Meet the Research Team

We come from all over the world--Australia, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, New Zealand, and the United States--and are united by our curiosity and passion. We seek to understand the world and change it for the better.
Click on any researcher to learn more about their work and background.

Dr Winnifred Louis

Principal Researcher
​Identities & Norms in Action

Tulsi Achia

PhD Candidate
Solidarity & Allyship

Cassandra Chapman

PhD Candidate
Psychology of Charitable Giving

Gi Chonu

PhD Candidate
Identity Change

Robyn Gulliver

PhD Candidate
Environmental Campaigning

Nita Lauren

PhD Candidate 
Environmental Spillover

Weijie Lin

PhD Candidate
Educations Communication

Lucy Mercer-Mapstone

PhD Candidate
Resource Management Dialogue

Kiara Minto

PhD Candidate
Romantic Norms

Zahra Mirnajafizadeh

PhD Candidate
Muslim Stigma & Identities

Tracy Schultz

PhD Candidate
Environmental Images 

Susilo Wibisono

PhD Candidate
Religious Collective Action

Syasya Goh

Honours Student

Syasya's Honours research is on the role of neuroticism in collective action.  More broadly, she is interested in social psychology and health.

Zoe McMaster

Honours Student

Zoe researches stereotypes, prejudice, and intergroup conflict.  She is interested in social psychology and social justice.

Sam Popple

Honours Student

Sam studies how norms underpin and shape identity attitudes and communication behaviours between doctors and nurses. More broadly, she loves social psychology, travelling, and wining and dining with good friends.

Joshua Rhee

Research Assistant

​Josh helps with research on the psychological processes involved in collective action.
His Honours research looked at whether individual differences in Approach Motivation might influence the way that people respond to outcomes of collective action.  Josh is interested in Moral Cognition and Neuroscience, and hopes to commence a PhD in 2017.

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Social Change Lab Alumni

Learn more about Winnifred's former PhD and Masters students. Hover over their images to see their names and thesis topics. Click through to learn where they are now and what they've been up to lately. 

Want to join us?

If you are interested in... 

• visiting the lab, please check out our visitor information.  We welcome exchange students and collaborators.
• doing a PhD in the Social Change Lab, please consider Winnifred Louis’s supervision style and, if that sounds right for you, get in touch.
• collaborating with one or more researchers in the lab, please contact them directly.  Winnifred is often happy to over-commit to exciting new projects.