We will be joined by an esteemed line-up of speakers who will share their academic and policy work in deceptive design at the launch event.
The Pranava Institute is holding a global launch of its Design Beyond Deception project, at the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Kyoto, Japan on the 9th of October, 2023.
We will be releasing our Design Beyond Deception Manual for Practitioners and our Unpacking Deceptive Design Research Series at the launch event. We are honoured to have an expert line up of speakers who will speak about deceptive design policy and law across the world:
Caroline Sinders, Critical designer, Researcher, Founder- Convocation Research + Design.
Cristiana Santos, Assistant Professor in Privacy and Data Protection Law at Utrecht University, Expert of the Data Protection Unit, Council of Europe
Chandni Gupta, Deputy CEO and Digital Policy Director at the Consumer Policy Research Centre, Australia
Maitreya Shah, Lawyer, Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Titiksha Vashist, Co-Founder and Lead Researcher at The Pranava Institute
When: 8:30am-9:15am, 9th October, 2023
Room: WS 4 – Room B-1, at Kyoto International Center, Kyoto, Japan.
Mode: Hybrid
Session link: https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-launch-award-event-169-design-beyond-deception-a-manual-for-design-practitioners
About the project:
Deceptive design, also commonly known as "dark patterns" obscure or impair consumer autonomy or choice and trick users into taking actions that they may not otherwise take. These design choices undermine privacy, consumer protection, and trust in online products and services. While extensive academic literature exists on dark patterns, very little material exists that informs practitioners about responsible, ethical and trusted design practices.
We at The Pranava Institute seek to bridge this gap between academia and practice through the Design Beyond Deception project. Using a human centered design approach, this project combines multi-disciplinary academic work, practitioner-lead research, and consultations with global experts to create a manual for practitioners and a research series.
The Design Beyond Deception manual translates existing research on deceptive design into insights for practitioners using frameworks, questions, reflections, values and visual prototypes to help professionals create safe and trusted digital environments and experiences. Read more
The Unpacking Deceptive Design research series is a collaborative attempt to investigate deceptive design within emerging technologies, communities and cases in the Global South by multiple contributors from diverse disciplinary perspectives. Read more.
Through this project, we seek to engage with a wider community of researchers, designers, technologists and policy makers on deceptive design as a crucial issue to ensure a safe and trustworthy internet for all.
Find us in Kyoto, or reach out to us online.