Sucharita Belavadi is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at FLAME University. Sucharita received a PhD in Psychology from Claremont Graduate University (CGU). Her research examines human behaviour in groups and the ways in which attachment and identification with groups drives varied social behaviours. Using the lens of social identity theory, her research examines the processes of language maintenance and preservation in ethnolinguistic groups, predictors of support for populist leaders, the role of rhetoric and communication between groups in shaping social identity and ingroup norms, and predictors of ingroup polarization and extremism in groups. Overall, she is interested in investigating the role that uncertainty about the self plays in driving support for extreme leaders and polarization between groups. Her research focus lies broadly within the areas of social and political psychology. Sucharit a is a Consulting Editor for the journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.