UC Berkeley School of Information

Faculty, students, and scholars from the School of Information will be delivering papers and participating in workshops at this year’s CHI conference in Yokohama, Japan. This year, the conference is centered around the theme of Ikigai — a Japanese concept referring to what gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living — and the ability of a person to balance their agency, their passion, their capabilities, and the impact they can have. 

Justin Norman, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley’s School of Information, is one of 14 Fellows chosen for the 2025 Design & Technology (D&T) Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). Looking ahead to the upcoming fellowship trip, Norman says, “FASPE is a unique opportunity to study and understand the challenges of technical design choices, decision making, leadership, and professional ethics through the lens of some of humanity’s most difficult moments.”