What’s New at Prayogshala
Hansika was invited to give a talk on ‘Measuring the dark side of creativity’ at International Conference on Cognitive Psychological Assessment and Enhancement.
Anirudh co-authored with others an article on ‘Can Incentives for Sharing True Information Affect Discernment? Results from an Online Experiment in India.’ Read more here.
T. Roy writes about ‘How Culture Shapes Parental Support or Rejection of Queer Youth.’ Read more here!
Hansika delivered a keynote address on ‘A spotlight on dark creativity’ at the UK Creativity Researchers Conference on June 4.
Sarah presented a poster on ‘Sentencing, Harm, and Severity: Do perceptions differ based on the creativity in a crime?’ at the UK Creativity Researchers Conference on June 4.
Sarah Rezaei gave a short talk on the ‘Development of the Dark Creativity Deception Battery (DCDB)’ at the UK Creativity Researchers Conference on June 4 2025.
Anirudh and Poorva write about ‘Bright ideas? How context and place matter for energy savings in urban India.’ Read more here.
Hansika was quoted in the article titled ‘When Artists Advocate For Change, Who’s Really Listening?’ Read more here!
Hansika was featured on the Sawyer Podcast in the episode ‘The 2025 Creativity Conference, episode 2: Cutting-Edge Research from Top Psychologists.’ Check it out here!
Hansika will be the keynote speaker at the UK Creativity Researchers Conference, which will be held online on June 4. Read more here!
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.
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!
Every year, over a million Indian students head abroad for higher education, driven by aspirations of better academic quality, global exposure and promising career opportunities. This mass outflow not only strains India’s economy, but also reflects deep-rooted challenges within its education system. With rising visa restrictions in the U.S., India faces a unique opportunity to rethink and reform its domestic higher education landscape. This blog explores the key drivers behind this academic exodus and potential policy solutions to counter it.
The Mumbai Coastal Road is more than an infrastructure project that was imagined as a cure for traffic jams and an emblem of urban modernity; it serves as a sociological mirror that reflects how cities construct progress and whose visions are prioritized. In Part 1 of this blog series, we looked at the ecological and community-scale displacement narrative. This second part unpacks competing visions of modernity, greenery, and belonging in urban space.
The Eleventh Annual Seminar on Research in Social Sciences on 22nd November, 2025 (Sat, 9AM to 2PM)
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Monk Prayogshala presents a digital certificate course on Research Methodology and Statistical Reasoning
Monk Prayogshala presents a digital certificate course on Behavioral Economics.
Anirudh presented his paper on ‘The impact of life skills education on socio-emotional development and school-related outcomes among adolescents in India’ at the 2025 Southeast Asian Stata Conference.