dr siân brooke
drsbrooke.bsky.social
dr siân brooke
@drsbrooke.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Digital Interactions Lab @ University of Amsterdam | Formerly LSE & OII | Researching inclusive programming environments | web: www.sianbrooke.com | email: s.j.m.brooke@uva.nl
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Exciting lab news! @drsbrooke.bsky.social has been awarded a Veni grant for “Human‑Centred Code: Building Accessible IDEs for Neurodiverse Women in Computing Education.” She will co-design tools to break down barriers in coding education & embed inclusivity into IDEs!

🔗 ivi.uva.nl/content/news...
Veni grant for Siân Brooke - Informatics Institute
Siân Brooke of the Digital Interaction Lab (DIL) has received a grant of €320,000 for her research proposal entitled 'Human-Centered Code: Building Accessible IDEs for Neurodiverse Women in Computing Education'.
ivi.uva.nl
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Deep dive into the #gamedev with #AI, #GenAI and #Python
with @joeyfaulkner.bsky.social, Alisa and @drsbrooke.bsky.social

Special thanks to PyData Amsterdam and our host @ppsocials.bsky.social

Video
www.youtube.com/live/ODnQutD...
Slides
github.com/pyladiesams/...
AI in action: From ML models to games
YouTube video by PyLadies Amsterdam
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Headed to #AoIR2025 in Brazil?

I’ll be presenting my paper on how gender shapes the development (not just use) of the technologies used to build online interfaces.

Let me know if you’ll be in Niterói! 🇧🇷

#InternetResearch #AoIR #AoIR25
June 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📻 About to speak on BBC London about #incels and the toxic pull of the #manosphere.

How it exploits real struggles young men face by offering hate instead of hope:

🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio London - Shay Kaur Grewal, 13/05/2025
Celebrating Londoners and a recap of the day's news.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Join me for the second edition of the Diversity, Inclusion, and AI panel!

📅 June 3, 2025 | 🕔 17:00–19:30 | 📍 Lab42, Room L1.01

How can we ensure that AI systems are designed with inclusivity and diversity at their core, not as afterthoughts, but as guiding principles?

#AI #DiversityInTech #Bias
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I have shared my new position paper for the AI Solutionism workshop at CHI 2025!

What happens when “user data” is cloned, simulated, and repurposed without meaningful consent in academic research?

🌐 Read More: arxiv.org/abs/2504.18807

#CHI2025 #AISolutionism #FeministHCI #AI #AcademicResearch
arxiv.org
April 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Presenting my paper, Python for Girls: Masculinity, Legitimacy, and Exclusion in Hackathons at #CHI2025 in Yokohama! 🌸

I show how hackathons can celebrate queer visibility with masculine norms intact! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

Read More: doi.org/10.1145/3706...

#FeministHCI #Hackathons #QueerHCI
“Python is for girls!”: Masculinity, Femininity, and Queering Inclusion at Hackathons | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
doi.org
April 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM