Andrea Soledad Matos Devesa

Andrea S. Matos Devesa is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Ying-Yi Hong. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham, specializing in political psychology and intergroup relations. Her thesis investigated compassionate responses towards victims during times of conflict, and how the perceived social status of victims can induce double standards of intergroup helping.

Currently, her research interests expand on this by looking at how political and media institutions shape public perception during politically unstable times in ways that can be detrimental for social justice and collective liberation. She is currently working on projects focusing on how biased coverage of political conflicts can exacerbate prejudice towards marginalized groups, the 2024 US election, and looking at biases within scholarship in how certain terms are conceptualized, defined, and studied, and how these biases can shape public perception and policy-making.

Recently, she has conducted empirical research, which has been accepted in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, studying how the usage of passive and active voice in news coverage of political conflicts can manufacture consent for collective punishment policies. Her research has also been published in peer-reviewed publications such as the European Journal of Social Psychology, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and the Asian Journal of Social Psychology.