Keynote speakers

Dr Tessa Charlesworth, Northwestern University

Tessa is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, where she directs the Change Lab. Tessa earned her PhD from Harvard University and a SSHRC post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto and Harvard.

Tessa's research investigates whether, how and why we change as a society. So far, her research has focused on computational methods to uncover long-term trends – over decades or even centuries – in stigma towards social groups. Her work has been featured in leading journals and public media outlets, and has received awards including the FABSS dissertation award, and the APS Rising Star in Psychology.

Prof Klaus Boehnke, Constructor University Bremen

Klaus is Professor of Social Science Methodology School of Business, Social & Decision Sciences at Constructor University Bremen. His research interests include political socialisation (xenophobia, right-wing extremism), value change and value transmission, and methods of empirical social research.

Klaus is currently working on expanding his ideas on decoupling semantic sameness and mathematical-statistical equivalence to gender and argues the need to validate scales separately for women and men.

Dr Khandis Blake, The University of Melbourne

Khandis is a Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She has undergraduate degrees in Gender Studies and Psychology, completed her PhD in Social Psychology and Psychoneuroendocrinology, and a Post-doctoral Fellowship in Evolutionary Biology.

Khandis combines nature-nurture frameworks and advanced quantitative methodologies to understand sexual politics. She convenes TwitPlat, a database of 2.3 billion geolocated Twitter posts spanning 10 years, and the Daily Cycle Diary, an online platform that helps women understand how their menstrual cycle affects them.