Associate Professor at UM School of Information researching social computing, HCI, designing trans tech, social media, identity transitions, content moderation. 🏳️⚧️ he/him
Oliver Haimson
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Our design implications for future online information sharing platforms that balance patients' and surgeons' needs involve surgeon-verified information, surgeon anonymity, credential verification, searchable FAQs, and integrated community knowledge.
We considered how an online communication platform could support both surgeons and trans people seeking surgery. The two groups hold values in tension (information sharing, risk, and reputation), but also values in alignment (information accuracy, transparency, and communication efficiency).
I'm looking for a new PhD student to come join me at UAlberta & Amii to study trans perspectives on AI policy & the future of AI as part of my new lab. The position is fully funded and offers access to a range of supports - more details in the poster below!
Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at #DIS2026 I'll be presenting our work on "Queer Zineographies: Materializing Tactics for Resisting AI and Data Systems" - a paper led by Alexandra (Allie) Teixeira Riggs and with an amazing team of researchers!
read the pictorial here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
We created and analyzed collaborative zines to uncover queering tactics to resist AI and data systems.
The whole session on Queer Futures and Speculative Design looks amazing. AND we have free copies of the zine version of our pictorial that we'll be giving out!
programs.sigchi.org/dis/2026/pro...
Monday morning @ #DIS2026 in the Intimate Data, Consent, & Harm session, Aloe DeGuia presents our paper: "Bridging Trans Community Knowledge with Verified Information: Design Considerations for Patient-Surgeon Digital Communication Platforms for Gender-Affirming Surgery"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
On June 2, CDN and Bergen Pride invite you to an evening of Queer Games and AI Resistance featuring talks by Daniella Gáti, Oliver Haimson, Joakim Johansen Østbye and CDN scholars Sérgio Roxo and Tom Legierse, with Lin Prøitz as moderator. www4.uib.no/en/research/...
At 18:30-21:00 on June 2 at Pride House (Kvarteret) in Bergen you can hear Daniella Gáti who's writing a book, "A Queer Theory of AI and Algorithmic Knowledge", Joakim Johansen Østbye, an expert on queer gaming and Oliver Haimsaon, whose book Trans Technologies came out last year. Plus free food!!!
Next week I'm speaking as part of this Bergen Pride event on Queer Games and AI Resistance. Looking forward to being in conversation with co-panelists Daniella Gati and Joakim Johansen Østbye. Thanks to @jilltxt.bsky.social for the invitation!
www4.uib.no/en/research/...
