Rate My Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch

Jovchelovitch's research focuses on human development under contextual adversity, the social psychology of public spheres, community development, the socio-cultural context of knowledge, social representations, and the socio-cultural psychology of community, particularly in Latin America. She has authored key publications including Knowledge in Context: Representations, Community and Culture (Routledge, 2007; Classics Edition, 2017; Portuguese translation, Vozes, 2008), Underground Sociabilities: Identity, Culture and Resistance in Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas (UNESCO, 2013, with J. Priego-Hernandez; Portuguese edition, 2013), Social Representations and the Public Sphere: The Symbolic Construction of Public Spaces in Brazil (Vozes, 2000), and Textos em Representações Sociais (Vozes, 1994, now in its 15th reprint). Highly cited works include 'Entrevista narrativa' (2002, with M.W. Bauer) and 'Narrative interviewing' (2000, with M.W. Bauer). She led the Underground Sociabilities project, which produced a bottom-up social development toolkit presented at the United Nations and implemented worldwide, and the UKRI-MinCiencias Colombia-funded Pathways to Reconciliation project, examining mental health impacts of forgiveness programs in post-conflict communities. In 2012, she was elected a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol, FBPsS) in recognition of her contributions to social and cultural psychology.