Meta-HCI: First Workshop on Meta-Research in HCI
by Oppenlaender, Jonas, Malacria, Sylvain, Fang, Xinrui, van Berkel, Niels, Chevalier, Fanny, Yatani, Koji and Hosio, Simo
Abstract:
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a rapidly evolving field. It has undergone many changes, and several current challenges deserve more attention from the community. Meta-research - the study of research practices - offers insights into how a field can refine its methodological frameworks, enhance rigor, and address its challenges. We believe CHI deserves a dedicated space for meta-research. This workshop establishes an open space for HCI scholars in the top conference of the field to explore and discuss meta-research in HCI. We are equally focused on the past, present, and future: what we study, how we document it, how we evaluate, and how we distribute our work. Collateral effects such as mounting career pressures to publish always more are interesting, too. Short term results of this workshop include a research roadmap specifically for HCI meta-research. In the long term, we hope to see this workshop be the initial spark to establishing a permanent HCI meta-research community.
Reference:
J. Oppenlaender, S. Malacria, X. Fang, N. van Berkel, F. Chevalier, K. Yatani, S. Hosio, "Meta-HCI: First Workshop on Meta-Research in HCI", in Adjunct Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'25 Workshop), 2025, to appear.
Bibtex Entry:
@inproceedings{Oppenlaender2025MetaHCI,
	title        = {Meta-HCI: First Workshop on Meta-Research in HCI},
	author       = {Oppenlaender, Jonas and Malacria, Sylvain and Fang, Xinrui and van Berkel, Niels and Chevalier, Fanny and Yatani, Koji and Hosio, Simo},
	year         = 2025,
	booktitle    = {Adjunct Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
	location     = {CHI'25 Workshop},
	pages        = {to appear},
	doi          = {},
	url          = {},
	abstract     = {Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a rapidly evolving field. It has undergone many changes, and several current challenges deserve more attention from the community.
Meta-research - the study of research practices - offers insights into how a field can refine its methodological frameworks, enhance rigor, and address its challenges. We believe CHI deserves a dedicated space for meta-research. This workshop establishes an open space for HCI scholars in the top conference of the field to explore and discuss meta-research in HCI. We are equally focused on the past, present, and future: what we study, how we document it, how we evaluate, and how we distribute our work. Collateral effects such as mounting career pressures to publish always more are interesting, too. Short term results of this workshop include a research roadmap specifically for HCI meta-research. In the long term, we hope to see this workshop be the initial spark to establishing a permanent HCI meta-research community.},
	keywords     = {workshop}
}