Ines Ziyou Yin (Surname: Yin / Given name: Ziyou / Nickname: Ines)
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Ines Ziyou Yin (殷子由 she/her) is a native Cantonese and Hakka born and raised in China. She is a social design researcher based in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China.
She has been conducting her Ph.D. research (2023 Spring-2026 Autumn) at the School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong SAR, China), under the supervision of Prof. Kin Wai Michael SIU. She is currently a visiting researcher (April - October 2026) at the Department of Design, School of Arts, Design, and Architecture, Aalto University.
Her main research domain is human communication, where she leveraged co-design approaches and speculative design techniques as ways of inquiry. The theme of her visiting research is related to human-AI intimate relationships and the perceived subjectivity of AI.