The SASP Outstanding Career Award recognises an exceptional scholar who has made an outstanding major contribution to social psychology in Australasia. This award honours those who have significantly advanced the field, demonstrated sustained excellence in research, and contributed to the broader community of social psychology in Australasia. Recipients embody the highest standards of scientific inquiry, mentorship, and leadership in the field.
The 2024 SASP Outstanding Career Award goes to Prof. Jolanda Jetten.
Jolanda shared her career story with attendees of the 2024 SASP conference in Canberra. Following she was presented with the Outstanding Career Award by SASP president Tom Denson.
Congratulations Prof. Jolanda Jetten!
After being awarded her PhD in 1997 from the University of Amsterdam, Jolanda took up positions at the University of Queensland, and at the University in Exeter (UK) after which she joined the University of Queensland in 2007 as a Research Fellow. She has been employed as an ARC Future Fellowship, UQ Development Fellowship and was awarded the 2018 Belgian Francqui fellowship and an ARC Laureate Fellowship (2019-2024). Jolanda has been the Head of Psychology at UQ since July 2023.
Jolanda’s research is concerned with group processes, social identity and intergroup relations, and she explores how these processes play a role in mental health and well-being. In other lines of work, she focuses on the consequences of economic inequality and how we respond to collective level change, including adjustment and resilience in the aftermath of disasters.
Jolanda is the former co-Chief Editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology and former co-Chief Editor of Social Issues and Policy Review. 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. Jolanda is the former President of the Society of Australasian Social Psychology (SASP), and the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ASPP) and served twice on the Australian Research Council College of Experts. She was elected as fellow of the Association of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) in 2015. She also serves as an expert on the BETA academic panel (Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government in Prime Minister & Cabinet) and has worked the last years in collaboration with UQ’s Sustainable Minerals Institute on leadership and high reliability in the mining industry.
Find out more about Jolanda and her work via the following links:
- University page: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/900
- ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-5355
More details about SASP Awards and Funding, including application criteria and previous recipients, can be found at https://sasp.org.au/news/awardsfunding/.