DPhil Student
Andrew holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Yale University and an MSc in Social Data Science from the OII. He is a Clarendon Scholar and was previously a Thouron Prize winner at the University of Cambridge (Pembroke College).
DPhil Student
Matthew is a candidate for the DPhil in Social Data Science. His research is on technology and the future of work.
DPhil Student
Başak is a PhD student in Social Data Science at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research lies at the intersection of human-AI interaction, political science, communication and computational linguistics.
DPhil Student
Ryan is a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute, focused on AI fairness, with research interests in technical fairness methodologies, NLP, and deep learning.
DPhil Student
Yixin is a DPhil student in Social Data Science. Her research focuses on examining online communication on social media sites, and designing social systems to better support it.
DPhil Student
Calvin is a PhD student in computational communication research. His works centre around misinformation diffusion and mutation in multilingual contexts and applying LLMs to measure human values.
DPhil Student
Lisa is a DPhil student at the OII.
DPhil Student
Djavan is a part-time DPhil student conducting research at the intersection of agriculture and climatic change. He is currently a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
DPhil Student
Anna George is a Social Data Science doctoral student who uses computational approaches to study online political behaviour. Her research focuses on the message diffusion of alternative communities such as hate groups and political extremists.
DPhil Student
Kobi is a PhD candidate in Social Data Science and Clarendon Scholar at the OII. Kobi’s doctoral research evaluates the capabilities of artificial intelligence systems to influence human attitudes, behaviour, and cognition.
DPhil Student, Research Assistant
Sofia is a DPhil student in Social Data Science at the OII. Her research focuses on algorithmic fairness, machine learning, and interactive data visualisation.
DPhil Student
Thomas holds a joint honours degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences from the University of Amsterdam and VU University, where he combined Cognitive Neuroscience with digital media studies. He has experience in clinical research and the telecom industry.
DPhil Student
Kathryn is a technologist, computational linguist, and game designer. She studies how to build digital spaces for healthier communication and how play can contribute to a better, more humane life both online and offline.
DPhil Student
Lujain is a DPhil student in Social Data Science at the OII. Her research sits at the intersection of AI governance and human-centred computing, particularly examining how user autonomy and control are undermined in human-AI interactions.
DPhil Student
Prathm Juneja is a student on the DPhil in Social Data Science, and was previously a student on the MSc in Social Data Science.
DPhil Student
Ryan studies epistemic infrastructure: socio-technical systems underpinning the robust and equitable cultivation of knowledge. He holds a BAH in Philosophy and a BS in Computer Science from Stanford.
Recognised Student
Noah Khan is a PhD candidate in Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto. He is currently a Recognised Student at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Visiting Assistant in Research at Yale University's Department of American Studies.
DPhil Student
Hannah is a 3rd year DPhil student in Social Data Science at the OII. Hannah's research centres on the role of granular and diverse human feedback for aligning large language models.
DPhil Student
Karolina is a DPhil student at the OII, where her research focuses on GenAI solutions for healthcare.
DPhil Student
Kim is DPhil student in Social Data Science and Shirley Scholar at the Oxford Internet Institute. She is interested in the role of technology and globalization on labour market and political outcomes.
DPhil Student
Felix is a DPhil student at the OII with an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management, and has over 2 years of work experience as analytics consultant at McKinsey & Company.
DPhil Student
William is a Rhodes Scholar and DPhil student in Social Data Science at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). His research focuses on developing and applying Multimodal AI systems to explore the impact of internet censorship.
DPhil Student
Jabez is a DPhil student in Social Data Science at the OII. His research focuses on misinformation and developing automated fact-checking methods for misinformation in multiple modalities and across multilingual contexts.
DPhil Student
Mar Carpanelli is a student on the DPhil in Social Data Science and a Data Scientist & Economist at LinkedIn.
DPhil Student
Harry is a DPhil student at the OII working on explainability and interpretability in large language models.
DPhil Student
Guy is a Shirley Scholar at the OII, an Intensive Care doctor, and the Clinical Lead for a Health AI business at Deloitte. He researches AI-enabled healthcare systems.
Former DPhil Student
Alexandra was a DPhil candidate at the OII and a researcher on the Programme on Democracy and Technology studying the gendered dimensions of political communication during times of conflict.
DPhil Student
Kaivalya worked on AI explainability and fairness at Oxford. He built upon his work auditing and testing machine learning models in industry and in academia, making AI systems safe and trustworthy.
DPhil Student
Jessica is a DPhil student in Social Data Science, researching the societal impact of research using NLP and knowledge graphs. She holds an MSc in Computer Science and works as a Lead Data Scientist.
DPhil Student
Jonathan is a DPhil student in Social Data Science at the OII. Jonathan's research focus is socio-technical evaluations of multimodal human-AI interactions.
Former Recognised Student
Flavia Saxler is a Recognised Student in Social Data Science at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on AI ethics, gender, and data-driven approaches to violence against women.
DPhil Student
Marcel is a doctoral candidate in Social Data Science and Researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project. His research is at the intersection of political science, statistics and computer science, with a focus on elections and disinformation.
DPhil Student
Matthew is a part-time DPhil student in Social Data Science, researching how people form habits with online media. He works as a staff data scientist at Spotify.
DPhil Student
Dylan Thurgood is a third-year DPhil in Social Data Science student and was previously a student on the MSc in Social Data Science. His research focuses on how online news exposure shapes political attitudes.
DPhil Student
Manuel is a second-year DPhil student in Social Data Science and a Shirley Scholar at the OII. His research is focused on the cross-geographic study of harmful online content moderation.
DPhil Student
Jorrit is a DPhil student in Social Data Science.
DPhil Student
Tarah Wheeler is an information security executive, social scientist in the area of international conflict, author, and poker player. She is CEO of information security company Red Queen Dynamics.
DPhil Student
Chandler's DPhil research is focused on modelling complex information systems using AI. In addition to attending Oxford, he is the Founder of bridge_ci, a machine intelligence, alternative data, and OSINT management consulting firm.
DPhil Student
Yilun is a DPhil Social Data Science student at the OII.
DPhil Student
Yushi is a DPhil student in Social Data Science at the OII, and an aspiring data scientist. Her research focuses on developing interpretability methods to improve safety mechanisms in large language models and ensure robust harm mitigation.
DPhil Student
Juliette is a Clarendon Scholar at the OII, conducting research on data access, privacy-enhancing technologies, and algorithm auditing.
DPhil Student
Kate is a Wellcome Trust scholar and doctoral researcher at the OII's Programme on Democracy & Technology (DemTech). Her research project deploys mixed methods to explore the influence of misinformation on vaccine hesitancy in the UK.
DPhil Student
Abid A. Adonis is a DPhil student at OII, interested in Digital Sovereignty, the Politics of Cyberspace, and the intersection between International Relations and technology.
DPhil Student
Mahsa is a DPhil student at the OII. Her research focuses on political communication and information controls in Iran.
DPhil Student
Nicole/Yung is a DPhil at the OII. Her research is interested in technology infrastructures and vertical/aerial surveillance.
DPhil Student
Ben is a part-time DPhil (PhD) student at the University of Oxford, researching the ethics and governance of agentic artificial intelligence.
DPhil Student
Johanna is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute specialising in the political economy of AI. She explores AI’s impact on the future of work, combining economic insights with machine learning.
DPhil Student
Liam is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute whose research focuses on communities of practice, from hobby and amateur groups to professional networks, which often use digital technologies to organise their knowledge-making activities.
DPhil Student
Sophie is an ESRC-funded DPhil student in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences. Her doctoral research examines how digital identification platforms shape access to rights, resources and political participation.
DPhil Student
Cassidy Bereskin is a PhD researcher and Clarendon Scholar at the Oxford Internet Institute specialising in the efficacy of content disclosure interventions for combatting synthetic visual disinformation.
DPhil Student
Chris is a DPhil student at the OII and a doctoral student at the Alan Turing Institute.
DPhil Student
Kayla Blomquist is a DPhil researcher at the OII focused on international AI governance approaches. She is the Co-founder and Director of the Oxford China Policy Lab and previously served as a US Diplomat to the People's Republic of China (2018-2021)
DPhil Student
Rutendo Chabikwa is a DPhil student at the OII. Her research applies a gender lens to understanding the effects of digital media on political participation in postcolonial contexts.
DPhil Student
Chloe is a PhD candidate and Clarendon Scholar at the Oxford Internet Institute, researching the use of emerging technologies, including AI, in the public sector, civil service reform, and state capacity.
DPhil Student
Roland looks at posthumanism in the context of self-tracking wearables and the environment. He is happy to connect with anyone interested in these topics. He loves to cook, surf, and dive.
DPhil Student
Amanda is a DPhil student researching video games, player creativity, and knowledge practices.
DPhil Student
Nathan researches the state in an age of digital era government. He draws on his BA at Cambridge, where he focused on the history of technology and temporality, and his experience at start-ups and a government-focused technology company.
DPhil Student
Ziyu Deng is a DPhil student in Information, Communication, and Social Sciences. She is interested in the relationship between offline social environments and the online reproduction and propagation of public opinions.
DPhil Student
Anju is a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute funded by the ESRC Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership. Her research focuses on voluntary digital disconnection in contexts of ubiquitous connectivity.
DPhil Student
Isabel is a DPhil student at the OII studying dating app design.
DPhil Student
Callum’s research examines disinformation policy responses, AI, memes, and the social role of digital platforms. He previously worked on AI and cyber policy for the Australian government, and is attending Oxford as a Ramsay Scholar.
DPhil Student
Will has an interest in algorithmic fairness, explainability, and wider AI ethics. He currently works in DeepMind's Ethics team, and was previously a consultant within PwC's Sustainability & Climate Change team.
DPhil Student
Josh is a member of the World Economic Forum's Partnership Against Cyber Crime. He is also the President of the Global Center for Cyber Security and serves as a frequent advisor to technology startups and cyber-focused investors.
DPhil Student
Srujana is a doctoral student at the OII and a member of the Fairwork Project. Her research focusses on digital labour, migration, and resistance.
DPhil Student
David Michael Kelly is a DPhil student and former Visiting Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute researching international governance of frontier technologies.
DPhil Student
Jude’s research focuses on building computational and machine learning models that can acquire and demonstrate social cognition skills by borrowing from principles in Psychology, Social Sciences and Cognition.
DPhil Student
Yvonne is studying for a DPhil in Information, Communication, and Social Sciences. She researches Chinese technology investments and AI governance.
DPhil Student
Claire Leibowicz is a DPhil candidate and the Head of AI and Media Integrity at the Partnership on AI. Her research is generously funded by the OII Shirley Scholarship.
DPhil Student
Shirley is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on the future of creativity and AI.
DPhil Student
Yi-ting is a DPhil student in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences.
DPhil Student
Yoon Lim is pursuing a PhD in Information, Communication, and the Social Sciences, specializing in Digital Economies, Information Governance, and Security.
DPhil Student
Benedetta is a graduate researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute whose work bridges industry and academia to examine how emerging digital platforms reconfigure markets, consumer practices and institutional power.
DPhil Student
Maggie’s doctoral research focuses on AI and creativity. She is incorporating visual art as a part of a practice-based methodological approach to understand how creatives find inspiration through algorithmic image search.
DPhil Student
Fattori's research focuses on the politics of blockchain in the arts & heritage sector.
DPhil Student
Anniki is a DPhil Information, Communication, and Social Sciences student and a Shirley Scholar at the OII. Anniki's research focuses on the governance of digital infrastructures with a particular focus on cable networks.
DPhil Student
Mathilda is a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on AI systems deployed in explicitly social settings (Social AI), like companion chatbots, sexbots, or griefbots.
DPhil Student
Amy is a DPhil candidate. She researches empathic communication with digital audiences.
DPhil Student
Lisa-Maria Neudert is a DPhil Student researching platform governance and regulation in response to mis/disinformation.
DPhil Student
Sanna is a DPhil Student at the OII and also a doctoral student at the Alan Turing Institute, where she leads the Data and Inequality interest group together with her supervisor Mark Graham.
DPhil Student
Samantha Jane Pay is a specialist in violence against women and girl’s policy and practice. Her research focuses on the concept of an ‘algorithmic female’ and the ethics of personalisation culture.
DPhil Student
Mimmi's DPhil research focuses on the political economy of public sector artificial intelligence projects. She's interested in how technology is reshaping economic structures of societies.
DPhil Student
Alongside work on AI, AM's doctoral research is in the sociology of knowledge, focusing on the online work of independent commissions and their role in British politics.
DPhil Student
Marie-Therese is a British, Afro-Caribbean and Chinese-Singaporean individual whose DPhil Research lives at the intersections of technology justice, environmental justice and decoloniality.
DPhil Student
Philipp researches instruments to distribute the power of digital platform monopolists. He analyses the effects of vertical separation and interoperability in decentralised platform ecosystems.
DPhil Student
Huw Roberts is a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute and an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
DPhil Student
Lily is a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on gender inequality and remote work.
DPhil Student
Nancy is a DPhil student at the OII. Her research concerns the public perception and user experience of emerging technologies.
DPhil Student
Divya is the co-founder of the Collective Intelligence Project, which advances collective intelligence capabilities for the effective governance of transformative technologies.
DPhil Student
Bhargav is a D.Phil student working with Prof. Janaki Srinivasan on understanding value generation and worker relations in the global AI supply chain.
DPhil Student
Sarah Stewart is a DPhil student at the OII.
DPhil Student
Andreas' doctoral research centres on human control of AI applications within national security and defence. His research is supported by the OII, and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
DPhil Student
YanQing Wang is a DPhil student and Shirley Scholar at Oxford Internet Institute. Yan's research focuses on gender and AI.
DPhil Student
Boxi (bor-shi) is a DPhil researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Research Policy Consultant with the OECD’s AI Policy Observatory (OECD.AI).
DPhil Student
Eugene is a creative executive in the media technology sector who is passionate about data rights and emergent governance systems in digital spaces.
DPhil Student
Kat Zhou is a DPhil candidate and Clarendon Scholar at the OII. Her research examines the sociology of work and geographies of artificial intelligence.