Connectionists: CFP 4th TRR 318 Conference: Scaffolding Social XAI 16–17 March 2027 in Paderborn, Germany

[Josephine Beryl Fisher]

Dear Colleagues,

we are the TRR 318 Constructing Explainability and are hosting the 4th TRR
318 Conference: Scaffolding Social XAI which will be held 16–17 March 2027
in Paderborn, Germany.

Website: https://trr318.uni-paderborn.de/konferenzen/scaffolding-social-xai

We invite submissions of:

Extended Abstracts: 2 pages - Deadline: 1 November 2026.

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CfP: 4th TRR 318 Conference: Scaffolding Social XAI

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https://trr318.uni-paderborn.de/konferenzen/scaffolding-social-xai

16–17 March 2027 in Paderborn, Germany
4th TRR 318 Conference: Scaffolding Social XAI

We invite submissions to explore, extend, and consolidate the
interdisciplinary boundaries of this exciting research field. 

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Important Deadlines

Extended Abstracts: (2 pages including references) deadline: 1 November
2026.

Notification of Acceptance: 10 December 2026.

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Speakers: tba

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Topics

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The interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Center TRR 318 Constructing
Explainability explores the ways in which explanations are created,
negotiated, and made meaningful across contexts. Previous editions have
addressed dimensions of explanation, including understanding and
contextualising. The 4th TRR 318 Conference turns to a perspective that has
recently gained increasing attention in explainability research: Social XAI
(sXAI), which conceptualises explainability as a social practice.
Accordingly, the topic of the upcoming conference is "Scaffolding Social
XAI." By scaffolding, we refer to the social and communicative supports that
enable critical and interactive engagement with ideas, assumptions,
technologies, and tools. This encompasses the ability to critically
interrogate AI-generated outputs in practice (e.g., in educational contexts
such as assessment or diagnosis), including emerging forms of XAI literacy
as a situated competence. We invite contributions from a wide range of
disciplines that address explainability as a social phenomenon, including
work on: (a) explanatory practices in dyadic interaction; (b) explainability
and interpretability in AI systems; or (c) explanation processes embedded in
institutional and organisational settings.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

*	Explainability as a social and interactional practice;
*	Social XAI and critical perspectives on AI explainability;
*	Everyday explanations in dyadic or group interaction;
*	Explainability, interpretability, and transparency in human–AI or
human–robot interaction;
*	The role of explanation in institutional, educational, clinical, or
workplace settings;
*	Critical engagement with explanatory tools, technologies, and design
practices;
*	XAI literacy and critical use of AI in professional practices (e.g.,
educational assessment, diagnosis, decision-making);
*	Theoretical, empirical, and methodological approaches to studying
explanation across disciplines.

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Submission Instructions
Submissions are managed via EasyChair.
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=trr3182027> 

Format Requirements:
Please submit an extended abstract containing the following:

*	Length: 2 pages (including references).
*	Content: Title, author name(s), affiliation(s), email address(es),
and 4–5 keywords.
*	Template: Please use the provided Word or LaTeX template.

Presentation Formats:
Accepted contributions may be presented as:

*	A 20-minute oral presentation
*	A poster

Please indicate your preferred format within the submission.

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Additional Information

*	Publication: Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of
the 4th TRR 318 Conference.
*	Contact: Should you have any queries, please contact us at
<mailto:conference at trr318.uni-paderborn.de>
conference at trr318.uni-paderborn.de.

General chairs: Amit Singh, Josephine B. Fisher, Katharina J. Rohlfing

Program chairs: tbd

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Conference Organization

SFB/TRR 318 CONSTRUCTING EXPLAINABILITY

 

Universität Paderborn
SFB/TRR 318
Zukunftsmeile 2
33102 Paderborn


Phone +49 5251 60-4493
Email conference at trr318.uni-paderborn.de
<mailto:conference at trr318.uni-paderborn.de>  
Web trr318.de <https://trr318.uni-paderborn.de/> 

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