The EmpathiCH Workshop: Unraveling Empathy-Centric Design

EmpathiCH aims to bring together and blend a diverse set of expertise to develop a new research agenda in the context of “Empathy-Centric Design”. Building on the discussions that emerged in the previous edition, the main research objective is to form a comprehensive and coherent framework that utilizes empathy as a new dimension of human-factors research and practice. We aim to consolidate the existing theoretical and conceptual constructs of empathy from diverse domains to reflect on its temporality, materiality, and the risks related to its instrumentalization. With a mix of author panels, expert discussion, and interactive activities, we aim to make this workshop the ideal venue to foster collaboration, expand the community, and shape the future direction of “Empathy-Centric Design”.