About
Hanna Reichelt is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science and the Department of Geography, where her research focuses on democratic resilience. Her work examines the role of identities in political mobilization and explores geographical imaginaries as a heuristic through which political actors perceive, simplify, and act upon complex political realities. Broadly, her research interests lie at the intersection of political psychology, political behavior, and complexity science. She is especially interested in how perceptions, narratives, and power asymmetries shape collective decision-making and emergent political outcomes.
Hanna holds an academic background in psychology and migration studies. She has professional experience in a think tank on European politics, as well as prior fieldwork in refugee camps in Germany and Iraq. These experiences continue to inform her engagement with questions of migration, human rights, European governance, and humanitarian practice.
Beyond her concrete research interests, Hanna is actively engaged in the Open Science community and in science communication initiatives. She co-organizes the psychology-themed programme of the science communication festival Pint of Science in Southampton.