Robophilosophy 2022: Social Robots in Social Institutions

Social institutions emerge from social practices that coordinate activities by explicit statements of rules, goals, and values.  How will institutional structures and practices be transformed if we insert artificial social actors into the physical and symbolic space institutions? This conference features international (multidisciplinary) research in Humanities and Social Sciences in and on social robotics, to explore expected conceptual and practical change by social robotics in public and private institutions, such as public services, legal systems, social and healthcare services, or educational institutions.

Robophilosophy 2022, the fifth event in the biennial Robophilosophy Conference Series (robo-philosophy.org) will explore the societal significance of social robots for the future of social institutions with its usual broad scope, embracing both theoretical and practical angles. The event is an invitation to philosophers and other SSH researchers, as well as researchers in social robotics and HRI, to investigate from interdisciplinarily informed perspectives whether and how social robotics as an interdisciplinary endeavour can contribute to the ability of our insititutions to perform their functions in society.