Caroline Sinders
Caroline Sinders
Interledger Ambassador

Caroline Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. They’re the co-founder and executive director human rights research and technology lab, Convocation Research + Design, and a current Interledger Foundation ambassador.. For over the past decade, they have been examining the intersections of human rights, artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, harmful design, and systems in technology and digital platforms. They have worked with the United Nations, Amnesty International, IBM Watson, the Wikimedia Foundation, and others. Sinders has held fellowships with the Harvard Kennedy School, Google’s PAIR (People and Artificial Intelligence Research group), Ars Electronica’s AI Lab, the Weizenbaum Institute, the Mozilla Foundation, Pioneer Works, Eyebeam, Ars Electronica, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Sci Art Resonances program with the European Commission, and the International Center of Photography. Their work has been featured in the Tate Exchange in Tate Modern, the Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans, Telematic Media Arts, Victoria and Albert Museum, MoMA PS1, LABoral, Wired, Slate, Hyperallergic, Clot Magazine, Quartz, the Channels Festival, and others. Sinders holds a Masters from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program
Combatting Harmful Design for Consumer Safety
What is harmful design and how does it impact users? How can does impact consumer safety? Come to this workshop to find out more! Harmful design patterns, often called dark patterns or deceptive design, is design that can nudge, manipulate, confuse or deceive users into making decisions they didn't intend to make. In California, the EU, and India, there is specific regulation against harmful d…