea University | Board Member, Society for Terrorism Research Workshop Sponsors: CTS//circle.responsibleComputing, TU Vienna Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) at Swansea University, Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC) We look forward to your submissions and hope to see many of you in Newcastle! Best regards, Kevin M. Blasiak & Daniel E. Levenson ______________________________________________________________________________ Kevin M. Blasiak, PhD [he/him] Postdoctoral researcher, Circle lead, responsibleComputing Center for Technology & Society Gußhausstraße 27-29, 1040 Vienna, Austria T: +43 1 58801 79901394 M: +43 670 2042787 https://cts.wien <https://cts.wien/> kevin.blasiak@tuwien.ac.at <mailto:kevin.blasiak@tuwien.ac.at> kevin.blasiak@cts.wien <mailto:kevin.blasiak@cts.wien>
Dear colleagues, A quick reminder that there are still spots available for our ECSCW 2025 pre-conference workshop, “Shifting the Conversation on Malicious Use of AI: A Value-Sensitive Approach for Stakeholder Consensus” Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | July 1, 2025 (half-day) Tickets for the ECSCW workshop have been reduced and are still available. https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/registration-costs/ We’re excited to share some of our confirmed panelists: • Joe Macardle – Tech Against Terrorism • Thomas Schneider – Ambassador, Vice-Director, OFCOM & Chair Switzerland, Council of Europe Committee on AI (CAI) • Shahed Warreth – Microsoft; PhD Candidate at CYTREC / Swansea University; Member of GIFCT AI Working Group …with more expected to be confirmed soon. This is a unique opportunity to work directly with experts and participants in a hands-on setting to address the malicious use of AI and co-develop approaches for its responsible governance. Please find more details and a link to the call below. Thanks, and we hope to see many of you in Newcastle! Kind regards, Kevin M. Blasiak & Daniel E. Levenson Workshop Organizers ______________________________________________________________________________ On 08.05.25, 09:28, "Blasiak, Kevin Marc" <kevin.blasiak@tuwien.ac.at <mailto:kevin.blasiak@tuwien.ac.at>> wrote: Apologies for cross-posting Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite contributions to the ECSCW 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop: Shifting the Conversation on Malicious Use of AI: A Value-Sensitive Approach for Stakeholder Consensus Date: July 1, 2025 (half-day workshop) Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Submission Deadline: May 26, 2025 (23:59 UTC+2) -> extended to June 10 Workshop Overview: As AI technologies become deeply embedded in society, they drive both innovation and an alarming rise in malicious uses including disinformation, cyberattacks, surveillance, and online radicalization. These threats are not isolated technical challenges. They are sociotechnical problems rooted in the interplay of technology design, governance, collaborative work, and shifting regulatory systems. Malicious AI use often combines organized campaigns with distributed grassroots dynamics, making it difficult to address through technical solutions alone. This half day workshop will use a Value Sensitive Design (VSD) lens to reframe how we understand and respond to AI enabled threats. Participants will collaboratively explore ethical, organizational, and policy dimensions of AI governance. We aim to foster actionable strategies that consider not only the technological infrastructures enabling these risks but also the broader sociotechnical ecosystems and work practices that can mitigate them. The workshop will include expert panels featuring stakeholders from industry and government or policy sectors (names to be announced) and will foster rich interdisciplinary dialogue across a range of fields including, but not limited to, CSCW, information systems, cybersecurity, and trust and safety. Through collaborative activities, we seek to co develop pathways for ethical AI governance that are inclusive, practical, and grounded in real world experience. Participation is open to all interested researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders. Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to): Sociotechnical mechanisms enabling or mitigating malicious AI use AI threats in content moderation, trust & safety, OSINT, and cybersecurity Case studies on platform governance or regulatory adaptation VSD-informed approaches to ethical AI governance Empirical or theoretical explorations of AI-related harms Strategies for multi-stakeholder collaboration in high-risk environments Organizational adaptation to AI threats in public and private sectors Lessons learned from cross-sector governance successes and challenges Submission Details: Format: Short position paper (2–4 pages) or equivalent (white paper, case study, or theoretical piece). Submissions will be reviewed by the organizers for relevance, quality, and their potential to contribute to workshop discussions. Accepted position papers will be shared among participants ahead of the workshop. Submission Email: kevin.blasiak (at) tuwien.ac.at Deadline: May 26, 2025 (23:59 UTC+2) -> extended to June 10 Notification of Acceptance: Early June, 2025 Selected participants will engage in panel discussions, breakout groups, and contribute to a co-authored post-workshop report. To ensure focused and productive dialogue, the workshop will be limited to 20 participants. Full Call & Submission Details: Call website: https://cts.wien/en/misc/20250429_responsiblecomputing_ecscwcallproposals/ <https://cts.wien/en/misc/20250429_responsiblecomputing_ecscwcallproposals/> Organizers: Kevin M. Blasiak, PhD – Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Vienna | Leader, Responsible Computing Circle, Center for Technology & Society (CTS) Daniel E. Levenson, MA, MLA – PhD Student, Swansea University | Board Member, Society for Terrorism Research Workshop Sponsors: CTS//circle.responsibleComputing, TU Vienna Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) at Swansea University, Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC) We look forward to your submissions and hope to see many of you in Newcastle! Best regards, Kevin M. Blasiak & Daniel E. Levenson ______________________________________________________________________________ Kevin M. Blasiak, PhD [he/him] Postdoctoral researcher, Circle lead, responsibleComputing Center for Technology & Society Gußhausstraße 27-29, 1040 Vienna, Austria T: +43 1 58801 79901394 M: +43 670 2042787 https://cts.wien <https://cts.wien> <https://cts.wien/> <https://cts.wien/>> kevin.blasiak@tuwien.ac.at <mailto:kevin.blasiak@tuwien.ac.at> <mailto:kevin.blasiak@tuwien.ac.at <mailto:kevin.blasiak@tuwien.ac.at>> kevin.blasiak@cts.wien <mailto:kevin.blasiak@cts.wien> <mailto:kevin.blasiak@cts.wien <mailto:kevin.blasiak@cts.wien>>
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Blasiak, Kevin Marc