Kai Schweizer

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Kai Schweizer is a researcher, peer support worker, and PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia and the Kids Research Institute Australia. He is also a Research Affiliate at the Inside Out Institute for Eating Disorders, contributing to the IncludED study, Australia’s largest investigation into body image and disordered eating in LGBTIQA+ people. Kai's research sits at the intersections of eating disorders, gender diversity, and neurodivergence. His PhD project aims to produce Australian-first guidelines for treating eating disorders in trans and gender diverse people.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia

Education

  • 2021 
    Curtin University, Master of Sexology

Publications

  • 2025
    Eating and exercise experiences of Australian trans and gender diverse folks: lived experience and stakeholder perspectives, International Journal of Transgender Health
  • 2025
    The Costs and Benefits of ‘Passing’: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Evidence on Passing for Trans Individuals and Communities, Sex Roles
  • 2025
    Epistemic Justice, Safety, and Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice: A Lived Experience-Led Response to Wade and Waller (2025), (Preprint)
  • 2025
    Disordered eating in autistic trans and gender diverse people: a lived experience-led scoping review, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • 2024
    A scoping review of trans and gender diverse children and adolescents’ experiences of physical activity, sport, and exercise participation, Mental Health and Physical Activity
  • 2024
    Neurodivergence, intersectionality, and eating disorders: a lived experience-led narrative review, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • 2023
    Physical activity behaviors in trans and gender diverse adults: a scoping review, International Journal of Transgender Health

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    ‘Trans is the new anorexia’: A content analysis of the weaponisation of eating disorders and body image concerns to undermine trans and gender diverse identities in online media sources Grant
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Australian Eating Disorder Research and Translation Centre

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Australian Sexologists
  • Australian Research Consortium for Trans Youth and Children (ARCTYC)
  • Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)

Contact Kai for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision