赖智垣是北京大学信息管理系的本科生，主修信息管理与信息系统，同时修习社会学双学位。他的研究关注数字技术如何塑造人们的生活方式、社交模式、身份认同与意义建构过程，以及社会不平等如何在技术的设计、使用与传播中得以呈现、强化或再生产，特别是边缘社群如何在数字环境中协商、应对和重新定义技术。

Zhiyuan Lai is an undergraduate student in the Department of Information Management at Peking University, majoring in Information Management and Information Systems and pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in Sociology. His research examines how digital technologies shape everyday life, social interaction, identity formation, and processes of meaning-making, with a particular focus on how social inequalities are manifested, reinforced, or reproduced through the design, use, and circulation of technology. He is especially concerned with the experiences and well-being of marginalized communities, exploring how they negotiate, respond to, and reimagine technology within digital environments.