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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

Winnifred Louis

Principal Researcher
​Identities & Norms in Action

Tulsi Achia

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PhD Candidate
Solidarity & Allyship

Robin Banks

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PhD Candidate
Discrimination Law and Prejudice

Dr Léïla Eisner

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Honorary Research Fellow

Norm Perception and Social Change
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Zoe Gath 

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Honours Student

Collective Gridlock and Moral Conviction

Madeleine Hersey

Kiara Minto

Honours Student

Watch This Space!

Eunike M. Himawan

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PhD Candidate

Group Aggression and Mass Crime

Christoph Klebl 

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

Structural Climate Policies and Social Change 

Austin Manchadi

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Research Assistant
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Peace Psychology and Environmental Movements

Olivia Mann

​Cadhla O'Sullivan


​Charlie Pittaway
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Honours Student

Watch This Space!
PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate
Peacebuilding and Children's Rights
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Future Orientation and Climate Action
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Dr. Hema Preya Selvanathan

Mukhamay Surya
 

Michael Sweigart

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Lecturer 

 Sustained Group-based Efforts and Social Change 
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PhD Candidate

Terrorism, Radicalization and Deradicalization

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​PhD Candidate

Global Pro-inclusion Norms and Social Change


Muhammad Syafiq

​Hannibal Thai

Susilo Wibisono

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PhD Candidate

Terrorism Studies and Social Identity



Stuart Wilkinson

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 Provisional Psychologist 

Compassion and Social Change


Hannibal Thai

PhD Candidate
Message Framing & Meat-Eating

Tianyi Zeng (Andrea)

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Research Assistant

Environmental Movements and Social Change 
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Susilo Wibisono

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 
Religious Collective Action

Social Change Lab Alumni

Learn more about Winnifred's former PhD, Masters, and Honours 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. 
Syasya Goh
Nita Lauren
Zoe McMaster
Lucy Mercer-Mapstone
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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.

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