About HandS Lab

HandS Lab is a Ukrainian research and educational outreach laboratory.

We study how interaction with artificial intelligence transforms human experience: choice, attention, learning, creativity, professional practices, and individual perception of potential.

Our Mission

We study how interaction with AI transforms human experience and build tools and practices that help individuals unlock their capabilities, reflect on habits and beliefs, and remain the authors of their decisions.

Our Vision

We envision a world where technological capabilities widen the space of human life.

A world where individuals can receive assistance, delegate, learn, and create while understanding what is happening, influencing decisions, and reshaping interaction patterns.

Laboratory Approach

Saying that technology should assist people is only a starting point. We need to understand how it helps, for whom, under what conditions, and with what consequences.

Therefore, we formulate research questions, build prototypes, conduct pilots, and analyze interactions. We distinguish assumptions from conclusions and remain ready to adjust our decisions if observations reveal unintended outcomes.

How We Work

Research and Open Standards

We study human agency, attention, reasoning, education, creativity, and professional responsibility, including how AI changes them. We create verifiable materials, frameworks, and standards that can be refined over time.

Educational Outreach, Events, and Community

We hold lectures, webinars, educational programs, and meetings focused on AI application practices, opportunities, constraints, and impacts on individuals and professional environments.

Projects and Tools

We design prototypes and experimental environments to investigate specific human-system interaction scenarios.

Civic Organization HandS Lab

HandS Lab operates as a civic organization to advance research, educational outreach, and other public-interest initiatives whose value extends beyond commercial product sales.

This format allows us to address socially important questions, produce open resources, and publish results independently of whether they confirm initial expectations.

Founder

Vladyslav Yevhenovych Novak — founder of Human & Synthetic Lab.

“I work at the intersection of human experience and technology. I am fascinated by the moment when a tool begins to alter not just the work output, but the person using it. Through HandS Lab, I translate these questions into testable tools and experiences.”

Governance and Transparency

HandS Lab discloses information about the organization, its work, and official records within the scope established by legislation and regulatory authorities.

Information on governing bodies, founding documents, and reports is accessible in the transparency section.

Full legal name per EDR
NGO "HUMAN AND SYNTHETIC LAB"
Short name
NGO "HandS Lab"
EDRPOU code
46189265
Full legal name in foreign language
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION "Human & Synthetic Lab"
Short name in foreign language
NGO "HandS Lab"
Executive / Founder
Novak Vladyslav Yevhenovych
Legal address
Ukraine, 03035, Kyiv city, Lypkivskoho Vasylia Mytropolyta street, 13
Contact email
[email protected]
Non-profit status
Listed in the Register of non-profit institutions and organizations