Hema Preya Selvanathan

Hema Preya Selvanathan is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland whose research focuses on collective action, intergroup relations, and social change. Selvanathan's work examines the psychological mechanisms underlying support for social justice movements, including the roles of social identity, interpersonal ties, trust in scientific information, and solidarity across group boundaries. Recent publications address diverse topics including gender equality attitudes, polarization and authoritarianism, responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice activism, and the dynamics of social movements in international contexts including Malaysia, Bosnia, Serbia, and the United States.