Research
STREET Lab is focused on understanding and supporting the sociotechnical practices of marginalized communities around the world, with an emphasis in resistance, informality, and social justice.
Some broad research projects that we currently work on:
How are social movements using technologies? How can we support them?
Researchers: Ashique Ali T, Paridhi Gupta, Cagdas Dedeoglu, Cansu Ekmekcioglu, Janna Akimova, Jaydon Brown, Marco Chan
Subprojects:
- Turkey Bogazici Protests
- Indian Farmer Protests
- Belarusian Social Movement
- Hong Kong Diaspora and Protests
- The Afterlife of Black Lives Matter (BLM) Coalitions
News
- Aarhus 2025 Workshop: 'Reimagining Social Media and Social Movements in Crisis' — Aug 2025
- SSHRC Insight Development Grants (IDG) Grant: 'ICTs, Diasporic Social Movements, and Transnational Repression' — Jul 2025
How do technologies (and algorithmic management) shape labour experiences?
Researchers: Ashique Ali T, Siddhant Shinde, Adrian Petterson, Isabella Rodriguez, Olivia Doggett
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How can we build more inclusive systems and processes?
Researchers: Carolyn Ly, Trevor Cross, Ishani Pandey, Adrian Petterson, Sid Shinde
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Exploring how we can design for/with care and supporting existing care organizations
Researchers: Adrian Petterson
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How can we help designers shift systems of oppression?
Researchers: Adrian Petterson, Trevor Cross, Carolyn Ly
How are notions of the Posthuman used in HCI and Design fields?
Researchers: Cagdas Dedeoglu, Kit Haehnal
What strategies do creators on the social media platform TikTok use to circumvent censorship when producing sex ed content?
Researchers: Emily Weckend