Social Informatics | Doctoral Program - Information Engineering and Computer Science

Social Informatics

Social Informatics is an emerging area of informatics that studies how information systems can achieve social goals, apply social concepts, and become sources of information relevant for social sciences and for the analysis of social phenomena. It is at the intersection of social behavior and computational systems, and relates to the interdisciplinary study of the design, uses and consequences of information technologies that takes into account their interaction with institutional and cultural contexts.

 

Publications

13 publications for 6 currently enrolled students

The geography of interest in international conversations on Twitter
Orsanigo, Veronica; Bontorin, Sebastiano; Louf, Thomas; Leonardelli, Elisa; Palmero Aprosio, Alessio; Sacco, Pierluigi; Tonelli, Sara; Gallotti, Riccardo in EPJ DATA SCIENCE, v. 14, n. 1 (2025). - Publication URL . - DOI: 10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00597-z

“I've never seen a glass ceiling better represented”: Bias and gendering in LLM-generated synthetic personas from a participatory design perspective
Haxvig, H. A.; D'Andrea, V.; Teli, M. in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER STUDIES, v. 205, (2025), p. 103651-103651. - DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2025.103651

Covert DEI Design Techniques for Earthly Survival in Hostile Contexts
Haxvig, H. A.; Bjorn, P.; D'Andrea, V.; Teli, M. in CHItaly 2025 - Proceedings of the 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, 1601 Broadway, 10th Floor, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2025, p. 1-3. - ISBN: 9798400721021. Proceedings of: 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, CHItaly 2025, ita, 2025. - DOI: 10.1145/3750069.3755946

Synthetic Dreams in Barbie Land: Speculative Queer Adventures with Feminist LLM-Generated Personas
Haxvig, H. A.; D'Andrea, V.; Teli, M. in DIS 2025 - Companion Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Designing for a Sustainable Ocean, 1601 Broadway, 10th Floor, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2025, p. 379-385. - ISBN: 9798400714863. Proceedings of: 2025 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2025 Companion, prt, 2025. - DOI: 10.1145/3715668.3736361

How do external actors become Challenge Providers in a Challenge-Based Learning curricular course in higher education?
Turrini, Stefano; Lucchetta, Jessica; Marchese, Maurizio; Angeli, Lorenzo in Proceedings of the International Challenge-Based Learning Conference 2025, 2025. Proceedings of: CBL Conference 2025, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 7th-8th April 2025. - Publication URL

Annotation and Classification of Relevant Clauses in Terms-and-Conditions Contracts
Bizzaro, Giovanni Pietro; Della Valentina, Elena; Napolitano, Maurizio; Mana, Nadia; Zancanaro, Massimo in Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024), Torino: European Language Resources Association (ELRA), 2024, p. 1209-1214. - ISBN: 978-2-493814-10-4. Proceedings of: Joint 30th International Conference on Computational Linguistics and 14th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC-COLING 2024, Torino, 20-25 Maggio. - Publication URL . - DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.14457

PluriCards: Engaging with the Pluriverse to Explore New Sustainability Research Directions
Karadechev, Petko; Hagensby Jensen, Rikke; Vadmand Jensen, Victor; Amalie Haxvig, Helena; Teli, Maurizio; Löchtefeld, Markus in ICT4S 2024, EventThe international ICT for Sustainability conference 2024 - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 24 Jun 2024 → 28 Jun 2024 https://conf.researchr.org/home/ict4s-2024: IEEE, 2024. Proceedings of: The international ICT for Sustainability conference 2024, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 24/06/2024 → 28/06/2024. - Publication URL

Leveraging Science Fiction to Prepare Students for Tech Battles
Lucchetta, Jessica; Saiani, Andrea; Stoycheva, Milena; Angeli, Lorenzo in Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2024, p. 1728-1729. - ISBN: 9798400704246. Proceedings of: 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2024, Portland, OR, 20th March 2024. - Publication URL . - DOI: 10.1145/3626253.3635532

Revisiting Tech Battles Using Science Fiction: Methodological Implications and First Impressions
Lucchetta, Jessica; Carraro, Tommaso; Stoycheva, Milena; Angeli, Lorenzo in 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA: IEEE Computer Society, 2024, p. 1-5. - (IEEE GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONFERENCE). - ISBN: 9798350394023. Proceedings of: 15th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2024, Kos, Grecia, 2024. - Publication URL . - DOI: 10.1109/educon60312.2024.10578814

Fair Tales of Interdisciplinary Learning: Unveiling Students Voices and Competencies Evolution in a Challenge-Based Learning Summer School
Carraro, T.; Lucchetta, J.; Varas, G.; Stoycheva, M.; Marchese, M.; Angeli, L. in 2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA: IEEE, 2024, p. 1-9. - ISBN: 9798350351507. Proceedings of: 54th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2024, Washington, DC, USA, 13-16 Oct. 2024. - Publication URL . - DOI: 10.1109/FIE61694.2024.10892819

Enabling Computer Science Students to Choose Their Own Adventure in a Mandatory and Curricular Challenge-Based Learning Course
Lucchetta, Jessica; Turrini, Stefano; Stoycheva, Milena; Marchese, Maurizio; Angeli, Lorenzo in 2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024, p. 1-8. - ISBN: 979-8-3503-5150-7. Proceedings of: 54th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2024, Washington, DC, USA, 13-16 October 2024. - Publication URL . - DOI: 10.1109/fie61694.2024.10893335

Exploring Large Language Model Interfaces Through Critical and Participatory Design
Haxvig, Helena A. in CHItaly 2023 Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly 2023), CEUR-WS.org is published by CEUR-WS Team, Redaktion Sun SITE, Informatik V, RWTH Aachen, Germany.: CEUR-WS, 2023, p. 20-28. - (CEUR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS). Proceedings of: Doctoral Consortium of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, CHItaly-DC 2023, Torino, Italy, 21st September 2023. - Publication URL

Choose Your Own Adventure: empowering students to combine structured and open Challenge-Based Learning
Lucchetta, Jessica; Carraro, Tommaso; Stoycheva, Milena; Marchese, Maurizio; Angeli, Lorenzo in Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Piscataway (New Jersey): 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2023. - ISBN: 9798350336429. Proceedings of: 53rd IEEE ASEE Frontiers in Education International Conference, FIE 2023, College Station, Texas, 18-21 October 2023. - DOI: 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343390

 

Students

Bizzaro, Pietro Giovannipietro.bizzaro [at] unitn.itwebpage
Carraro, Tommasotommaso.carraro [at] unitn.itwebpage
Haxvig, Helena Amaliehelenaamalie.haxvig [at] unitn.itwebpage
Lucchetta, Jessicajessica.lucchetta [at] unitn.itwebpage
Orsanigo, Veronicaveronica.orsanigo [at] unitn.itwebpage
Zikovitz, David Martindavidmartin.zikovitz [at] unitn.itwebpage