PhD Students
KEJUN (ZOE) CHEN-ZHAO
Zoe’s research focuses on sexism, gender equality, and feminist collective action. She is particularly interested in investigating how neoliberal beliefs about relationships and other relationship processes influence participation in collective action aimed at promoting gender equality.
JIAXUAN DU
Jiaxuan’s research focuses on understanding the role of mindfulness in close relationships. She is especially interested in integrating intensive longitudinal sampling and dyadic perspectives to investigate how mindfulness affects relationship and sexual experiences.
TARANAH GAZDER
Taranah’s research focuses on the interplay between mindfulness and attachment in adult close relationships. She is particularly interested in how domain-general and domain-specific mindfulness may buffer attachment insecurity and enhance attachment security over time.
IAN HAJNOSZ
Ian’s research focuses on the social connections people choose to invest in, and investigates the antecedents, barriers, and qualities of closeness and emotion in social relationships. He is also interested in how data and statistics can create deeper, more approachable insights in social research.
Affiliated PhD Students
ANNALYSE ELLIS
Annalyse’s research focuses on human-animal relationships. She is particularly interested in how companion animals may improve mental health outcomes and the personal and relational dimensions that predict the quality of human-companion animal relationships.
Primary Supervisor:
Dr Steve Loughnan
ANDREW ITHURBURN
Andrew’s research focuses on decisions in risky sexual situations. He is particularly interested in investigating how power and morality influence sexual decision-making, with the goal of understanding the prevalence of sexually-transmitted infections.
Primary Supervisor:
Dr Adam Moore
MSc and MScR Students
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Undergraduate Honours Students
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Staff and Research Assistants
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