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Hema Preya Selvanathan
Researcher at University of Queensland
Publications - 32
Citations - 451
Hema Preya Selvanathan is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social change & Social movement. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 22 publications receiving 167 citations. Previous affiliations of Hema Preya Selvanathan include University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Whites for racial justice: How contact with Black Americans predicts support for collective action among White Americans:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that intergroup contact has tremendous implications in shaping intergroup relations, but little research has been done on the impact of intergroup interaction on social change.
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A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change.
Tabea Hässler,Johannes Ullrich,Michelle Bernardino,Nurit Shnabel,Colette van Laar,Daniel Valdenegro,Simone Sebben,Linda R. Tropp,Emilio Paolo Visintin,Emilio Paolo Visintin,Roberto González,Ruth K. Ditlmann,Dominic Abrams,Hema Preya Selvanathan,Hema Preya Selvanathan,Marija Branković,Stephen C. Wright,Jorina von Zimmermann,Michael H. Pasek,Anna Lisa Aydin,Iris Žeželj,Adrienne Pereira,Nóra Anna Lantos,Mario Sainz,Mario Sainz,Andreas Glenz,Hana Oberpfalzerová,Michał Bilewicz,Anna Kende,Olga Kuzawinska,Sabine Otten,Edona Maloku,Masi Noor,Pelin Gul,Jessica Pistella,Roberto Baiocco,Margareta Jelić,Evgeny Osin,Orly Bareket,Dinka Čorkalo Biruški,Jonathan E. Cook,Maneeza Dawood,Lisa Droogendyk,Angélica Herrera Loyo,Kaltrina Kelmendi,Luiza Mugnol Ugarte +45 more
TL;DR: Using a large and heterogeneous dataset, Hässler et al. show that intergroup contact and support for social change towards greater equality are positively associated among members of advantaged groups, but negatively associated among disadvantaged groups.
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How Economic Inequality Fuels the Rise and Persistence of the Yellow Vest Movement
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the rise of the Yellow Vest movement as a collective response to perceptions of growing levels of economic inequality in France whereby collective action is triggered by the perceived illegitimacy of the growing gap between the "haves" and "have-nots".
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To what extent are conspiracy theorists concerned for self versus others? A COVID-19 test case
Matthew J. Hornsey,Cassandra M. Chapman,Belén Álvarez,Sarah V. Bentley,Bruno Gabriel Salvador Casara,Charlie R. Crimston,Octavia Ionescu,Henning Krug,Hema Preya Selvanathan,Niklas K. Steffens,Jolanda Jetten +10 more
TL;DR: The authors found that people who are high in conspiracy beliefs have relatively higher concern for the self relative to others, with troubling implications for public health, and that conspiracist ideation at Wave 1 predicted reluctance to take a COVID-19 vaccine at Wave 2, mediated through relative concern for self versus other.
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An Integrative Framework on the Impact of Allies: How Identity‐Based Needs Influence Intergroup Solidarity and Social Movements
TL;DR: This paper propose an integrative theoretical framework describing the positive and negative impact of allies based on their distinct identity-based needs: advantaged group members need for moral acceptance and disadvantaged group members' need for empowerment and respect.