Jolanda Jetten is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Queensland. Her research is concerned with group processes, social identity and intergroup relations, as represented by her most recent books: Together apart: The psychology of COVID-19 (with S. Reicher et al; Sage, 2020), The wealth Paradox: Economic prosperity and the hardening of attitudes towards minorities (with F Mols; Cambridge University Press, 2017) and The New Psychology of Health: Unlocking the Social Cure (with C. Haslam et al; Psychology Press, 2018). She has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, over 40 chapters and 10 books.
Jolanda currently serves as co-Chief Editor of Social Issues and Policy Review and is the President of the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ASPP). She was awarded the British Psychological Society Spearman Medal in 2004, the Kurt Lewin Medal from the European Association of Social Psychology in 2014, and the Life-time Achievement Award from the European Association of Social Psychology in 2020. She was elected as fellow of the Association of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) in 2015. She also serves as an expert on the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government’s (BETA) Academic Advisory Panel.
