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Behaviour & Information Technology

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Persuasive Technology 2026

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Special Issue Editor(s)

Elena Vlahu Gjorgievska, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, 2500, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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Kiemute Oyibo, York University, 4700 Keele St, ON M3J 1P3, North York, Canada
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Yugo Nakamura, Ritsumeikan University, 56-1 Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8577, Japan
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Persuasive Technology 2026

The special issue will include selected papers from the 21st International Conference on Persuasive Technology. The special issue will be by invitation only. 

The scope of the special issue includes:

  •           Persuasive systems design
  •           Behaviour change support systems
  •           Interaction with persuasive systems, interfaces, and visualizations
  •           Interactive agents and (generative) AI for persuasion
  •           Tailored and personalized persuasion
  •           Gamification
  •           Evaluation and validation methodologies
  •           Smart environments, IoT, and contextual persuasion
  •           Digital marketing, eCommerce, and smart citiesPersuasive Technology 2026
  •           Motivation, cognition, perception
  •           Application domains: health, safety, sustainability, education, work
  •           Ethical considerations, privacy, and trust
  •           Counter-persuasion, resilience, and social media influence

Submission Instructions

This special issue is by invitation only. Invited papers must have at least 35% extra content from the conference paper. The additional content cannot be related work only or an extended discussion, but should include at least 35% of new results.

Please select the special issue title, "Persuasive Technology 2026", when submitting your paper in ScholarOne.

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