An open, inclusive network embedded in the Digital Interactions Lab (DILab) at the Informatics Institute (IvI), University of Amsterdam.
About QFIN
The Queer and Feminist Informatics Network (QFIN) is an open, inclusive community that brings together researchers, students, and allies to advance feminist and queer scholarship across informatics and computer science. Embedded in the Digital Interactions Lab (DILab) at the Informatics Institute (IvI), University of Amsterdam, QFIN connects work already happening across the Netherlands and creates new opportunities for collaboration, mentorship, and visibility.
QFIN aims to strengthen research that interrogates how digital systems shape power, identity, and everyday life, while also building a supportive space for queer and trans researchers to thrive. The network welcomes work spanning HCI, AI and data science, software engineering, sociotechnical systems, critical data studies, and adjacent fields. Core values include intersectionality, accessibility, community accountability, and consent-based, privacy-respecting research practices.
The network hosts book talks, research seminars, methods workshops, and reading groups, alongside low-barrier community events such as writing sessions and mentoring meetups. To lower barriers to participation and make events convivial, lunch is provided at most in-person sessions. QFIN also surfaces resources, shares opportunities, and facilitates collaborations across institutions, with informal advice on inclusive study design, ethics applications for working with sensitive data and communities.
Most events take place in Lab42 at Amsterdam Science Park, with hybrid participation when possible. Membership is informal and open: anyone interested in feminist or queer approaches to computing — or simply curious to learn more — is welcome.
Upcoming Events
QFIN Launch Event
Join us for the launch of the Queer & Feminist Informatics Network. Exploring how queer & feminist practices can reshape informatics, AI, and digital technologies. Open to students, staff, researchers, artists, activists — anyone curious about queer & feminist informatics.
Schedule
Don't Worry Mum, ChatGPT Says I'll Be Fine
How LLMs, web search, and 'no tools' shape what AI know about queer rights.
Face/Off: Adversarial Drag in the Age of Capture
Drag and adversarial makeup, and gender fuckery against facial surveillance.
Worn Otherwise: Designing Something Queerly
Speculative futures of wearables and AI through queer/crip design.
Publications by QFIN members and speakers
Founding Members
