Her research explores the different roles and relationships that can emerge between people and their digital counterparts. Across empirical, constructive and speculative studies, she has examined how Human Digital Twins might communicate through different forms and roles, how people perceive and respond to these relational framings and how such relationships may change over time as people, data and technologies evolve. More broadly, her work asks how designers can account for agency, interpretation, temporality and changing human–technology relations when designing personalised and predictive systems.
Yinchu has a background in intelligent information systems and human–computer interaction. Prior to her PhD, her research included playful assistive technologies for children with mobility difficulties, personalised home rehabilitation and novel forms of body mapping.
Outside her research, Yinchu enjoys learning across disciplines and cultures. She is fluent in Mandarin and English and has also studied Swedish and Dutch. She enjoys travelling, cooking, visiting museums, socialising and discovering new food and places.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yinchuli
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-9097-8138
Google Scholar: Yinchu Li