Zhou
Kat
đ± writer, researcher, speaker, student, organizer
ABOUT KAT
Kat Mei Zhou, also known as ćšç«, is a PhD student at the University of Oxford pondering resistance, labor, and geographies of artificial intelligence. Occasionally, she is an international speaker on design and tech ethics. Some things she likes: engaging in direct action; exploring how to <Design Ethically>; being in a union; creating cozy spaces for people to rest; biking around with her adopted husky; destigmatizing pole dance and sex work; reading hella books. Katâs âfun factsâ for forced icebreakers are: she was an extra on the worst-rated season of House of Cards; she performed piano in NYCâs Carnegie Hall; sheâs lived in four countries.
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Speaking
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Experiments in Motion âAI Ethicsâ Guest Lecturer: September 25, 2024 at Hyper Island Stockholm
uxcon vienna Keynote Speaker: September 20, 2024 in Vienna, AT
rest practice sthlm: August 9, 2024 in Stockholm, SE
Norbergfestival âNo Business as Usual: Exercising Direct Actionâ Speaker: July 6, 2024 in Norberg, SE
Latitude59 âExplainable AI: Mind Over Matterâ Panelist: May 24, 2024 in Tallinn, EE
Huiput Creative Festival Keynote Speaker: May 21, 2024 in Helsinki, FI
Creative AI Program âAI Ethics for Creativesâ Guest Lecturer: May 15, 2024 at VĂ€rmeverket
Palestine Direct Action Fund âThe Praxis of Intifada: Direct Action for Palestineâ Host: April 5, 2024 in Stockholm, SE
Palestine Teach-In âThe Panopticon in Palestine: Examining the Digital Surveillance used by the Settler-Colonial State of Israelâ Guest Lecturer: April 3, 2024 at Stockholm University
rest practice sthlm: March 3, 2024 in Stockholm, SE
DesignMatters+ âDesigning for DEIâ Guest Lecturer: February 28-29, 2024 in Copenhagen, DK (remote)
Konstfack Guest Lecturer: December 13, 2023 in Stockholm, SE
Technigo âHow to Design Ethicallyâ Webinar: December 6, 2023 in Stockholm, SE (remote)
Integrity Institute âShedding Light on Dark Patternsâ Panelist: November 1, 2023 at Integrity Institute (remote)
SmashingConf Keynote: October 9-12, 2023 in Antwerp, BE
Technigo Guest Lecturer: October 10, 2023 in Stockholm, SE (remote)
What If? Summit âAI for All: Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion in the age of artificial intelligenceâ Panelist: October 3-4, 2023 at Tech Circus (remote)
Design Matters: September 27, 2023 in Copenhagen, DK
Human Centered Design Guest Speaker: September 13, 2023 at Hyper Island Stockholm
rest practice sthlm: September 10, 2023 in Stockholm, SE
UX 365 Academy Guest Speaker: July 25, 2023 (remote)
UX Scotland: June 9, 2023 in Edinburgh, SCT
Nobel Prize Summit Deceptive Design Workshop Guest Speaker: May 26, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (remote)
Webbdagarana: April 18-19, 2023 in Stockholm, SE
Technigo Guest Lecturer: March 15, 2023 in Stockholm, SE (remote)
Information Commissionerâs Office âPrivacy, Seriouslyâ Speaker: February 23, 2023 in Cheshire, UK (remote)
CBS Innovation & Design Guest Speaker: December 7, 2022 at Columbia Business School
World Usability Day Estonia: November 24-25, 2022 in Tallinn, EE
Product Management and Society Guest Speaker: November 1, 2022 at Harvard Kennedy School (remote)
AIGA Design Conference: October 21, 2022 in Seattle, US
Shift: October 13, 2022 in Ghent, BE
Dark Patterns Webinar: October 13, 2022, at Kelkoo Group (remote)
Duke Business Oriented Women âDiversified Industriesâ Speaker: October 5, 2022, at Duke University (remote)
Better World x Design: October 2, 2022, at Brown University x RISD
Human Centered Design Guest Speaker: September 28, 2022 at Hyper Island Stockholm
Women Talk Design Speaker Stories: August 17, 2022, remote
Valsplat Guest Speaker: June 30, 2022 in Sneek, NL
UX London: June 28, 2022 in London, UK
Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection âDark Patterns - Manipulation by Designâ Panelist: May 23, 2022 in Brussels, BE
From Business to Buttons: May 12-13, 2022 in Stockholm, SE
ORCID Guest Speaker: April 12, 2022, remote
Media Technology Guest Lecturer: March 29, 2022, at Södertörn University (remote)
PowerxDesign: March 27, 2022, at Harvard University (remote)
European Parliament's Hearing âDark patterns and how such practices harm consumers and the internal marketâ: March 16, 2022 in Brussels, BE (remote)
World Wide Web Foundation âDark Patterns and Trusted Designâ Panelist: November 18, 2021 in London, UK (remote)
Dark Pattern Detection Project Panelist: November 10, 2021 for the German Research Institute for Public Administration and Heidelberg University (remote)
500 Global âEthical Design & Tech Anti-Patternsâ Guest Speaker: October 27, 2021 in San Francisco, CA (remote)
Human Centered Design âAccessibility in Prototypingâ Guest Speaker: October 27, 2021 at Hyper Island Stockholm (remote)
Product Management and Society Guest Speaker: October 21, 2021 at Harvard Kennedy School (remote)
Human Centered Design Guest Speaker: September 23, 2021 at Hyper Island Stockholm
Nackademin UX Guest Speaker: September 1, 2021 in Stockholm, SE (remote)
Front Conference: August 26, 2021 in ZĂŒrich, CH
Product Crunch Berlin Guest Speaker: July 28, 2021 in Berlin, DE (remote)
US Federal Trade Commission âBringing Dark Patterns to Lightâ Guest Speaker: April 29, 2021 in Washington, DC (remote)
Bytes of Good Live: February 25, 2021 for Hack4Impact and Impact Labs (remote)
Communication Design Guest Speaker: February 25, 2021 at Berghs School of Communication (remote)
Product Management and Society Guest Speaker: January 27, 2021 at Harvard Kennedy School (remote)
Duke MBA Design & Innovation: November 6, 2019 at Fuqua School of Business
Kenan Institute for Ethics: October 14, 2019 at Duke University
Design for Social Innovation Guest Speaker: October 9, 2019 at School of Visual Arts (remote)
WebExpo 2019: September 20, 2019 in Prague, CZ
Hexagon UX: June 22, 2019 in Houston, TX
Layers: June 3-5, 2019 in San Jose, CA
Mind the Gaps 2019: May 21, 2019 in Malmö, SE
SXSW 2019: March 12, 2019 in Austin, TX
ATX Speculative Futures: February 27, 2019 in Austin, TX
Decolonize Austin 2019: January 20, 2019 in Austin, TX
UXPA DC World Usability Day: November 8, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
Featured
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Featured ~
Emotional Labor Offsetting: Unpacking the Racial Capitalist Fauxtomation Behind Algorithmic Content Moderation: Katherine Zhou for Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, July 15, 2024
Svenska asiater: antiasiatisk rasism och framvĂ€xten av en ny minoritet (Swedish Asians: Anti-Asian Racism and the Emergence of a New Minority): Tobias HĂŒbinette, June 12, 2024
Scaling Tech Ethics with Kat Zhou: Design Tracks by Design Matters, February 21, 2024
The Age of AI with Kat Zhou and Dr. Jason Miller: Ampersand by Emdash, February 20, 2024
Open Letter from Stockholm Cultural Workers for Palestine: January 10, 2024
Queer Artists for Palestine: December 29, 2023
The Responsible AI Community in Solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian People: November 15, 2023
Demand for Unionen to Issue Statement in Solidarity with Palestine: November 1, 2023
Scholars, students and activists in the UK stand in solidarity with Palestinians: VersoBooks, October 26, 2023
Ethical Design, Dark Patterns and Responsible AI with Kat Zhou: Up Next in Tech, September 19, 2023
Emotional Labour Offsetting: Unpacking the racial capitalist fauxtomation behind algorithmic content moderation: Katherine Zhou for Glenlead Centre, September 15, 2023
5 Questions with Fantastic Designers - Kat Zhou: DeMagSign, July 27, 2023
Interim Report for the Nobel Prize Summit Solution Session on Deceptive Design: Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy, July 20, 2023
Communities, Inclusion, and the Future of UX: Border Crossing UX, June 15, 2023
To Prevent Harm, Look to Ethical Design Tools: dscout, May 5, 2023
Plast Kan Aldrig Vissna (Plastic Can Never Wither): Louise Sinaga Helmfrid, May 3, 2023
Are you designing unethically? Kat Zhou on ethical design: Innovation Explorers, February 28, 2023
Sweden needs to reckon with its racism: Vogue Scandinavia, January 19, 2023
Tech workerâs tweets on racism in Sweden go viral: Radio Sweden, November 3, 2022
Tech worker Kat Zhou on racism in Sweden and its implications on the tech industry: Breakit, October 30, 2022
Racism in Sweden, and how welcome do foreigners feel after the election?: Sweden in Focus Podcast from The Local, October 29, 2022
Asian American speaks out about racism in Sweden and is met with more racism: AsAmNews, October 26, 2022
Asian Americanâs womanâs scathing account of racism in Sweden goes viral: NextShark, October 22, 2022
She testifies about Swedish racism - accused of being a Chinese agent: Dagens ETC, October 21, 2022
US tech workerâs tale of racist Swedes goes viral: The Local Sweden, October 20, 2022
The Swedish election did not surprise me: Folkhemmet Opinion, October 20, 2022
Ethical Design and Respectful UX Research with Kat Zhou: Awkward Silences Podcast from User Interviews, September 22, 2022
Kat Zhou on speaking to motivate impactful change: Women Talk Design, September 9, 2022
Design ethics: the importance of âdoing rightâ by your users: Unboxed, July 19, 2022
Whatâs in a Name? Unpacking Dark Patterns versus Deceptive Design: Caroline Sinders, June 18, 2022
Class of 2022 UX Research Yearbook: User Interviews, June 2, 2022
Critics of Deceptive Design Push for More Ethical UX: The New Stack, May 11, 2022
Fixing the Digital Services Act to address âDark Patternsâ: Tech Policy Press, March 30, 2022
FBTB 2022 Highlights: Kat Zhouâs Design Lunch: inUse, March 1, 2022
Dark Patterns Documentary: BBC World Service, February 15, 2022
Deceptive Design Untangled: World Wide Web Foundation, January 26, 2022
Anti-Patterns: When Design Gets Deceptive: 500 Global, January 7, 2022
How would you change our online world in 2022?: World Wide Web Foundation, December 16, 2021
Rising Stars in AI Ethics: Women in AI Ethics, December 2, 2021
FBTB 2022: Kat Zhou - Creator of <Design Ethically> and Product designer at Spotify: inUse, November 17, 2021
Kat Zhou: What is the role of design in creating inclusive and equitable AI?: In AI We Trust Podcast (from EqualAI and the World Economic Forum), November 3, 2021
What Exactly is Ethical Design?: Built In, October 5, 2021
Digital Wellness Newsletter: This Too Shall Grow, July 27, 2021
Chat with Kat Zhou: Letâs Circle Back Podcast, June 27, 2021
Designâs time to shine: UX and digital product experts must demand new rules that prohibit exploitative Dark Patterns: Tech Policy Press, June 8, 2021
Can the FTC stop the tech industryâs use of dark patterns?: Fast Company, May 6, 2021
FTC Regulators have a new tech target, dark patterns: Protocol, April 29, 2021
UX leaders who are making a difference in the world: UX Design Institute, April 26, 2021
Surveying the Landscape of Ethics-Focused Design Methods: Chivukula, et al., February 17, 2021
How to Live Abroad: Femme Hive Podcast, December 30, 2020
Interview with Kat Zhou: Ethics Models, September 10, 2020
The Blurred Lines and Closed Loops of Google Search: Wired, August 31, 2020
Whoâs Responsible for Preventing Dark Patterns?: AIGA Eye on Design, August 6, 2020
Additional Resources for Ethical Explorers: Ethical Explorer & Omidyar Network
In the Spotlight, featuring Kat Zhou: Spotify.Design, May 19, 2020
Help! My Company Wonât Hire a Tech Ethicist: Built In, May 13, 2020
Kat Zhou on Tech, Design, and Social Justice: All Tech is Human, January 13, 2020
Team Essentials for AI Course: IBM (featured <Design Ethically> in curriculum)
Letâs Talk Turkey, Thoughts on Decolonizing Design: Interstice, November 21, 2019
EthicsâŠfor Tech Folks?: Kenan Institute for Ethics, October 15, 2019
Annual Layers design conference speaker lineup announced for WWDC week: 9to5Mac, May 10, 2019
Humane by Design: Jon Yoblanski, March 18, 2019
Pop Culture, AI, and Ethics: Forbes, February 24, 2019
An Interview with Kat Zhou: Marvel, February 5, 2019
Resources for Ethical Design: Dan Brown, November 21, 2018
Participated
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Blank Page Revival AAPI Writing Program: Fall 2024 in New York City, NY
Intersectional Rewrites Project âTotopa v. Spainâ Rewrite: Spring 2024 (remote)
Information Commissionerâs Office âDeciphering Dark Patternsâ Workshop: October 10, 2022 (remote)
World Wide Web Foundation âTowards Trusted Design: The Way Forwardâ Workshop: September 27, 2022 (remote)
World Wide Web Foundation âTowards Trusted Design: Prototyping the Futureâ Workshop: July 26, 2022 (remote)
Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Stiftung Neue Verantwortung âPlatform Design Regulationâ Workshop: February 8, 2022 in Berlin, DE (remote)
World Economic Forum âResponsible Product Innovationâ Workshop: January 20, 2021 (remote)
Harvard Kennedy School âPlease Do Not Include Us: AI Ethics & Inclusionâ Workshop: September 25, 2019 in Boston, MA
Within âEmerging Leadersâ Retreat: October 29, 2019 in Paradise Valley, AZ