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Max Van Kleek is an Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Oxford's Department of Computer Science, with a joint appointment as Governing Body Fellow at Kellogg College. He teaches courses on Interaction Design, Secure System Design, and Data Science within the Software Engineering Programme. His research focuses on expanding individuals' capabilities to understand and control personal data, particularly in IoT environments and smart homes.
Education: PhD (MIT, 2011), MEng (MIT, 2003), SB (MIT, 2001). Prior industry roles included positions at PARC, IBM Research, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, and MIT Media Lab.
Research Interests: Privacy empowerment, personal autonomy, decentralized data systems, behavioral psychology, and ethical AI. Current projects include the EPSRC-funded 'Respectful Things in Private Spaces' exploring IoT privacy in domestic settings.
Publications highlight work on platform hegemony, smart home accountability (Aretha, IoT Refine), and user-centric privacy tools like X-Ray Refine. Collaborates closely with experts like Sir Nigel Shadbolt and Tim Berners-Lee on social machines and Web science.
Advising: Supervises PhD students across HCI, privacy, and ethics. Active in Oxford's Equality & Diversity committees and the Oxford Blockchain Society. Serves on the Departmental Ethics Committee (DREC) to ensure responsible research practices.
Labs/Teams: Leads the PETRAS-funded ReTIPS project and contributes to the SOCIAM initiative. Research groups focus on privacy-by-design architectures and data sovereignty solutions.
