The goal of the J4RE!+PwM3 workshop is to explore the role of Requirements Engineering (RE) in ensuring just software and systems development.

J4RE!+PwM3 will take place will take place at the 32nd International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) 2026, https://2026.refsq.org/

The Workshop will unfold in three parts:

1) A traditional paper session to present and discuss relevant works addressing the topic of Justice in Requirements Engineering.

2)A participatory activity will follow with a brainstorming and first outline of a group-authored article on the topic, and

3) A Playing with Meanings (PwM) session, wherein together we will introspect on the concept of justice through ontology-based group modelling games, exploring both established and experimental game and play activities for participatory sensemaking, and examining their potential value as tools for participatory practices towards Justice for Requirements Engineering.

We welcome submissions around the topics of Justice in Requirements Engineering, including but not limited to:

Procedural Justice: e.g. fairness, and ensuring democratic inclusion in decision-making for RE practices and outcomes

Distributional/Distributive Justice: e.g. working towards equitable access to information and opportunities provided by software systems

Recognition Justice: e.g. recognition of identities in RE processes, e.g. beneficiaries and oppressed, subaltern, and other species

Epistemic Justice: e.g. acknowledging and including a plurality of forms and sources of knowledge in RE practices and decision-making

Ontic Justice: e.g. fair representation and attention to inclusion and exclusion criteria in knowledge systems, such as conceptual models and ontologies

Restorative Justice: e.g. working to alleviate issues of injustice in software systems development and outcomes

Transformative Justice: RE that directly aims to address structural inequalities and transform an unjust status quo

Submission Guidelines:

Papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Submission types:

Short papers: 5-9 pages including references
Full papers: 10-14 pages including references
Submissions must be formatted following the one-column CEUR template https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html
An Overleaf template can be found at: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/wqyfdgftmcfw

We kindly direct authors' attention to the CEUR Generative AI use policy: https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html

List of Topics
Justice in Requirements Engineering
Participatory processes and Requirements Engineering
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Requirements Engineering practices
Requirements Engineering and responsible design
Ontic justice in Requirements Engineering
Game & Play in Requirements Engineering

J4RE!+PwM3 is organized by Greta Adamo (gretaadamo.net) and Max Willis (maxwillis.net)

For inquiries please contact Greta.Adamo[at]unibz[.]it

More information and updates can be found at the workshop website https://humanfactorsinsemantics.net/J4RE_PwM3.html