Gender Studies
Development Studies
Implementation Sciences
Social Data Science
Environment and Disaster Management
Cultural Studies and Social Change
Mental Health and Well-Being
Public Health
Child Rights and Child Protection
Learning Sciences and Educational Psychology
Cognitive, Hard, Soft, and Social Skill Analysis/Processes
Enhancing Cognitive and Motor Skills Through Emerging Technologies: Neurotechnology, AI, XR, Haptics, Robotics, and Wearables
Innovative Pedagogies and Next-Gen Learning: Advancing AI, XR, and Simulation Technologies in Education
Rural Empowerment Technologies
Amritapuri Campus
Focus Research Areas
- Soft and Life Skills (e.g., Compassion and Empathy)
- Learning with digital media, collaborative learning, scientific reasoning and argumentation, use-inspired basic research and evidence-based practice in education
- AI-Supported Breaking Bad News Training for Medical Students
- Math Learning in Schools
- Hybrid Intelligence Between Humans and AI in Collaborative Cognition
- Exploration of Social Connectedness and Social Skills (Including Empathy) in Rural India
- Accepting Autism and Solving the Double Empathy Problem
- Examining empathy, psychopathic traits, criminal thinking, and recidivism in Indian prison inmates, while developing an empathy-based rehabilitation intervention
School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Social Sciences, Amritapuri; and Department of Social Work, Coimbatore
MEMBERS
Dr. Meltem Alkoyak-Yildiz
TAG Lead
Meenu P Prakash
TAG Member 1
Dr. J. Sophie von Lieres
TAG Member 2
Bicky Kuriappan
TAG Member 3
Pranav Prabha
TAG Member 4
Dr. Frank Fischer
TAG Member 8
Sandeep Murali
TAG Member 5
Arjun Venugopal
TAG Member 6
Ajay Balakrishnan
TAG Member 7