Oliver Haimson
@haimson.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UM School of Information researching social computing, HCI, designing trans tech, social media, identity transitions, content moderation. 🏳️⚧️ he/him
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Oliver Haimson
@haimson.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Trans Technologies is available now! My book examines how technology creates new possibilities for transgender people, and how trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology.
"An absolute must-read for anyone that cares about technology and trans liberation." - Alex Hanna
"An absolute must-read for anyone that cares about technology and trans liberation." - Alex Hanna
Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on 🤖🏳️⚧️Gender and the Machine🧟♀️🧑💻, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research!
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on 🤖🏳️⚧️Gender and the Machine🧟♀️🧑💻, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research!
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
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🗣️ Featuring talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus a panel discussion and networking reception.
Co-organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab and @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social, supported by @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Co-organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab and @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social, supported by @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🗣️ Featuring talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus a panel discussion and networking reception.
Co-organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab and @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social, supported by @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Co-organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab and @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social, supported by @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
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📢 GENDER AND THE MACHINE
Join us in Edinburgh on 20 Nov to explore entanglements of gender, marginalisation and emotion across tech and AI.
🗓️ Thurs 20 Nov 2025
📍 Edinburgh
👋 All welcome
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
#data #AI #tech #emotion #trans #LGBTQ #queer
Join us in Edinburgh on 20 Nov to explore entanglements of gender, marginalisation and emotion across tech and AI.
🗓️ Thurs 20 Nov 2025
📍 Edinburgh
👋 All welcome
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
#data #AI #tech #emotion #trans #LGBTQ #queer
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🤩
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🤩
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
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✨📣 Excited to announce our upcoming event GENDER AND THE MACHINE!
Join us on Nov 20th for an afternoon exploring gender, marginalisation and emotion in tech - talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus panel discussion and networking reception
⬇️ sign up
shorturl.at/QlMfx
Join us on Nov 20th for an afternoon exploring gender, marginalisation and emotion in tech - talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus panel discussion and networking reception
⬇️ sign up
shorturl.at/QlMfx
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
shorturl.at
November 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
✨📣 Excited to announce our upcoming event GENDER AND THE MACHINE!
Join us on Nov 20th for an afternoon exploring gender, marginalisation and emotion in tech - talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus panel discussion and networking reception
⬇️ sign up
shorturl.at/QlMfx
Join us on Nov 20th for an afternoon exploring gender, marginalisation and emotion in tech - talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus panel discussion and networking reception
⬇️ sign up
shorturl.at/QlMfx
This Wednesday I'm giving a virtual talk at the Institute for Technoscience & Society at York University @stsyorku.bsky.social ! Info on how to register is here: www.yorku.ca/research/its...
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This Wednesday I'm giving a virtual talk at the Institute for Technoscience & Society at York University @stsyorku.bsky.social ! Info on how to register is here: www.yorku.ca/research/its...
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Incredible piece of work, the ingenuity in working around algorithimic censorship #cscw2025 #freepalestine
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Incredible piece of work, the ingenuity in working around algorithimic censorship #cscw2025 #freepalestine
I put together this list of work on trans/queer topics at #CSCW2025 - lots of exciting papers to check out! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
padlet.com/haimson/tran...
padlet.com/haimson/tran...
trans/queer CSCW 2025!
a guide to trans and queer-focused papers etc. at CSCW 2025! feel free to add your paper if I missed it :)
padlet.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I put together this list of work on trans/queer topics at #CSCW2025 - lots of exciting papers to check out! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
padlet.com/haimson/tran...
padlet.com/haimson/tran...
You gotta watch out when @cfiesler.bsky.social organizes an ethics workshop at CSCW - you just might meet your future spouse there! Happened to me and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social 10 years ago 🥰 #CSCW2025 #CSCW2015
October 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
You gotta watch out when @cfiesler.bsky.social organizes an ethics workshop at CSCW - you just might meet your future spouse there! Happened to me and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social 10 years ago 🥰 #CSCW2025 #CSCW2015
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We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.
"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.
"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
Excited for my PhD advisee Senami Kojah, whose paper "Silencing the Voiceless: Social Media Content Moderation for At Risk Marginalized Populations in High-Stakes Violence and Human Rights Contexts in Nigeria" is the 1st paper presentation at #CSCW2025! Online program starts tomorrow at 7am CET.
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Excited for my PhD advisee Senami Kojah, whose paper "Silencing the Voiceless: Social Media Content Moderation for At Risk Marginalized Populations in High-Stakes Violence and Human Rights Contexts in Nigeria" is the 1st paper presentation at #CSCW2025! Online program starts tomorrow at 7am CET.
If you're eligible, please consider participating in my PhD advisee @lameiro.bsky.social's interview study with online sex workers about non-consensual intimate deepfakes. Quick screening survey: bit.ly/deepfakesint...
Please also help spread the word by sharing with potential participants!
Please also help spread the word by sharing with potential participants!
September 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you're eligible, please consider participating in my PhD advisee @lameiro.bsky.social's interview study with online sex workers about non-consensual intimate deepfakes. Quick screening survey: bit.ly/deepfakesint...
Please also help spread the word by sharing with potential participants!
Please also help spread the word by sharing with potential participants!
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If you talk to globally subcontracted workers who contribute to AI systems, you see not only the issues they experience at work but also how those conditions shape AI tools themselves. The labor conditions of these workers is so often overlooked as a contributing factor to overall AI model quality.
August 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If you talk to globally subcontracted workers who contribute to AI systems, you see not only the issues they experience at work but also how those conditions shape AI tools themselves. The labor conditions of these workers is so often overlooked as a contributing factor to overall AI model quality.
My reading volume dropped 60% on the tenure track compared to grad school! New Medium post on the realities of academic reading.
I’d love to hear from others: how much are you actually able to read as an academic?
medium.com/@haimson/how...
I’d love to hear from others: how much are you actually able to read as an academic?
medium.com/@haimson/how...
How Much I Read Every Month During the Tenure Track
My reading volume dropped 60% on the tenure track; here’s what my data says about the reality of academic reading
medium.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My reading volume dropped 60% on the tenure track compared to grad school! New Medium post on the realities of academic reading.
I’d love to hear from others: how much are you actually able to read as an academic?
medium.com/@haimson/how...
I’d love to hear from others: how much are you actually able to read as an academic?
medium.com/@haimson/how...
Reposted by Oliver Haimson
Reposted by Oliver Haimson
"Don't feel bad if you're not reading every great book. No one ever has, and no one ever will."
Read Whatever the Hell You Want
Enjoy yourself.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Don't feel bad if you're not reading every great book. No one ever has, and no one ever will."
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Thanks for the kind words! Glad you found it useful!
Around the same time, another group in our lab, led by @groceryheist.cc, published a related paper that you might also be interested in:
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
I've also written about founders and their original goals (often not growth!)
Around the same time, another group in our lab, led by @groceryheist.cc, published a related paper that you might also be interested in:
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
I've also written about founders and their original goals (often not growth!)
No Community Can Do Everything: Why People Participate in Similar Online Communities | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Large-scale quantitative analyses have shown that individuals frequently talk to each other about similar things in different online spaces. Why do these overlapping communities exist? We provide an answer grounded in the analysis of 20 interviews with ...
dl.acm.org
August 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you found it useful!
Around the same time, another group in our lab, led by @groceryheist.cc, published a related paper that you might also be interested in:
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
I've also written about founders and their original goals (often not growth!)
Around the same time, another group in our lab, led by @groceryheist.cc, published a related paper that you might also be interested in:
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
I've also written about founders and their original goals (often not growth!)
Just read this incredible paper by @s0hw.bsky.social & @jeremydfoote.com: Why Do People Participate in Small Online Communities? The authors question the assumption that growth is always good, and instead show many benefits of small online communities. Highly recommended!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Why do People Participate in Small Online Communities? | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Many benefits of online communities---such as obtaining new information, opportunities,
and social connections---increase with size. Thus, a "successful'' online community
often evokes an image of hun...
dl.acm.org
August 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Just read this incredible paper by @s0hw.bsky.social & @jeremydfoote.com: Why Do People Participate in Small Online Communities? The authors question the assumption that growth is always good, and instead show many benefits of small online communities. Highly recommended!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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This is effectively a ban on trans scientists getting federal funding, straight up. It’s also effectively a ban on all scientific work that includes trans people.
“Discretionary awards shall not be used to fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate … denial by the grant recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic”
TL;dr grants to be denied to entities who acknowledge the existence of trans people
TL;dr grants to be denied to entities who acknowledge the existence of trans people
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is effectively a ban on trans scientists getting federal funding, straight up. It’s also effectively a ban on all scientific work that includes trans people.
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📣📣📣 New study shows:
trans and disabled folks hate AI!
trans and disabled folks hate AI!
New article out in @theconversation.com!
"When people at high risk of algorithmic harm such as trans people and disabled people are also those most wary of AI, that’s an indication for AI designers, developers and policymakers to reassess their efforts."
theconversation.com/transgender-...
"When people at high risk of algorithmic harm such as trans people and disabled people are also those most wary of AI, that’s an indication for AI designers, developers and policymakers to reassess their efforts."
theconversation.com/transgender-...
Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows
Some of the marginalized groups most likely to be harmed by AI are also most wary of it. A new study’s findings raise questions about equity and consent in technology design.
theconversation.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📣📣📣 New study shows:
trans and disabled folks hate AI!
trans and disabled folks hate AI!
New article out in @theconversation.com!
"When people at high risk of algorithmic harm such as trans people and disabled people are also those most wary of AI, that’s an indication for AI designers, developers and policymakers to reassess their efforts."
theconversation.com/transgender-...
"When people at high risk of algorithmic harm such as trans people and disabled people are also those most wary of AI, that’s an indication for AI designers, developers and policymakers to reassess their efforts."
theconversation.com/transgender-...
Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows
Some of the marginalized groups most likely to be harmed by AI are also most wary of it. A new study’s findings raise questions about equity and consent in technology design.
theconversation.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New article out in @theconversation.com!
"When people at high risk of algorithmic harm such as trans people and disabled people are also those most wary of AI, that’s an indication for AI designers, developers and policymakers to reassess their efforts."
theconversation.com/transgender-...
"When people at high risk of algorithmic harm such as trans people and disabled people are also those most wary of AI, that’s an indication for AI designers, developers and policymakers to reassess their efforts."
theconversation.com/transgender-...
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There are very good reasons for this! Very nice article @haimson.bsky.social !
Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows
theconversation.com/transgender-...
Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows
theconversation.com/transgender-...
Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows
Some of the marginalized groups most likely to be harmed by AI are also most wary of it. A new study’s findings raise questions about equity and consent in technology design.
theconversation.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There are very good reasons for this! Very nice article @haimson.bsky.social !
Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows
theconversation.com/transgender-...
Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows
theconversation.com/transgender-...
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I wrote an explainer for the impact of payment processor censorship on the LGBTQIA+ community.
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
Thousands of games have been censored from major platforms, with LGBTQIA+ creators caught in the crossfire
Payment processing companies have ceded to pressure from an ‘anti-porn’ group, causing Steam and itch.io to ban tens of thousands of games almost overnight.
theconversation.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I wrote an explainer for the impact of payment processor censorship on the LGBTQIA+ community.
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
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Currently obsessed with this paper. It’s chock-full of major insights and helpful recommendations and conceptual frames related to several different critical AI & labor themes of the moment. Not going to pick a favorite quote - just check it out!
The Making of Performative Accuracy in AI Training: Precision Labor and Its Consequences
presented by @benzhang.bsky.social
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
in the Design for People, Design with People session, 9am in G301
#CHI2025
presented by @benzhang.bsky.social
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
in the Design for People, Design with People session, 9am in G301
#CHI2025
The Making of Performative Accuracy in AI Training: Precision Labor and Its Consequences | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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dl.acm.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Currently obsessed with this paper. It’s chock-full of major insights and helpful recommendations and conceptual frames related to several different critical AI & labor themes of the moment. Not going to pick a favorite quote - just check it out!