THE LAB.
Co-directed by Batya Friedman and David Hendry of the Information School, the Value Sensitive Design Lab is a group of VSD researchers and designers at the University of Washington. As a community, we engage in conversation related to technology and human flourishing. As designers and technologists, we pursue projects that bring value sensitive thinking to emerging technologies. We research and design to contribute to the scholarly work on value sensitive design.
Faculty
Postdocs
& Associates
Batya Friedman
Professor
UW Information School
batya [at] uw.edu
Dignity | Gentleness | Finite Planet
VSD Lab co-director, Batya designs tools and technologies to support human flourishing. Current projects focus on longer-term design, materiality of IT, bias in technical systems, food resilience, and inclusive tech policy.
David Hendry
Associate Professor
UW Information School
dhendry [at] uw.edu
Dignity | Outdoors | Kindness
VSD Lab co-director, David designs tools and technologies which address human needs and values. He is currently at work on new ideas related to skillful practice and value sensitive design.
Alan Borning
Professor Emeritus
UW Allen School of Computer Science
borning [at] cs.washington.edu
Honesty | Humility | Preserving and Protecting the Natural World
Alan's post-retirement projects include continuing work on tools to help make public transportation more accessible, easier, and more fun to use; and on critiquing and developing alternatives to surveillance capitalism.
Annuska Zolyomi
Assistant Teaching Professor
UW Bothell
annuska [at] uw.edu
Curiosity | Interdependence | Creative Expression
Annuska studies ways to make information, technology, and social practices more accessible for neurodivergent and disabled people. She uses design and research methods to deepen understanding among technology stakeholders.
Aylin Caliskan
Assistant Professor
UW Information School
aylin [at] uw.edu
Equity | Transparency | Integrity
Aylin studies AI, bias, and ethics. As AI is co-evolving with society, she is interested in the responsible development and deployment of AI systems, considering societal implications and human rights.
Emily Bender
Communication | Safety | Sustainability
Emily's research interests include technology for endangered language documentation, computational semantics, and methodologies for supporting consideration of impacts language technology in NLP research, development, and education
Jason Yip
Associate Professor
UW Information School
jcyip [at] uw.edu
Grace | Justice | Humbleness
Jason studies how families collaborate together with technology. He is also the director of KidsTeam UW, an intergenerational co-design group of adults and youth.
Jeremy Zaretzky
Assistant Teaching Professor
UW Information School
jeremyz [at] uw.edu
Innovation | Mentorship | Nature
Jeremy is an instructor at the iSchool and a Venture Partner at Loyal VC. His work focuses on leveraging technology to create positive social impact.
Mike Teodorescu
Assistant Professor
UW Information School
miketeod [at] uw.edu
Curiosity | Innovation | Hope
Mike studies machine learning fairness and innovation economics. Ensuring organizations develop algorithms that do not harm society or individuals involves multi-disciplinary research at the intersection of management, ethics, information systems and policy.
Nathan Dors
Former Director, Identity and Access Management
UW Information Technology
nathan.a.dors [at] gmail.com
Hope | Trust | Play
Nathan aims to use value sensitive design to delight users (and stakeholders) of digital identity technologies.
Nick Logler
Postdoc
UW Information School
nlogler [at] uw.edu
Play | Attention | Imagination
Nick studies materials, imagination, and design. He is currently thinking about the more-than-human, and developing tools and resources to foreground questions of materiality in tech policy.
Ryan Calo
Professor
UW School of Law
rcalo [at] uw.edu
Authenticity | Originality | Equity
Ryan is an interdisciplinary scholar studying law and technology. He co-directs the Tech Policy Lab and Center for an Informed Public.
Tadayoshi Kohno
Professor
UW Allen School of Computer Science
yoshi [at] cs.washington.edu
Yoshi specializes in computer security. He believes that computer security solutions – and indeed all technologies – should not be designed without a consideration of human values.
Students
Angelina McMillan-Major
PhD Candidate
UW Department of Linguistics
aymm [at] uw.edu
Balance | Resiliency | Compassion
Angie’s research focuses on computational methodologies for low-resource language documentation and revitalization and the interaction between language, technology, and society.
Elias Greendorfer
PhD Candidate
UW Information School
ebgreen [at] uw.edu
Gratitude | Honesty | Adventure
Elias is interested in exploring rites of passage. He holds an MSLIS, MLitt, and BFA.
Ishita Chordia
PhD Candidate
UW Information School
ichordia [at] uw.edu
Community | Love | Creativity
Ishita is developing design methods that are grounded in virtue, relationship, and self-awareness. Her work is influenced by Eastern spiritual traditions.
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KINDRED
LABS
Center for an Informed Public (University of Washington, USA)
Design for Values (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (Boston, MA)
Responsible AI Systems & Experiences (RAISE) (University of Washington, USA)
SDU UAS Center (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Security and Privacy Research Lab (University of Washington, USA)
Tech Policy Lab (University of Washington, USA)
VASE – Value Sensitive Design in Higher Education (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Wellbeing Technology Lab (University of Sydney, Australia)
FRIENDS
& COLLABORATORS
Robert Alsdorf, unaffiliated (USA)
Don Ashford, KTRT FM Radio Station (USA)
Theoneste Bizimana, Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (Rwanda)
Oliver Burmeister, Charles Sturt University (Australia)
Cesar Alberto Collazos, Universidad del Cauca (Popayán-Colombia)
Dylan Cawthorne, University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
Eva Eriksson, Aarhus University (Denmark)
Rosa Maria Gill, Universitat de Lleida (Spain)
Roberto García González, Universitat de Lleida (Spain)
Christiane Grünloh, University of Twente (The Netherlands)
Stig Børsen Hansen, University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
Tad Hirsch, Northeastern University (USA)
Kristina Höök, Swedish Institute of Computer Science (Sweden)
Lassana Magassa (USA)
Joseph Nkurunziza, Never Again Rwanda (Rwanda)
Sarah Spiekermann, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria)
Trond Nilsen, Moonbeam (USA)
Steven Umbrello, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (Italy)
Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Ibo van den Poel, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Pieter Vermaas, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Åke Wallidus, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
Ron Wakkary, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Terry Winograd, Stanford University (USA)
Volker Wulf, Siegen University (Germany)
VSD PhD Lab
Graduates
Stephanie Ballard, 2023
Nick Logler, 2023
Rose Paquet, 2021
Mike Katell, 2020
Daisy Yoo, 2018
Norah Abokhodair, 2017
Bryce Newell, 2015
Tamara Denning, 2014
Jill Woelfer, 2014
Alexis Czekis, 2013
Kari Watkins, 2011
Lisa Nathan, 2009
Nathan G. Freier, 2007
Janet Davis, 2006
PhD & Postdoc Visitors
Maaike Harbers, Delft University of Technology
Alina Hultdgren, Delft University of Technology
Aimee van Wynsberghe, University of Twente
Graduate Alumni
Irene S. Alexander
Caitlin Bonnar
Kathleen Crosman
Kate Deibel
Katie Derthick
Abigail Evans
Erika Feldman
Brian Ferris
Shaghayegh Ghassemian
Nicole Gustine
Daniel C. Howe
David Hurley
Shaun Kane
Ian King
Predrag (Pedja) Klasnja
Travis Kriplean
Milli Lake
Peyina Lin
Charles Naumer
Alice Neels
Braden Pellett
Jolina Ruckert
Rachel Severson
Jessica Wolk (née Miller)
Valerie Wonder
Meg Young
Undergraduate Alumni
Jeffrey Anderson
Annie Jo Cain
Louise Wun Choi
Stephanie L. Collett
Dan Dethloff
Thuy Duong
Joseph Goldberg
Jennifer Hagman
Ann Hendrickson
Amy Iverson
Sze Ying Kong
Karen Magnuson
Jesse McPherron
Cassandra Binh Nguyen
Grace Preyapongpisan
Alex Quinn
Brandon Rich
Jonathan Sabo
Scott Santens
Ari Serim
Robin Sodeman
Cady Stanton
Anna Stolyar
Tyler Stevens
Molly Utter
Staff Alumni
Nell Carden Grey
John Lin
Mark Ring
Early Friends & Collaborators
Maxwell Andrews, Independent Videographer (USA)
Alan Beck, Purdue University (USA)
Markus Bylund, Swedish Institute of Computer Science (Sweden)
Sybil Carrère, University of Washington (USA)
Sunny Consolvo, Intel Research Seattle (USA)
Nancy Edwards, Purdue University (USA)
Edward Felten, Princeton University (USA)
Brian Gill, Seattle Pacific University (USA)
Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft Research (USA)
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Osaka University (Japan)
Gavin Jancke, Microsoft Research (USA)
Peter H. Kahn, Jr., University of Washington (USA)
Takayuki Kanda, Advanced Telecommunications Research (Japan)
William Maisel, Harvard Medical School (USA)
Gail Melson, Purdue University (USA)
Gene Myers, Western Washington University (USA)
Helen Nissenbaum, Princeton University (USA)
Carol Saunders, Brookfield Zoo (USA)
Ian Smith, Intel Research Seattle (USA)
Elizabeth Utter, unaffiliated (USA)
Robert F. Utter, unaffiliated (USA)
Paul Waddell, UC Berkeley (USA)