Max Van Kleek
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Works on human-computer interaction for personal information and data management, decentralised systems and AI.
Max Van Kleek's lab at Oxford works on interfaces & interaction techniques and data management & big data. 32 papers since 2023, 18 at top venues, mostly CHI and FAccT. 7 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 8/ year
- at T1 venues
- 56%
- PhD students
- 0
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 7
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage and DBLP, 2023–2026
- 9 papers2026 · T1 5 · collecting
- 9 papers2025 · T1 4
- 8 papers2024 · T1 6
- 6 papers2023 · T1 3
T1 venuesOtherVenues: CHI, FAccT, CSCW, DIS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Interfaces & interaction techniques5 papers
- Data management & big data2 papers
- human-computer interaction1 paper
- personal0 papers
- data management0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage and DBLP.
20269 papers
- CHI (T1)"It Hasn't Lived in Our Society": Investigating Cultural Sensitivity in LLM Chatbots for Emotional Support (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)"No One Should Know I Used This App": Challenges and Design Opportunities for Digital Mental Well-Being Support for Young Saudi Women (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Attitudes, Imagined Roles, and Governance Boundaries for AI in Decentralized Social Media (opens in a new tab)
- FAccTDissociative Identity: Language Model Agents Lack Grounding for Reputation Mechanisms (opens in a new tab)
- EduCHIFrom Protocol to Practice: Teaching the Relational Practice of Interviewing in HCI Education (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Regaining Personhood: A Longitudinal Ethnography of North Korean Defectors' First-Year Digital Transition in South Korea (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Stories Left Unsaid: Navigating Stigmatized Identity Disclosure and Storytelling Among North Korean Defector Mothers (opens in a new tab)
- DISTrans Technologies or Precarisation Machines?: How Social Media Facilitates & Constrains Trans Care amid Precarity (opens in a new tab)
- Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.What we chose to (Not) share: Unpacking how HCI researchers self-disclose in interactions with participants with stigmatised identities (opens in a new tab)
20259 papers
- CHI Extended AbstractsArtBot: An Exploration into AI's Potential for Guiding Art Analysis (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Bridging Borders, Breaking Biases: Envisioning Technologies to Support North Korean Defectors in South Korea (opens in a new tab)
- CHI Extended AbstractsChallenges and Opportunities in the Responsible Use of AI and Human-Computer Interaction (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)CounselAR: Exploring How AR Filters Facilitate Online Psychotherapy In the Wild With South Korean Young Adults (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)FamiData Hub: A Speculative Design Exploration with Families on Smart Home Datafication (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Secur. Priv.Grand Challenges in Human-Centered Privacy (opens in a new tab)
- Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.Looking for Art in a Sea of Content: A Human-Centered Approach to Supporting Creativity on Social Media (opens in a new tab)
- FAccTNot Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)The Interaction Layer: An Exploration for Co-Designing User-LLM Interactions in Parental Wellbeing Support Systems (opens in a new tab)
20248 papers
- CHI (T1)"I finally felt I had the tools to control these urges": Empowering Students to Achieve Their Device Use Goals With the Reduce Digital Distraction Workshop (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)"If Someone Walks In On Us Talking, Pretend to be My Friend, Not My Therapist": Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Mental Health Support in Saudi Arabia (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)CHAITok: A Proof-of-Concept System Supporting Children's Sense of Data Autonomy on Social Media (opens in a new tab)
- Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.Computers as Bad Social Actors: Dark Patterns and Anti-Patterns in Interfaces that Act Socially (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)KOALA Hero Toolkit: A New Approach to Inform Families of Mobile Datafication Risks (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Starting a New Life after Crossing the Tumen River: How North Korean Defectors Use Digital Technology in Transition (opens in a new tab)
- CSCW (T1)Trouble in Paradise? Understanding Mastodon Admin's Motivations‚ Experiences‚ and Challenges Running Decentralised Social Media (opens in a new tab)
- Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.Understanding Online Parental Help-Seeking and Help-Giving in Early Childhood: The Design Challenges of Supporting Complex Parenting Questions (opens in a new tab)
20236 papers
- CHI (T1)'Treat me as your friend, not a number in your database': Co-designing with Children to Cope with Datafication Online (opens in a new tab)
- FAccT'We are adults and deserve control of our phones': Examining the risks and opportunities of a right to repair for mobile apps (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)"You are you and the app. There’s nobody else.": Building Worker−Designed Data Institutions within Platform Hegemony (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)12 Ways to Empower: Designing for Children's Digital Autonomy (opens in a new tab)
- Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.How Can We Design Privacy-Friendly Apps for Children? Using a Research through Design Process to Understand Developers' Needs and Challenges (opens in a new tab)
- UbiComp/ISWC AdjunctMobile Sensing and Engagement Features in Arabic Mental Well-Being Apps: Systematic Search and Analysis (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went7 listed
Apply to Oxford2027-28
DPhil in Computer Science
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