NORMalize 2025: The ThirdWorkshop on Normative Design and Evaluation of Recommender Systems

Abstract

Recommender systems are one of the most widely used applications of artificial intelligence. Their use can have far-reaching consequences for stakeholders, users, and society at large. In this third edition of the NORMalize workshop, we once again seek to advance the research agenda of normative thinking, considering the norms and values that underpin recommender systems, as well as to introduce the concept to a broader audience. We aim to bring together a growing community of researchers and practitioners across disciplines who want to think about the norms and values that should be considered in the design and evaluation of recommender systems, and to further educate them on how to reflect on, prioritise, and operationalise such norms and values. NORMalize 2025 is a half-day workshop focusing on discussion and interdisciplinary collaboration, building upon its two successful runs at previous RecSys conferences in 2023 and 2024.