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 the 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; advocating for the decriminalization of 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