Sandra Obradović

Dr. Sandra Obradović is a social psychologist and senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University and a researcher at the Electoral Psychology Observatory (London School of Economics). Broadly, Sandra’s research examines how culture, history, and intergroup hierarchies interact with and shape political dialogue and meaning making. She earned her PhD at the London School of Economics, where she researched how political dialogue on national identity, collective memory and power shape the way support or reject political change, such as a country joining the EU. Sandra also works as a researcher at the Electoral Psychology Observatory, a research unit at the London School of Economics that explores experiences of voters, the emotive experience of political participation and the potential dangers of negative emotional interactions with other voters.

Sandra is of Serbian heritage, raised in Sweden and educated in the US and the UK. Having grown up with two cultures, her interest in national histories and politics is reflective of her lived experience, and how references to the past are differentially understood across different cultures. Since moving to the UK in 2013, Sandra has been teaching social and political psychology at the London School of Economics and the Open University. In particular, she has been teaching the political psychology of nationalism, how social knowledge is created and disseminated, and the links between how we represent the world and act on the basis of those representations.

Sandra is currently writing a book with her collaborator, Denise Baron.