Are studies at ACM CHI dominated by Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic regions?

What is it about?

We look at studies published at the ACM CHI conference from 2016 to 2020. 73% of CHI study findings are based on Western participant samples, representing less than 12% of the world’s population. Most participant samples at CHI tend to come from industrialized, rich, and democratic countries with generally highly educated populations.

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Photo by Andrew Stutesman on Unsplash

Photo by Andrew Stutesman on Unsplash

Why is it important?

External validity and universal applicability needs to be discussed by researchers worldwide. We contribute to this aspect by looking at a small subset of diversity dimensions.