DIS 2026

In the face of climate change, pandemics, economic and political instability, and the accelerating pace of emerging technologies, the responsibilities of designing interactive systems have expanded well beyond the scope of traditional human-computer interaction. Today, interactive systems are entangled with broader sociocultural, political, economic, and ethical dimensions. We are increasingly witnessing how the deployment of new interactive technologies can produce unforeseen ripple effects across diverse domains. This calls for a paradigm shift: from a focus on isolated interactions to an ecosystemic perspective—one that attends to the complex networks surrounding humans and more-than-human actors, and that engages with layered sociotechnical, cultural, political, economic, and ethical concerns.