The Multiple Impacts of “Computing [in] Crisis”: Re-centering the Conversation

This one-day workshop sets out to discuss academic impact, its multi-faceted meanings and, therefore, the various ways it can be achieved.Over the last year, for both HCI research and other academic fields, impact has become a key notion to assess research, including the evaluation of funding proposals, project outcomes, and departments.Expressions, such as, community outreach, environmental harms and benefits, societal relevance, or industry interests are all expressions that can be associated with this growing focus.Yet, questions remain about the audience of academic research, the societal role of academia, the tensions between corporate-driven technological trends and critical intellectual interests, and how mutually beneficial partnerships between academia and other actors can be developed.The theme of this year's conference "Computing [in] Crisis" reminds us of the importance of such questions and the urge for future research to take them seriously.The workshop will provide a platform for HCI researchers, practitioners, representatives of public institutions, and diverse interested actors to discuss impact, and how a future research agendas that take it seriously might look like.We plan to accept up to twenty contributions and run the workshop on-site.