Complex socio-technical systems are increasingly becoming a cornerstone of our societies in many aspects, from production, communication, transportation to politics and economics. A defining feature of these systems lies in their intertwined layers of technology, human behavior, and infrastructure networks, as well as the emergent challenges of integrating autonomous decision-making agents ---whether human collectives or AI-driven entities like large language model (LLM) agents. The pervasive presence and importance of such systems calls for novel paradigms that bridge socio-inspired insights and socially aware control strategies to address their inherent complexity. 

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Motivated by these challenges, we propose a workshop with the primary objective of creating a platform for researchers to discuss innovative ideas at the intersection of collective intelligence, socio-technical dynamics, and control of complex systems. 

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​This workshop will offer a diverse yet consistent and thorough overview of the ongoing efforts towards hacking complex socio-technical systems from a socio-inspired and socially aware perspective, showcasing how systems- and control-theoretic approaches offer powerful tools to advance this field, while bringing innovation from evolutionary game theory, network science, and experimental psychology.