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Anirudh presented his paper on ‘EnergyBot: Evidence on Reducing Energy Consumption in Urban India’ at the The 5th India Public Policy Network (IPPN) Conference at IIT Bombay.
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Sarah Rezaei conducted a workshop on Research in Psychology and Statistical Tools at Patkar Varde College.
Hansika was quoted in an article titled ‘How technology is helping plug the gaps in mental healthcare.’ Read more here!
Hansika was quoted in an article titled ‘Why is no one talking about sexual dysfunction in women with PCOS?’ Read more here!
Hansika was quoted in an article titled Can 'Pebbling' help you nurture better relationships? Read more here.
Hansika was quoted in the article titled ‘The cult of busyness: Have we mistaken a packed calendar for success?’ Read more here!
Hansika Kapoor published a paper with Justin F. Martin on ‘It’s Worse If Superman Does It: Perceptions of Moral Transgressions Committed by Superheroes and Supervillains.’ Read more here!
Hansika Kapoor and Arathy Puthillam have published a book chapter on ‘The Crisis of Misinformation and Dark Creativity.’ Read more here!
Hansika gave a talk on Research in Psychology: It’s Scope and Tips and Tricks of Effective Research at Rochester Institute of Technology of Dubai (RIT Dubai).
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Abhishek and Hansika write about 'What the dismissal of Gino defamation lawsuit means for science.' Read more here!
Sarah presented her poster on ‘What Could Go Wrong? Anxiety Fuels, but Optimism Buffers Negative Counterfactual Divergent Thinking’ at the 8th Marconi Institute for Creativity (MIC) Conference 2024.
Sarah presented her poster on ‘Willing to Pay more for Less? Analyzing Attitudes toward a Minimalist Aesthetic’ at the 8th Marconi Institute for Creativity (MIC) Conference 2024.
Hansika gave a talk on ‘Can Creating Misinformation Counter its Spread?’ at the 8th Marconi Institute for Creativity (MIC) Conference 2024.
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The blog post introduces solarpunk as a concept in science fiction that uses stories of hope, social justice, conservation, equality and collaboration in a post-capitalist world that runs on renewable energy. It goes over the various principles it holds and uses the Monk and Robot series as well as Sultana's Dream by Begum Rokeya as examples to elucidate the premise. It affirms that there is value in imagining optimistic futures to combat contemporary pessimism despite the challenges the genre faces.
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Monk Prayogshala presents a digital certificate course on Research Methodology and Statistical Reasoning
Anirudh presented his paper on ‘Cash persists: Evidence on Payment Preferences from Novel Data in Urban India’ at the Behavioural Research in Economics - Economic Science Association (BREW-ESA) Conference at Ashoka University.