A paper titled "Financial Literacy and Inclusion in India: Evidence from Household-level Data after Demonetization," co-authored by Anchal Khandelwal, Abhishek Vajjala, and Anirudh Tagat, has been published in the Journal of Emerging Market Finance. Read more here!

Hansika delivered a Lightning Talk at MisinfoCon India 2025 on dark creativity and digital arrest scams in Bangalore.

T. Roy wrote about ‘Cultural Kaleidoscope of DEI Across Borders.’ Read more here!

Mei Zheng presented a poster on the paper she co-authored with Hansika, Sarah, Apoorva and James titled “Does Creativity have a Genius Bias?” at the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts Div 10 Meeting in New, Haven, Connecticut, USA. Read more about the paper here!

Hansika delivered the Daniel E. Berlyne address titled "A Spotlight on Dark Creativity" at the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts (Division 10) Meeting in New Haven, CT, USA.

Hansika presented her paper co-authored with Sarah, Apoorva, Hreem, Corinna and James titled ‘Development of the Dark Creativity Deception Battery (DCDB)’ on at the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts Div 10 Meeting. Read more about the paper here!

Hansika gave a talk on her paper titled “Can Creating Misinformation Counter Its Spread?", co-authored with Apoorva, Sarah and Anirudh at the APA Division 10 Micro-Grant Program Awardee Showcase at Yale University. Read the preprint of the paper here!

Hansika was quoted in an article titled ‘Gen-Alpha is the beauty industry's newest target- but at what cost?’ Read more here!

University of South Australia put out a press release about Hansika Kapoor’s (Monk Prayogshala) and David H. Cropley’s paper titled ‘Creativity predicts standardized educational outcomes beyond GPA and personality.’ Read more here!

Science Daily put out a press release about Hansika Kapoor’s (Monk Prayogshala) and David H. Cropley’s paper titled ‘Creativity predicts standardized educational outcomes beyond GPA and personality.’ Read more here!

Anirudh, Hansika and Akshaya co-authored a paper titled “The impact of life skills education on socio-emotional development and school-related outcomes among adolescents in India.” Read more here!

Dr. Hansika Kapoor is the first South Asian to be awarded the 2025 Daniel E. Berlyne Award from Division 10 of the American Psychological Association. She has been awarded for her outstanding research by in creativity and will be giving the Berlyne address at the March conference at Yale.

Hansika was quoted in an article titled ‘Are low-maintenance friendships really just one-sided situationships?’ Read more here!

Hansika Kapoor and Sarah Rezaei (Monk Prayogshala), along with co-authors Hreem Mahadeshwar and James C. Kaufman, had their paper featured in the article ‘Anxiety boosts idea quantity but hinders creative originality, study suggests.’ Read more here!

Hansika Kapoor (Monk Prayogshala), was a guest on ‘The Timeboat Podcast.’ Check it out here!

Apoorva conducted a workshop called ‘Ctrl+Alt+Research: Research Methods in Social Sciences.’ at NMIMS, Kharghar on 24th January, 2025.

Hansika was quoted in an article titled ‘Can Mismatched Ambition Be a Dealbreaker In Your Relationship?’ Read more here!

Tithi and Hansika wrote about ‘How does Dark Leadership Affect Creativity?’ Read more here!

Hansika along with Sarah, Hreem and James wrote a paper on ‘What Could Go Wrong? Anxiety Fuels, but Optimism Buffers Negative Counterfactual Divergent Thinking.’ Read more here!

Anirudh and Bijoyetri wrote a paper on ‘Language Capital and Grade Repetition: Evidence From Nationally-Representative Survey Data in India.’ Read more here!