Highlights

Charlotte Nickerson is a Harvard graduate and cognitive engineer whose writing covers social psychology, relationships, and emotional intelligence. She holds an AB in Electrical Engineering and History from Harvard College and is completing a Master’s in Cognitive Engineering at ENSC (École Nationale Supérieure de Cognitique), with a focus on human factors, behavioural systems, and robotics.

During her time at Harvard, Charlotte co-authored published research in cognitive psychology, led an ethnographic research project examining social isolation in elderly populations, and worked as a researcher in two Harvard laboratories. She contributed over 100 articles to Simply Psychology and Simply Sociology between 2021 and 2024.

She is currently working in UX at AmyConnects, a behavioural infrastructure platform focused on social retention and adult loneliness, and organises technology forums in Paris convening founders, policymakers, and researchers around European AI sovereignty and digital infrastructure.

Professional Experience

• UX, AmyConnects (2025–present)
• Deep Learning, io Health (2024–2025)
• Engineering and UX, SecondSense (2024–2025)
• Writer, SimplyPsychology (2021 – 2023)
• Writer. The Harvard Crimson
• Head of Corporate Sponsorships, Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy Initiative (2022–2024)
• Content Strategist, Sthenos (2021 – 2024): uses psychology and marketing insights, along with data analysis, to create captivating social media campaigns for several clients.
• Marketing & Content Strategy Internship, Cactus (2021): conducted and compiled sociological case studies for market research for new ventures on the effects of digital and physical spaces on mental health.
• Researcher, Harvard MCB (2018-2020): worked until Harvard researchers investigated the effect of glycosylation on the brain — and its impact on Alzheimer’s.

Education

• MSc Cognitive Engineering, ENSC (in progress)
• AB Electrical Engineering and History, Harvard College (2024)

Publications

Publications

• Moore, A. et al. (2020). “Geodatabase of Historical Reports of Weather Observations From Written Sources,” Science of Human Past. HarvardUniversity.
• Nickerson, C. (2021). Yerkes-Dodson Law. Simply Psychology.
• Nickerson, C. (2021). Understanding collectivist cultures. Simply Psychology.
• Nickerson, C. (2021). Symbolic Interactionism Theory & Examples. Simply Psychology.