Dr Belinda Flannery

Lecturer in Psychology - Faculty of Medicine and Health; School of Psychology

Belinda Flannery

Phone: +61 02 6773 1807

Email: bflanne3@une.edu.au

Biography

Dr Flannery conducts research in the area of social psychology with a focus on social harmony and examining those factors that act to undermine it. She is interested in constructs related to the psychology of group perception, for example, group membership, prejudice and discrimination along with political phenomena such as nationalism, populism and political conservatism. Specifically, Dr Flannery is interested in investigating the desire to protect one’s own social group and its relationship with individual behaviour, attitudes and intergroup dynamics.
In addition, Dr Flannery is a registered psychologist with extensive experience in providing psychological intervention and counselling support in the tertiary setting. Therefore, she is interested in understanding contributing factors to student wellbeing and exploring the components that enhance and/or impede the tertiary student experience.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) University of New England

Ph.D. University of New England

Registered Psychologist (General Registration PSY0001524835)

Teaching Areas

PSYC363 Psychopathology

Supervision Areas

  • Prejudice
  • Intergroup dynamics
  • Social cohesion
  • Nationalism
  • Populism
  • Group protection
  • Fundamental social motives.

Research Interests

Dr Flannery conducts research in the area of social psychology with a focus on social harmony and examining those factors that act to undermine it. She is interested in constructs related to the psychology of group perception, for example, group membership, prejudice and discrimination along with political phenomena such as nationalism, populism and political conservatism. Specifically, Dr Flannery is interested in investigating the desire to protect one’s own social group and its relationship with individual behaviour, attitudes and intergroup dynamics.

In addition, Dr Flannery is a registered psychologist with extensive experience in providing psychological intervention and counselling support in the tertiary setting. Therefore, she is interested in understanding contributing factors to student wellbeing and exploring the components that enhance and/or impede the tertiary student experience.

Publications

Book  Chapter

Flannery, B., & Watt, S. E. (2019). Pauline Hanson, One Nation (PHON) and right-wing protective popular nationalism: Monocultural tendencies at the expense of social cohesion. In B. Grant, T. Moore, & T. Lynch (Eds.), The rise of right-populism: Pauline Hanson’s One nation and Australian politics (pp. 63–78). Singapore: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2670-7_4

Journal Articles

Flannery, B., Watt, S. E., & Phillips, W. (2021). “To Protect and to (Pre)serve”: The moderating effects of right-wing protective popular nationalism on aggressive tendencies towards ethnic minorities. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology 5(2), 103-113

Flannery,  B., Watt, S.E., & Schutte, N. (2021).Looking out for (white) Australia: Developing the construct and a measure of right-wing protective popular nationalism. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation 10(2), 74-91.

External Profiles