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Dr. Siân Brooke serves as an Assistant Professor and MacGillavry Fellow at the Digital Interactions Lab (DIL), University of Amsterdam. Her interdisciplinary work bridges data science and critical social research to investigate gender and intersectional equality in technology interactions, with a focus on ethical AI and human-centered computing systems.
Her research centers on gender dynamics in technology, inclusive platform design, and systemic bias mitigation in digital environments. Brooke employs mixed-methods approaches combining large-scale data analysis of platforms like GitHub and Stack Overflow with ethnographic studies and controlled experiments. Key themes include how programming styles reflect gender differences without impacting quality, how online labor markets perpetuate discrimination through design choices, and how internet memes reinforce toxic masculinity in physical tech spaces like hackathons.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent focus on exposing and redesigning discriminatory mechanisms in technology. Her 2024 work demonstrates how platform interventions (community composition, identity flairs) can reduce hiring discrimination in online labor markets, while her GitHub study proves gendered programming styles exist but don't correlate with code quality. A unifying thread across all work is the development of concrete design solutions for more equitable technology ecosystems.
Dr. Brooke's recognition includes:
- NWO Veni Grant (€320,000) for "Human-Centered Code: Building Accessible IDEs for Neurodiverse Women in Computing Education"
- Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship examining gender in collaborative computing environments
She actively mentors through hiring a PhD candidate for her NWO project (closing November 2024) and serves on the Open Tech Fund Advisory Council guiding global internet freedom initiatives. Her commitment to research transparency led to implementing Open Science Badges as Associated Editor for Data and Ethics, recognizing reproducible practices in scholarly work.
Brooke leads the Digital Interaction Lab's research on technology equity, including the "Mock-Freelancer.com" experimental platform testing anti-discrimination interventions in online labor markets. Her lab collaborates across disciplines to develop accessible computing environments and policy recommendations for inclusive technology design, with recent work featured in LSE Research explaining gender disparities in programming.
