Melinda Hewett

Melinda Hewett is a researcher in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland whose work examines collective action, counter-movements, and intergroup relations in the context of social change. Hewett has published on public responses to counter-protests that disrupt social change movements and on comparative analysis of social change resource hubs, including the Commons Social Change Library. Additional research interests include free speech as it relates to group dynamics and the conditions under which social change efforts succeed or face opposition.