Dr. Parul Bansal

Book(s) Authored :

  • Bansal, P. (2019). Psychology: Debates and Controversies. New Delhi: Sage (ISBN: 978-93-532-8083-3)
  • Bansal, P. (2013). Youth in contemporary India: Images of identity and social change. New Delhi: Springer (ISBN: 978-81-322-0714-6)

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

  • Bansal, P. (2022). Identity Development in Adolescents. In Patra, S. (ed.) Adolescence in India. Issues, Possibilities and Challenges (pp. 37-58). Springer, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-16-9880-4) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9881-1
  • Bansal, P. (2021). Social and Psychological Perspectives on Identity (Unit 3). In Block – 2 Youth and Identity, Youth, Gender and Identity (BPCG-172). IGNOU eGyankosh (ISBN: 978-93-5568-206-2)
  • Bansal, P. (2021). Education, Career and Peer Group (Unit 4). In Block – 2 Youth and Identity, Youth, Gender and Identity (BPCG-172). IGNOU eGyankosh (ISBN: 978-93-5568-206-2)
  • Bansal, P. (2021). Youth Culture: Impact of Media and Globalization (Unit 5). In Block – 2 Youth and Identity, Youth, Gender and Identity (BPCG-172). IGNOU eGyankosh (ISBN: 978-93-5568-206-2)
  • Bansal, P. (2021) Psychology in India: A Discipline in Search of Its Identity. In Misra G., Sanyal N., De S. (eds.) Psychology in Modern India: Historical, Methodological and Future Perspectives (pp. 417-434). Springer, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-16-4705-5)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4705-5

Published Papers in Journals/Conference Proceedings (National/International) :

  • Chaudhary, N., Mishra, G., Bansal, P., Valsiner, J. & Singh, T. (2022). Making Sense of Culture for the Psychological Sciences. Review of General Psychology, (Electronic ISSN: 1940-0888; Print ISSN: 0022-1309) https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680211066473
    (Indexed in Web of Social Sciences Index and Scopus)
  • Bansal, P. (2021). Resistance as a cultural universal of human psyche: A dialectical view. Integrative psychological and behavioural science (Electronic ISSN 1936-3567; Print ISSN 1932-4502) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-021-09641-9
    (Indexed in Web of Social Science Citation Index)
  • Bansal, P. (2021). Dialoguing on ‘Resistance’ from Intersubjective Psychoanalysis and Semiotic Cultural Psychology standpoints. Human Arenas, 4, 294-301 (Electronic ISSN: 2522-5804; Print ISSN: 2522-5790) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-021-00221-2.
    ( Indexed in Scopus)
  • Bansal, P. (2021). The Ravaged Psyche: Impact of COVID 19 Pandemic on the Human Mind. Human Arenas (Electronic ISSN: 2522-5804; Print ISSN: 2522-5790) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-021-00190-6
    ( Indexed in Scopus)
  • Bansal, P. (2020). Big and Small Stories from India in the COVID19 Plot: Directions for a Post-colonial Psychology. Integrative psychological and behavioural science, 55:47-72 (Electronic ISSN: 1936-3567; Print ISSN: 1932-4502) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-020-09585-6
    ( Indexed in Social Science Citation Index)
  • Bansal, P. (2019). Psychoanalytic Musings on the Dynamics of Greed and Its Containment: A Perspective from India. Free Associations: Psychoanalysis and Culture, Media, Groups, Politics, 77, 73-90 (ISSN: 2047-0622)
  • Bansal, P. (2017). Researching the use of Psychoanalysis in narrative inquiries. Psychological Studies, 62(1), 98-108 (Electronic ISSN: 0974-9861, Print ISSN: 0033-2968) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-017-0393-y
    (Indexed in Scopus and Emerging sources citation index)
  • Bansal, P. (2006). A Kaleidoscope of Youth Identities. Psychological Foundations – The Journal, Vol. VIII (2), 59-62
  • Bansal, P. (2005). Change and Continuity: Reflections on Identity in Youth. Psychological Studies, 50(2&3), 205-211 (Print ISSN: 0033-2968)
  • Bansal, P. (2005). Understanding Maternity. In S.K. Srivastava (Ed.). Applied and Community Psychology: Trends and Directions, Volume 2 (pp. 585-595). Delhi: Sarup Publishers (ISBN: 81-7625-609-0)

Papers Presented in National/International Conferences :

  • Bansal, P. (2020). Psychic Construction of COVID19 Pandemic, at The Psychology of       Global Crises – State Surveillance, Solidarity and Everyday Life.
    Global Online Conference at The American University of Paris.
  • Bansal, P. (2018). Women’s Identities: Stories of Social Change in India, at XXVIIIth Congress of National Academy of Psychology. 
  • Bansal, P. (2018). From Destructive Greed to Containment of Greed: Psychoanalytic Musings, at Fifth International Psychoanalytic Conference.
  • Bansal, P. (2015). Mapping Fatherhood: Tasks and Dilemmas, at Indo-French Second Annual Psychoanalytic Conference.
  • Bansal, P. (2010). Narrative Study of Lives: Evolving an alternative methodological approach, XXth Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology.
  • Bansal, P. (2007). Social Change and Youth Identity, XXXI Indian Social Science Congress.
  • Bansal, P. (2004). Continuities and Change: Some Reflections on Identity in Youth, National Seminar on ‘Identity in Youth: Socio-Cultural Perspectives’.

Resource Person/Panelist/Speaker :

2022

  • Speaker in Symposium titled ‘Critical Scholarship and the Psychology Classroom : Challenging Resistance and Fostering Imagination under 31st Convention of NAOP ON 5th March, 2022.

2021

  • Resource Person in Psychoanalytically Informed Research Methodology in NAOP-JNU Workshop Series under ARTS “Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology, on 30th October, 2021.

2020

  • Panelist in the keynote Panel Discussion on Positive Strategic Interventions for Sustainable Development at the ICBPO, organized by Christ (Deemed to be University), Delhi-NCR on 7th November, 2020
  • Presenter in the symposium on Building Positive Classroom in the University Campuses at the ICBPO, organized by Christ (Deemed to be university), Delhi-NCR on 7th November, 2020
  • Resource Person for a session on ‘Youth and Identity’ for Youth-n-Democracy Fellowship organized by Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)-Youth on 1st November, 2020
  • Panelist for ‘Conversations with Jaan Valsiner’, a webinar hosted by Cultural Psychology Division of NAOP on 4 August, 2020.
  • Visiting Faculty at Vedica Scholars’ Program for Women, a professional certificate program in management practice during February 2020. Curated and taught five sessions of two hours each for a course titled ‘Psychological Insights into Lifeworlds’.

2019

  • Resource Person for a session on ‘Youth and Identity’ for Youth-n-Democracy Fellowship organized by Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)-Youth on 3rd November, 2019.
  • Panelist at “मज़मा–ए–आज़ाद 2.0” on ‘Youth Identity and Education’ on the occasion of International Youth Day organized by Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)-Youth on 9th August, 2019.
  • Resource Person for a session on ‘Personality Development and Positive Mindset’ for Non Teaching staff of Jesus and Mary College (JMC) conducted as a part of the Self Enhancement Workshop by JMC, University of Delhi on 26th June, 2019. 

2018

  • Resource Person for a workshop ‘Methodological aspects of psychosocial clinical research’ for the PhD in Psychology scholars of Ambedkar University, Delhi on 8th-9th  February, 2018.

2017

  • Chaired a session of Paper Presentations in the International Conference on ‘The Fragmented Self: An Interdisciplinary Exploration into the Notions of Self and Identity in Contemporary Life’held at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi (30th-31st Oct, 2017)
  • Resource Person for two sessions of the ‘Non Professional Helpers Program’ for teachers of Daulat Ram College (DRC) conducted by the Department of Psychology, DRC, University of Delhi on 22nd May, 2017.

2016

  • Chaired a session of Paper Presentations in the National Conference on ‘Perspectives of Successful Ageing’ held at Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi (23rd-24th September, 2016)

2014
Speaker at TEDx LSR in 2014. Talk ‘Are we Free? Images of Individuality’hosted by TED channel at Youtube. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxukMpZXsZ0)