Zoe Condliffe

dr. zoë condliffe is a data activist, gender advocate, researcher and founder & ceo of she’s a crowd. zoë started her first social enterprise at the age of 20 and has since gained experience across the university, ngo and start-up sectors, becoming an outspoken leader in the social change sector.

in 2016 zoë started working in gender and youth advocacy for plan international australia, where she pioneered the digital crowdmapping tool for street harassment, free to be, the youth activist series and girls’ walks. from there she decided to start her company she’s a crowd, to leverage the power of storytelling to address the gender data gap.

zoë is a highly accomplished data activist, gender advocate, and researcher with a ph.d. in digital feminist activism, with her research containing findings in the fields of sociology, gender studies, criminology, and feminist media. she is currently listed on the victorian honour roll of women, and has made significant contributions to consulting for public space projects and being a driving force in social change. this includes her well-received ph.d., which explores how digital networked feminism operates as a political movement, using consciousness-raising as a framework to analyse its characteristics and impact, with a specific focus on the experiences of survivors who participate in online feminist activism.

zoë’s other exceptional achievements include being honoured as the telstra best of business awards national winner in 2022 for she’s a crowd, and her company has also been recognised on the smart company smart30 list in 2019 and 2020. she has won prestigious pitch competitions like the city of melbourne knowledge week international prize, participated in san francisco’s blackbox accelerator program sponsored by google for startups, and acted as project lead for plan international australia’s free to be initiative from 2016 to 2018. additionally, her research contributions at monash university xyx lab in gender + place from 2018 to 2021 have been highly influential.

zoë’s impact is supported by prominent organisations and foundations, including shestarts, humanitech, coralus, iia, liftangels, telstra foundation, google for startups, city of melbourne, launchvic, and the foundation for young australians. her multifaceted skill set and dedication make her a go-to professional for gender lens consulting, and she has been recognised as a young social pioneer with the foundation for young australians, and a finalist for the victorian young achiever awards in 2020.