Dr Yara Kyrychenko

Yara is Junior Research Fellow at St John's College. Prior to this, she was a PhD Candidate, Lab Manager, and Gates Scholar at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab.

Originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, she graduated summa cum laude from New York University with a double major in Mathematics and Psychology. As a PhD candidate co-advised by Sander van der Linden and Jon Roozenbeek, she combined psychological theory with computer science methods to investigate both the dangers and the opportunities of social technology.

Yara was part of The Alan Turing Institute’s Enrichment Scheme, focusing on the social evaluation of AI. She has also completed a research internship with Nokia Bell Labs’ Responsible AI team, working on Constitutional AI. She is the recipient of the 2025 Women of the Future Award in AI. In the Psychology Department, she co-organized the Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS) with Sander and Miriam Remshard.