The Gender and Tech Research Lab at UCL investigates the intersection points of technology, security, and gender to make digital systems work for everyone. 

We are pursuing an interdisciplinary research agenda from two angles. On the one hand, we study how and why gendered assumptions mould our technological systems and affect their representation, design, as well as usage and control. On the other hand, we examine the dynamics that enable digital technologies to construct and reinforce gender and other social categories such as race, class, age, or sexuality.

We are an open and welcoming research hub for people interested in gender and tech- / security-focused questions. We train and support the next generation of scholars and practitioners comfortable in both social and technical research domains and value and endorse movement between disciplines, organisations, and sectors. Additionally, we are interested in driving innovation to make emerging technologies as much as the tech sector safe, secure, and accessible to everyone.