Future Wellbeing: A Hands-on Design Fiction Workshop Exploring Human-Agent Interaction and Mental Health
Paper in proceeding, 2026
This hands-on workshop will explore the potential implementations of human-agent interaction and mental health, with a specificfocus on virtual companions. To achieve this, we will be using design fiction to anticipate individual, societal, ethical, and culturalimplications. In this workshop, we will together create design fiction stories that explore virtual companions and practical, ethical,and societal issues with their possible implementation in mentalhealthcare.
VirtualCompanions
Psychology
Human-Agent Interaction
Affective Computing
Mental Health
Workshop
Ethics
Design Fiction
Author
Negin Hashmati
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Therése Skoog
University of Gothenburg
Mohammad Obaid
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
University of Gothenburg
Thommy Eriksson
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
569-571
979-8-4007-2178-6 (ISBN)
13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2025
Yokohama, Japan,
Yokohama, Japan,
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Human Computer Interaction
Design
DOI
10.1145/3765766.3765882