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Yixin Chen

DPhil Student

Yixin Chen

DPhil Student

About

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. For example, she explored self-disclosure and the spread of social support in online communities, and built statistical models to analyze social phenomena.

She holds a BA (Information Management and Information Systems) from Peking University and an MSc (Social Data Science) from the Oxford Internet Institute.

Research Interests

Computational Social Science, Online Communities, Health Informatics, Crisis Informatics

Positions at the OII

  • DPhil Student, October 2022 -
  • MSc Student, September 2021 - August 2022
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