Steering Committee

Steering Committee Members

Term durations included in parentheses. Typically, three new members join committee each year. Members usually serve three-year term. If you are interested in serving on the steering committee and helping to shape the conference and community, contact the chair or any committee member. The CHIIR Steering Committee by-laws are available here.

  • Rob Capra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (Chair) (2025-2028)
  • Haiming Liu, University of Southampton, UK (Past Chair) (2024-2027)
  • Jaap Kamps, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SIGIR Representative)
  • Morgan Harvey, University of Sheffield, UK (2024-2027)
  • Maria Gade, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2026-2029)
  • Rosie Jones, Spotify, USA (2025-2028)
  • Udo Kruschwitz, University of Regensburg, Germany (2024-2027)
  • Jiqun Liu, University of Oklahoma, USA (2026-2029)
  • Adam Roegiest, Zuva, Canada (2024-2027)
  • Tony Russell-Rose, City St. George's, University of London, UK (2026-2029)
  • Falk Scholer, RMIT, Australia (2026-2029)
  • Laurianne Sitbon, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2025-2028)
  • Kelsey Urgo, University of San Francisco, USA (2026-2029)

Past Steering Committee Members

  • Ian Ruthven, University of Strathclyde, UK (2014-2016)
  • Nick Belkin, Rutgers University, USA (2014-2017)
  • Ryen White, Microsoft Research, USA (2014-2017)
  • Peter Ingwersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2014-2017)
  • Marti Hearst, University of California at Berkeley, USA (2014-2017)
  • Katriina Byström, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway & University of Borås, Sweden (2015-2018)
  • Catherine Smith, Kent State University, USA (2014-2018)
  • Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (2015-2018)
  • Luanne Freund, University of British Columbia, Canada (2016-2019)
  • Nils Pharo, Oslo Metro. Univ. (2017-2020)
  • Rob Capra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (2016-2020)
  • Vanessa Murdock, Amazon, USA (2020-2021)
  • Vivien Petras, Humbolt University, Germany (2018-2021)
  • Soo Young Rieh, University of Michigan, USA (2018-2021)
  • Dan Russell, Google, USA (2017-2021)
  • Chirag Shah, University of Washington, USA (2018-2022)
  • Martin Halvey, Univ. of Strathclyde, UK (2019-2023)
  • David Elsweiler, Universität Regensburg, Germany (2020-2023)
  • Ashlee Edwards, Reddit, USA (2021-2024)
  • Orland Hoeber, University of Regina, Canada (2021-2024)
  • Heather O'Brien, University of British Columbia, Canada (2020-2024)
  • Carla Teixeira Lopes, University of Porto, Portugal (2021-2024)
  • Dana McKay, RMIT, Australia (2021-2025)
  • Sanna Kumpulainen, Tampere University, Finland (2022-2025)
  • Jussi Karlgren, Spotify, Sweden (2021-2024)
  • Max L. Wilson, University of Nottingham, UK (SIGCHI Representative)
  • Paul Thomas, Microsoft, Australia (2021-2026)
  • Chang Liu, Peking University in Beijing, China (2023-2026)
  • Toine Bogers, IT University Copenhagen, Denmark (2023-2026)
  • Stephann Makri, City University of London, UK (2023-2026)
  • Johanne Trippas, RMIT, Australia (2022-2026)