about me
I study people, code, and inequality. As an Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam‘s Informatics Institute, I research how gender and social dynamics shape the way we build and interact with technology. Previously at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics.
Research Areas
Gender & Technical Cultures
How gender shapes participation, recognition, and knowledge-sharing in programming communities: from open-source contributions and coding style on GitHub to meme cultures at hackathons and hostility on Stack Overflow. This theme asks who gets to be seen as a legitimate programmer, and what happens when that’s challenged.
Politics of AI & Computational Systems
The social and political dimensions of AI systems: from the ontological politics of generative AI and the governance of user interface technologies to privacy-by-design pipelines for social media data. This theme interrogates what values get built into computational infrastructure, who benefits, and how we might build more accountable systems.
Feminist & Inclusive Design
Designing technologies that centre the needs of marginalised users: including neurodivergent programmers, people with endometriosis and chronic menstrual health conditions, and those excluded by default assumptions in software environments. This includes work on AI-powered programming tools, femtech, and participatory design methods that take embodied experience seriously.
Platform Governance & Online Labour
How digital platforms structure work, opportunity, and discrimination. This spans field experiments testing interventions against bias in online labour markets, research on freelancing and skills formation, and questions about how platform design choices distribute power between workers, clients, and algorithms.
Updates
PhD Position Open
Recruiting a Fully-Funded PhD candidate in Human-Centred AI for Programming Environments. You’ll design inclusive, AI-powered IDE tools while working closely with diverse users through participatory research. Based in the Digital Interactions Lab, University of Amsterdam. Closes 28 April 2026.
Queer and feminist network
The Queer and Feminist Informatics Network launches on 24 April at Amsterdam Science Park. Keynote, hands-on workshops, and a community poster session exploring how feminist and queer practices can reshape informatics, AI, and digital technologies. All welcome.
Coordinator of UIL
The User Interaction Lab is now open at the Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam. We research how people interact with and through technology, wearables/sensors, and AI systems — with a focus on inclusive, human-centred design. Collaborators and visitors welcome.