CfParticipation: Workshop at MuC 2026 “Agency and Digital Participation in Urban Space: Technologies, Perspectives, and Practices for Inclusive City Planning”

      Agency and Digital Participation in Urban Space: Technologies,
      Perspectives, and Practices for Inclusive City Planning

=F0=9F=97=93=EF=B8=8F30th of August, Sunday, 9:00-17:00 (CEST)

=F0=9F=93=8DMuC 2026, Duisburg, Germany=20
<https://muc2026.mensch-und-computer.de/en/hci/workshops/>


      Call for Participation

We invite researchers, practitioners, civic-tech organisations,=20
municipal participation officers, and software providers to join our=20
full-day workshop on *Agency and Digital Participation in Urban Space*=20
at Mensch und Computer 2026 in Duisburg-Essen. The workshop addresses=20
the question: How do citizens, city planners, municipalities, and=20
civic-tech organisations experience and exercise agency when digital=20
technologies mediate participation in urban planning?

The extended list of topics includes but not limited to:

  * Agency in different participation technologies (AR, VR, MR, mobile)
  * Bidirectional permeability between municipalities and citizens
  * UX design for attractive and accessible participation tools
  * Expectation management through visualisation techniques
  * Showcase of prototypes and tools for digital participation
  * Forms of activation for citizen participation
  * Interplay of different media (e.g., interactive tables, AR, VR)
  * Interaction with planning data in participatory settings
  * Perspectives of citizens, city planners, and municipalities

There are three ways to participate:

*(1)**Paper submission:* Submit a workshop paper of up to 4 pages=20
(excluding references) in the ACM single-column format via ConfTool=20
(https://www.conftool.pro/muc2026/). Accepted papers will be presented=20
in the morning session and published in the GI Digital Library.=20
Deadline:*17 July 2026, AoE.*

*(2)**Creative submission:* Creative submissions may take the form of a=20
talk proposal, an interactive prototype, a student project, or a=20
case/open question for the group brainstorming session. Talk proposals=20
and prototypes will receive a 10-minute presentation slot; cases and=20
open questions can be submitted via form=20
(https://forms.gle/tRMEcueSBnXg8oQq5 <https://forms.gle/tRMEcueSBnXg8oQq5=
>).

Deadline for creative submissions (extended): *15 August 2026, AoE*.

*(3)**Without submission:* Register directly for the workshop =E2=80=94 n=
o prior=20
submission is required. We particularly encourage practitioners,=20
municipal staff, and civic-tech organisations to join the discussion and=20
collaborative activities.

All participants of the workshop would be encouraged to consider=20
organising a joint publication or special issue with the outcomes of the=20
workshop.

At least one author of each accepted paper/creative submission must=20
attend the workshop on-site and register for at least one day of the=20
conference. For more information and details about submission process,=20
visit our workshop website: https://urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-26=20
<https://urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-26>or email=20
*[email protected]* <mailto:[email protected]=
>.

Organizers:

/Margarita Osipova =E2=80=94 Bauhaus-Universit=C3=A4t Weimar, Weimar, Ger=
many/

/Christoph Holtmann =E2=80=94 HTW Berlin =E2=80=93 University of Applied =
Sciences,=20
Berlin, Germany/

/Tietje Khieu =E2=80=94 Liquid Democracy e.V., Berlin, Germany/

/Karoline Brehm =E2=80=94 Bauhaus-Universit=C3=A4t Weimar, Weimar, German=
y/

/Eva Hornecker =E2=80=94 Bauhaus-Universit=C3=A4t Weimar, Weimar, Germany=
/

/Johann Habakuk Israel =E2=80=94 HTW Berlin =E2=80=93 University of Appli=
ed Sciences,=20
Berlin, Germany/

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