Hi! I'm Yui Kondo, a research associate at Oxford Internet Institute. I lead the Algorithmic Mirror project, with a cross-institutional research team of 9+ members (MIT Media Lab, CMU Human Computer Interaction Institute, Oxford’s Synthetic Society, Oxford’s Child-centred AI Design lab at University of Oxford).
As a researcher working at the intersection of HCI, computational social science, and privacy-enhancing technologies, I design interactive tools that make algorithmic identities visible and contestable, giving people their own oars to navigate algorithmic waters with both purpose and imagination.
I pursue this vision in several ways:
- I design interactive tools that synthesize siloed personal data across platforms, enabling users to examine and reshape their algorithmic identities.
- I employ computational analysis to investigate how algorithmic systems suppress voices from marginalized communities, revealing phenomena like the "algorithmic glass ceiling" in feminist discourse.
- I develop privacy-preserving systems that put boundary negotiation in users' hands, allowing them to navigate privacy-utility tradeoffs when sharing data.
- I teach programming courses for girls and engage in policy advocacy to ensure equitable access to STEM education.
Outside of research, I am a national champion of karuta, a Japanese poetry card game. I craft photo essays, each centered on a single poem (See my essays). Having memorized the 100 poems curated by Fujiwara no Teika, I collect moments from daily life—quotes, encounters, scenes—that resonate with these ancient words.
2023-2024
Waseda Unviersity, BA Global Political Economy
2019-2023
Project Manager
2025
Corpy
AI Ethics Researcher
2024
Waffle
Programming Bootcamp Curriculum Designer
2023
Synthetic Society, Oxford Internet Institute
Dr. Jun Zhao
Child-centered AI Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Prof. Hideo Owan
Waseda University
Dr. Kathryn Eccles
Oxford Internet Institute
Kuniaki Uehara
AIOI R&D Lab Oxford
Computational: Natural Language Processing, Social Network Analysis, Statistical Analysis
Qualitative: Interviews, Focus Groups, Ethnography, Qualitative Content Analysis
Design: Prototyping, Storyboarding, Speculative Design, Participatory Design
Development: Front-end (HTML, CSS, JavaScript ES6, Bootstrap), Back-end (Ruby on Rails, MVC), Databases(SQL, ActiveRecord), Version Control (Git, GitHub)