The annual ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems kicks off in Barcelona, Spain on April 13, 2026. As always there are contributions from around the world, including from authors with affiliations in the Netherlands. We highlight these contributions below. See you at CHI 2026 (Barcelona) 🏖️ or CHI NL Community Event 2026 (Amsterdam) on May 29, 2026.
CHI NL @ CHI 2026 Flyer
Make sure you pick one up at CHI 2026, ICT.Open 2026, or Post-CHI 2026 event in May 🙂
CHI NL Social Event @CHI 2026 Barcelona
This year, we take the CHI NL Social Event to CHI 2026. The 2026 Dutch CHI Party will take place at Montoya on Thursday April 16th, 2026 from 7 PM to 11 PM. We hope to see you there, and celebrate together at CHI 2026. This event is sponsored by: TU Eindhoven, TU Delft, University of Twente, CWI, University of Amsterdam, Radboud University, and CHI NL.
CHI 2026 Contributions from Dutch Institutions
Papers
“Are Compliments Bad Now?”: Comparing LLMs and Human Interpretations of Gender Microaggressions in the Workplace
Catalina Lagos Rojas, Uğur Genç, Alessandro Bozzon, Sara Colombo
Delft University of Technology
Belief Updating and Delegation in Multi-Task Human–AI Interaction: Evidence from Controlled Simulations
Shreyan Biswas, Alexander Erlei, Ujwal Gadiraju
Delft University of Technology
Beyond Domestication: Differentiating Mental Models from Primary and Secondary Users in Smart Home Lighting Systems
Jiaxin Dai, Dzmitry Aliakseyeu, Mathias Funk
Eindhoven University of Technology, Signify
🏆 The Bots of Persuasion: Examining How Conversational Agents’ Linguistic Expressions of Personality Affect User Perceptions and Decisions (Honorable Mention)
Uğur Genç, Heng Gu, Shatha Degatchi, Evangelos Niforatos, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Himanshu Verma
Delft University of Technology
Connecting Power and Play: Investigating Interactive Energy Harvesting in Battery-Free Gaming
James Scott Broadhead, Jasper de Winkel, Alejandro Cabrerizo Martinez de La Puente, Himanshu Verma, Przemysław Pawełczak
Delft University of Technology
Conversing with Objects toward Fluid Human and Artificial Identities during Life Transitions
Yuhui Xu, Minha Lee, Stephan Wensveen, Mahla Alizadeh, Mathias Funk
Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Siegen
🏆 Dark Patterns and the EU Digital Services Act: Mapping Autonomy Violations and Design Factors (Honorable Mention)
Sanju Ahuja, Johanna Gunawan, Nataliia Bielova, Cristiana Santos
Intria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur, Maastricht University, Utrecht University
🏆 The Data-Dollars Tradeoff: Privacy Harms vs. Economic Risk in Personalized AI Adoption (Honorable Mention)
Alexander Erlei, Tahir Abbas, Kilian Bizer, Ujwal Gadiraju
Delft University of Technology
Designing with Fallibility: Examining the Knowledge Politics of Agency, Methods, and Motivations in Robot Failure Research
Dmitry Muravyov, Nazli Cila
Delft University of Technology
🏆 Do Children Trust AI, and Should They? Designing and Validating a Child-Centred K-AI Trust Scale for Intelligent Systems (Best Paper)
Grazia Ragone, Paolo Buono, Judith Good, Rosa Lanzilotti
University of Amsterdam, University of Bari Aldo Mori
Don’t Hit The Wall, Just Squeeze The Ball: How Tangible Interactive Devices Can Help Manage Frustration In Online Games
Michel Wijkstra, Remco C. Veltkamp, Julian Frommel
Utrecht University
eHMI for All – Investigating the Effect of External Communication of Automated Vehicles on Pedestrians, Manual Drivers, and Cyclists
Mark Colley, Simon Kopp, Debargha Dey, Pascal Jansen, Enrico Rukzio
University College London, Ulm University, Eindhoven University of Technology
🏆 Emotion in Smart Buildings: Can Affective Interaction Shape Smart Agenda in Architecture? (Honorable Mention)
Shruti Rao, Judith Good, Hamed Alavi
University of Amsterdam
Enhancing Children’s Self-Reporting in Chatbot Diaries through Rhyming Style
Shanshan Chen, Jun Hu, Gubing Wang, Jing Li, Tzu-Hui Wu, Panos Markopoulos
Eindhoven University of Technology, Tilburg University
Enhancing Response Quality by Children in Voice-based Sleep Diaries via AI-based Continuous Feedback
Shanshan Chen, Jun Hu, Gubing Wang, Panos Markopoulos
Eindhoven University of Technology, Tilburg University
Entangled Life and Code: A Computational Design Taxonomy for Synergistic Bio-Digital Systems
Zoë Breed, Elvin Karana, Alessandro Bozzon, Katherine W Song
Delft University of Technology
Exploring Collaborative Immersive Visualization & Analytics for High-Dimensional Scientific Data through Domain Expert Perspectives
Fahim Arsad Nafis, Jie Li, Simon Su, Songqing Chen, Bo Han
George Mason University, MIT Media Lab
Exploring the Impacts of Background Noise on Auditory Stimuli of Audio-Visual eHMIs for Hearing, Deaf, and Hard-of-Hearing People
Wenge Xu, Foroogh Hajiseyedjavadi, Debargha Dey, Tram Tran, Mark Colley
Birmingham City University, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Sydney, University College London
Finding a Home for Voice Assistants: A Domestication Calculus Across Three Years and Thirty Households
Mahla Alizadeh, Minha Lee, Dave Randall, Peter Tolmie, Dominik Pins, Gunnar Stevens
Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Siegen
🏆 Gold Standard or Gold-Plated? Human Practices of Triple Verification in CSAM Takedown (Honorable Mention)
Melissa Rottier, Michel van Eeten, Savvas Zannettou
Delft University of Technology
🏆 Living Probes in Place: Exploring More-Than-Human Care Through Mycoremediation (Honorable Mention)
Gizem Oktay, Bahar Barati, Minha Lee, Ron Wakkary
Eindhoven University of Technology, Simon Fraser University
Mapping Social Media Dependency: Functional and Psychological Platform Reliance as Mechanisms of Digital Vulnerability
Janneke M. Schokkenbroek, Maria-Lucia Rebrean, Constanta Rosca, Maëlle Picout, Giancluadio Malgieri, Ben Wagner, Lorena Sánchez Chamorro
TU Delft, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Leiden University, I:TU Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria, University of Twente
More Human or More AI? Visualizing Human-AI Collaboration Disclosures in Journalistic News Production
Amber Kusters, Pooja Prajod, Pablo Cesar, Abdallah El Ali
Utrecht University, Delft University of Technology, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Participatory AI and Social Justice
Maria Luce Lupetti, Christina Harrington, Massimo Menichelli, Cristina Zaga, Laura Forlano, Alessandro Bozzon, Vera Liao
Politecnico di Torino, Google, Elisava, University of Twente, Northwestern University, TU Delft, University of Michigan
Participatory AI Justice in HCI: A Scoping Review
Maria Luce Lupetti, Cristina Zaga, Nazli Cila
Politecnico di Torino, University of Twente, TU Delft
Queering Character Creation: Player Perspectives on Choosing Characters’ Gender and Sexual Orientation in Role-Playing Games
Gunnar Húni Björnsson, Martin Johannes Dechant, Susanne Poeller
Utrecht University, University College London
Reflective AI: A Slow Technology Approach for Design Education
Vera van der Burg, Gijs de Boer, Jesse Josua Benjamin, Brett A. Halperin, Almila Akdag Salah, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Peter Lloyd
Delft University of Technology, Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven University of Technology, Utrecht University, University of Washington
Rethinking External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles: Is the Field Converging, Diverging, or Stalling
Tram Tran, Debargha Dey, Martin Tomisch
University of Sydney, Eindhoven University of Technology
Self-management for Chronic Illness: A Scoping Review on Designing Virtual Assistants for Patient-Centered Care
Ariane Lucchini, Alessandro Bozzon, Sara Colombo
Delft University of Technology
🏆 Sex after Cancer: Co-Designing Bespoke Care Technologies for Post-Cancer Bodies (Best Paper)
Céline Offerman, Francesca Mauri, Alessandro Bozzon, Jacky Bourgeois
Delft University of Technology
Shared Stories, Shared Bonds: People with Dementia Exploring Generative AI Together
Teis Arets, Maarten Houben, Fleur van Haeren, Wijnand IJsselsteijn, Giulia Perugia
Eindhoven University of Technology
🏆 Show Me How to Play: Exploring Self-Modeling for Onboarding in Virtual Reality Exergames (Honorable Mention)
Sukran Karaosmanoglu, Silas Ueberschaer, Sebastian Cmentowski, Frank Steinicke
Universität Hamburg, Eindhoven University of Technology
Skill-Adaptive Ghost Instructors: Enhancing Retention and Reducing Over-Reliance in VR Piano Learning
Tzu-Hsin Hsieh, Cassandra Visser, Elmar Eisemann, Ricardo Marroquim
Delft University of Technology
A Taxonomy of Design Futures Processes for Ethical Reflection on Technologies
Francesca Maria Mauri, Alessandro Bozzon, Sara Colombo
Delft University of Technology
“Tell Them They Are a Responsible Entity, Not a Customer”: Understanding Practitioner Challenges in Sector CSIRTs
Aksel Ethembabaoglu, Natalia I. Kadenko, Yana Angelova, Yury Zhauniarovich, Rolf van Wegberg, Simon Parkin, Michel van Eeten
Delft University of Technology, National Cyber Security Center
Temporal Snapshots: Probing and Designing for Subjective Time in Dementia
Rucha Khot, Rens Brankaert, Wijnand IJsselsteijn, Minha Lee
Eindhoven University of Technology, Tilburg University
Towards Rigorous Role Design: A Survey Study on the Role Perceptions of Digital Twins in Preventive Health Contexts
Yinchu Li, Regina Bernhaupt, Carine Lallemand
Eindhoven University of Technology, RMIT University
“What I’m interested in is something that violates the law”: Regulatory Practitioner Views on Automated Detection of Deceptive Design Patterns
Arianna Rossi, Simon Parkin
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, TU Delft
When Life Gives You AI, Will You Turn It Into A Market for Lemons? Understanding How Information Asymmetries About AI System Capabilities Affect Market Outcomes and Adoption
Alexander Erlei, Federico Cau, Radoslav Georgiev, Sagar Kumar, Kilian Bizer, Ujwal Gadiraju
Delft University of Technology
When Play Hurts: Understanding Common Barriers in Movement-Based Games
Sebastian Cmentowski, Sukran Karaosmanoglu, Frank Steinicke, Regina Bernhaupt
Eindhoven University of Technology, Universität Hamburg
Posters
Decidos: Accessible, Usable and Secure Voting in Low-stakes Elections Using Identity Wallets
Floris M. Jansen, Hanna Schraffenberger, Bart Jacobs
Radboud University
Designing a Cyber Situational Awareness Application for Space Missions
Joyce Croft, Arun Viswanathan, David A. Shamma, Deniz Celik
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Exploring AI for Enhancing Palliative Cancer Care in Remote Settings: A Co-creation Study with Healthcare Professionals
Chan Mi Kim, Boyd N. van den Besselaar, Marinella P. J. Offerman
Erasmus University Medical Center
The Glitch Between Data Doubles and Lived Experiences: A Duoethnographic Study of Engagement with Commercial Health Apps
Kerem Doğan, Iris ten Klooster, Hanneke Kip, Maryam Amir Haeri, Saskia Kelders
University of Twente, Transfore, North-West University
Is it Me? Toward Self-Extension to AI Avatars in Virtual Reality
Jieying Zhang, Steeven Villa, Abdallah El Ali
University of Amsterdam, LMU Munich, Utrecht University, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
“It Talks Like a Patient, But Feels Different”: Co-Designing AI Standardized Patients with Medical Learners
Zhiqi Gao, Guo Zhu, Huarui Luo, Dongyijie Primo Pan, Haoming Tang, Bingquan Zhang, Jiahuan Pei, Jie Li, Benyou Wang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Nankai University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MIT Media Lab
Measuring Visual Span in VR and Desktop Reading: A Comparative Study
Yonghao Hu, Alice Vitali, Tilman Dingler
Delft University of Technology
NeuroWise: A Multi-Agent LLM “Glass-Box” System for Practicing Double-Empathy Communication with Autistic Partners
Albert Tang, Yifan Mo, Jie Li, Yue Su, Mengyuan Zhang, Sander L. Koole, Koen Hindriks, Jiahuan Pei
Marriotts Ridge High School, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
“Now What?” Modelling Route Choices for Personalised Context-Aware Decision-Support During Public Transport Disruptions
Anouk van Kasteren, Marloes Vredenborg, Christine Bauer, Judith Masthoff
Utrecht University
Seeing the Reasoning: How LLM Rationales Influence User Trust and Decision-Making in Factual Verification Tasks
Xin Sun, Shu Wei, Jos A. Bosch, Isao Echizen, Saku Sugawara, Abdallah El Ali
University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Talking to Heirlooms: Exploring Embodiments of Conversational Agents Designed to Support Reminiscence for People with Dementia
Adhityan Raja, Niels van Velzen, Yvon Ruitenburg, Rens Brankaert, Minha Lee
Eindhoven University of Technology
Tech Footprint Toolkit: Supporting Designers in Anticipating Technology Impact
Sara Colombo, Qiulin Zhu, Kacper Pietrzykowski
Delft University of Technology
Towards Mapping the Problem Space of Cervical Cancer Patients’ Journeys in Sub-Saharan Africa
Netsanet Mengistie, Himanshu Verma, Alessandro Bozzon, Jan Carel Diehl
Delft University of Technology
Workmanship of Learning: Embedding Craftsmanship Values in AI-Integrated Educational Tools
Tuan-Ting Huang, Janet Yi-Ching Huang, Stephan Wensveen
Eindhoven University of Technology
Workshops, Meet-ups, Panels
Workshops
AI CHAOS! 2nd Workshop on the Challenges for Human Oversight of AI Systems
Malik Khadar, Julia Cecil, Leon van der Neut, Nikola Banovic, Kevin Baum, Stevie Chancellor, Enrico Costanza, Motahhare Eslami, Anna Maria Feit, Susanne Gaube, Ujwal Gadiraju, Harmanpreet Kaur
University of Minnesota, LMU Munich, Delft University of Technology, University of Michigan, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), University College London, Carnegie Mellon University, Saarland University
AutomationXP26: Agentic Automation Experiences – Rethinking the Interaction of Humans and AI Agents
Philipp Spitzer, Matthias Baldauf, Philippe Palanque, Virpi Roto, Katelyn Morrison, Garoa Gomez-Beldarrain, Monika Westphal, Joshua Holstein
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III, Aalto University, Carnegie Mellon University, Delft University of Technology, IE University
Bridge over Troubled Water: Aligning Commercial Incentives With Ethical Design Practice to Combat Deceptive Patterns
Thomas Eßmeyer, Johanna Gunawan, Colin M. Gray, Lorena Sánchez Chamorro, Albert Monge Roffarello, Katie Seaborn, Hauke Sandhaus, Kai Lukoff, Gian-Luca Savino, Shruthi Sai Chivukula, Satoshi Nakamura
University of Bremen, Maastricht University, Indiana University at Bloomington, University of Twente, Politecnico di Torino, University of Cambridge, Cornell Tech University, Santa Clara University, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, Pratt Institute, Meiji University
Engagement in Digital Health Interventions: Open Questions for Research and Design
Saskia Kelders, Iris ten Klooster, Sofia Bastoni, Isabella Cadoni, Kerem Doğan, Nienke Beerlage-de Jong, Hanneke Kip, Rúben Gouveia, Kevin Doherty, Stephen Schueller, Guendalina Graffigna, Silvia Gabrielli, Olga Perski, Tom Van Daele, Maria Karekla, Adriana Ríos Rincón, Qinggang Yu, Bruna Oewel, Gavin Doherty, David Coyle, Sean Munson, Tobias Kowatsch
University of Twente, University of Lisbon, University College Dublin, University of California, University of Cremona, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, KU Leuven, University of Cyprus, University of Alberta, University of Michigan, Trinity College Dublin, University of Washington, University of Zurich
Everything is a Robot (and Nothing is)
Amy Ingold, Jessica R. Cauchard, Lisa May Thomas, Madeline Balaam, Ellen Weir, Anne Roudaut, Alice C Haynes, Amy Winters, Zhuzhi Fan
University of Bristol, TU Wien, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology
Growing Bio-HCI at CHI: Exchanging Materials, Tools, Practices, and Artifacts
Fiona Bell, Jingwen Zhu, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Fernanda Soares da Costa, Lauren Thu, Qiuyu Lu, Katherine W Song, Phillip Gough, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, Marion Koelle, Valentina Nisi, Ron Wakkary
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Cornell University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, University of Lisbon, Simon Fraser University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Delft University of Technology, University of Sydney, Hochschule RheinMain, Eindhoven University of Technology
(Re-)Thinking Empathy’s Materiality in HCI
Sophia Ppali, Mireia Yurrita, Alice Vitali, Alok Debnath, Lucie Flek, Andrea Cuadra, Sven Mayer, Michal Lahav, Tiffanie Horne, Aneesha Singh, Giulia Barbareschi, Andrea Mauri, Himanshu Verma
CYENS Center of Excellence, Utrecht University, Delft University of Technology, Trinity College Dublin, University of Bonn, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Google, University College London, University of Duisburg-Essen, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1
Towards Proactive Approaches to Combating Toxicity, Harassment, and Abuse in Online Social Spaces: A Collaborative Theory-Building Workshop
Regan L. Mandryk, Guo Freeman, Julian Frommel, Jan Gugenheimer, Cliff Lampe, Lingyuan Li, Michel Wijkstra, Douglas Zytko
University of Victoria, Clemson University, Utrecht University, TU-Darmstadt, University of Michigan, Meta, University of Michigan-Flint
Understanding, Mitigating, and Leveraging Cognitive Biases to Calibrate Trust in Evolving AI Systems
Saumya Pareek, Nattapat Boonprakong, Naja Kathrine Kollerup, Si Chen, Simo Hosio, Yi-Chieh Lee, Ujwal Gadiraju, Niels van Berkel, Jorge Goncalves
University of Melbourne, National University of Singapore, Aalborg University, University of Notre Dame, University of Oulu, University of Tokyo, Delft University of Technology
Meetups
CHI Stitch ’n B*tch, A Feminist HCI Meetup
Nadia Campo Woytuk, Nimra Ahmed, Mafalda Gamboa, Fiona Bell, Benedetta Lusi, Daisy O’Neill, Michael Muller, Xinglin Sun, Amelia Lee Dogan, Adrian Petterson, Ana O Henriques, Gisela Reyes-Cruz, Anupriya Tuli, Angelika Strohmayer
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, University of Zürich, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Maryland, Erasmus Medical Center, Eindhoven University of Technology, IBM Research, Tongji University, University of Washington, University of Toronto, University of Lisbon, University of Nottingham, Northumbria University
Disability, Differences, and Diversity: Revisiting Inclusive Design and Access
Himanshu Verma, Giulia Barbareschi, Sophia Ppali, Kathrin Gerling, Maartje De Meulder, Judith Good, Jatinder Singh, Katta Spiel, Abdallah El Ali, Marios Constantinides, Maristella Matera, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Hamed Alavi, Pablo Cesar, Alessandro Bozzon
Delft University of Technology, University of Duisburg-Essen, CYENS Center of Excellence, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, University of Amsterdam, TU Wien, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Utrecht University, Politecnico di Milano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Knots & Flows: An Engagement Design Meet-Up
Isabella Cadoni, Ruben Gouveia, Bruna Oewel, Kevin Doherty, Gianluca Schiavo, Eftychia Roumelioti, Roxanne Ziman, Laura Garrison, Saskia M. Kelders
University of Twente, Universidade de Lisboa, University of California, University College Dublin, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, University of Bergen
Multi-sensory Dark Patterns
Karthikeya Puttur Venkatraj, Donald Degraen, Abdallah El Ali, Jan Gugenheimer, Gijs Huisman, Veronika Krauß, Christina Schneegass, Steeven Villa
Delft University of Technology, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, University of Canterbury, TU-Darmstadt, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, LMU Munich
PhysioCHI: Lessons Learned from Implementing Human-Centered Physiological Computing
Kathrin Schnizer, Teodora Mitrevska, Benjamin Tag, Abdallah El Ali, Sven Mayer
LMU Munich, Utrecht University, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, TU Dortmund
What Comes After Research? Exploring Alternative Research Outcomes in HCI
MinYoung Yoo, Sophia Ppali, Catherine Wieczorek, Hayoun Noh, Seung Hyeon Han, Anna R. L. Carter, Alexandra Teixeira Riggs, Nava Haghighi, Yvon Ruitenburg, William Odom
Simon Fraser University, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, KAIST, Northumbria University, Stanford University, Eindhoven University of Technology
Panels
From Remote Space to Remote Time
Hiroshi Ishii, Hye Jun Youn, Jie Li, Xiao Xiao, Eugene Ch’ng, Jed R. Brubaker, Jayne Wallace, Pat Pataranutaporn
MIT Media Lab, De Vinci Higher Education, BNU-HKBU UIC, University of Colorado Boulder, Northumbria University
Participatory AI & Social Justice
Maria Luce Lupetti, Christina Harrington, Massimo Menichinelli, Christina Zaga, Laura Forlano, Alessandro Bozzon, Q. Vera Liao
Politecnico di Torino, Google Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, University of Twente, Northeastern University, Delft University of Technology, University of Michigan
Student Competition
Homy: Exploring the Design of a Wayfinding Device That Supports Environmental Connection for People With Dementia
Joris Bosma
Eindhoven University of Technology
Student Mentoring Program
Designing Virtual Reality Environments for Sociality
Sueyoon Lee
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Delft University of Technology
Understanding the Co-Design of Data-Driven Technologies in Urban Living Labs
Alessandro Fornaroli
Delft University of Technology
We wish to congratulate all authors again on their accepted submissions! See you at CHI 2026!