I'm a PhD Candidate and Gates Scholar at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, advised by Sander van der Linden and Jon Roozenbeek. I use data and behavioral science methods, like language models and lab experiments, to study the social identity dynamics of socio-technical systems. I'm particularly interested in social identity, social media, misinformation, and artificial intelligence.
🔭 I'm currently working on:
- What drives intergroup conflict on social media?
- Russia's war in Ukraine, propaganda, and identity narratives.
- Hammas' Oct 7 attack on Israel and its consequences for Israeli society and the world.
- How can we make AI that brings out the best in humanity?
- Social identity biases in large language models.
- How can people become more resilient to misinformation online?
- Profiling misinformation susceptibility worldwide.
I also organize the Cambridge Social Psychology Seminar Series and manage the CSDM Lab.
👯 I'm always looking to collaborate on exciting projects and ideas, so please feel free to reach out over LinkedIn or email me at yk408 (at) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk!
Test your misinformation susceptibility here: https://yourmist.streamlit.app (It only takes 2 minutes!).
In May 2022, I graduated summa cum laude from New York University with a double major in Mathematics (Honors) and Psychology. My math thesis explored data-driven solutions to elliptic partial differential equations and numerical matrix inversion techniques more broadly.
I was an associate research scientist at Tessa West and Jay Van Bavel's labs, where I mainly used data science techniques to study group processes. I'm passionate about advancing and supporting women in science and technology. I write about data science, education, and life on Medium. I grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine, and my native languages are Ukrainian and Russian.
⚡ Read my recent posts about social media and the war in Ukraine, natural language processing of conversations and my top-three advice for college students.
