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Dr. Parul Bansal

Journal Publications

  • Bansal, P. & Chan, J. (Dec, 2025). Doing feminism with the decolonial-Indigenous approach: Challenges and road map. Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review 8(2): 49-56. (Online ISSN: 2517-4932; Print ISSN: 2976-8799) DOI: https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2025.8.2.49 (Indexed in EBSCO: Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection)
  • Bansal, P. (May, 2025). 50 years of ‘Social Psychology as History’: Contemporary Trends in Social Psychology. Psychological Studies. Online First (ISSN: 0033-2968, Online ISSN: 0974-9861) DOI: 10.1007/s12646-025-00829-2 (Impact factor 1.1, 2024, Indexed in Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation)
  • Bisaria, V. & Bansal, P. (Jan 2025). Trends and directions in acculturation research. Culture and Psychology. Online First (ISSN: 1354-067X, Online ISSN: 1461-7056) DOI: 10.1177/1354067X251315734 (Impact factor 0.9, 2024; Indexed in Social Science Citation and Scopus)
  • Bansal, P. (Sept, 2023). The (Im)possibility of the Royal Road to Global Psychology. Psychological Studies. Online First (ISSN: 0033-2968, Online ISSN: 0974-9861) DOI :10.1007/s12646-023-00754-2, 69 (Suppl 1), 35–39 (2024) (Indexed in Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation) 
  • Bansal, P. (22 Feb, 2023). Deconstructing Binarism of Psycho-Social. Trends in Psychology. Online First (e-ISSN: 2358-1883) DOI: 10.1007/s43076-023-00277-9. Volume 33, pages 265–276, (2025) (Impact factor 0.224; Indexed in Scopus)
  • Bansal, P. (14 Dec, 2022). Beyond the sentimentality of love in mother-son dyad: A Psychoanalytic   reading of cultural myths from India. Free Associations: Psychoanalysis and Culture, Media, Groups, Politics, 87, 68-80. (eISSN: 2047-0622) Retrieved from   https://freeassociations.org.uk/FA_New/OJS/index.php/fa/article/view/438 (Peer reviewed; Indexed in Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing Web)
  • Bansal, P. (12 Dec 2022). Insurrections of Indigenous Knowledges: Debating ‘Critical’ in Indigenous Psychologies. Culture and Psychology. Online First (ISSN: 1354-067X, Online ISSN: 1461-7056) DOI: 10.1177/1354067X221145897. Vol.29, Issue 2, 189-205 (Impact factor 1.168; Indexed in Social Science Citation and Scopus) 
  • Chaudhary, N., Mishra, G., Bansal, P., Valsiner, J. & Singh, T. (Jan 2022). Making Sense of Culture for the Psychological Sciences. Review of General Psychology. Online First (ISSN: 0022-1309; Online ISSN: 1940-0888;) DOI: 10.1177/10892680211066473; Vol 26, Issue 4, pp.395-415 (Impact factor 4.615; Indexed in Social Sciences Citation and Scopus) 
  • Bansal, P. (Aug 2021). Resistance as a cultural universal of human psyche: A dialectical view. Integrative psychological and behavioural science. Online First (ISSN 1932-4502, Online ISSN 1936-3567) DOI: 10.1007/s12124-021-09641-9; Volume 56, pages 981–1001 (Impact factor: 1.156; Indexed in Social Science Citation and Scopus) 
  • Bansal, P. (May 2021). Dialoguing on ‘Resistance’ from Intersubjective Psychoanalysis and Semiotic Cultural Psychology standpoints. Human Arenas, 4, 294-301 (ISSN: 2522-5790, Online ISSN: 2522-5804;) DOI: 10.1007/s42087-021-00221-2 (Indexed in Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation)
  • Bansal, P. (Jan 2021). The Ravaged Psyche: Impact of COVID 19 Pandemic on the Human Mind. Human Arenas, 5(4): 694–706. (ISSN: 2522-5790, Online ISSN: 2522-5804) DOI: 10.1007/s42087-021-00190-6 (Indexed in Scopus; Emerging Sources Citation) 
  • Bansal, P. (Oct 2020). Big and Small Stories from India in the COVID19 Plot: Directions for a ‘Post-coronial’ Psychology. Integrative psychological and behavioural science, 55:47-72 (ISSN: 1932-4502; Online ISSN: 1936-3567) DOI: 10.1007/s12124-020-09585-6 (Impact factor: 1.156; Indexed in Social Science Citation and Scopus) 
  • Bansal, P. (December 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 (eISSN: 2047-0622) DOI:10.1234/fa.v0i77.301 (Peer reviewed; Indexed in Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing Web) 
  • Bansal, P. (March 2017). Researching the use of Psychoanalysis in narrative inquiries. Psychological Studies, 62(1), 98-108 (ISSN: 0033-2968, Online ISSN: 0974-9861,) DOI: 10.1007/s12646-017-0393-y (Indexed in Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation) 
  • Bansal, P. (April and July 2005). Change and Continuity: Reflections on Identity in Youth. Psychological Studies, 50(2&3), 205-211 (Print ISSN: 0033-2968)  (Peer reviewed at the time of Publication; Journal is currently listed in Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation) 

Books Authored 

  • Bansal, P. (2013). Youth in contemporary India: Images of identity and social change. Springer (ISBN: 978-81-322-0714-6) DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-0715-3
  • Bansal, P. (2024). Re-envisioning Psychology: Debating Paradigmatic Foundations.   Routledge (ISBN: 9781032749938).  DOI: 10.4324/9781003471851. (Earlier Published by SAGE, India in 2019)

Chapters in Edited Books

  • Bansal, P. (Upcoming). Cultural Psychology. In SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology (3rd ed), edited by Carla Willig, Wendy Stainton Rogers and Chris Noone. SAGE. 
  • Bansal, P. (2025). A Critical interrogation of ‘Developmentalism’ in Developmental Psychology:  Paving a way for Critical-Cultural Thinking. In M.Tuli and N. Chaudhary (eds.). Reframing Developmental Psychology: Perspectives from The Global South (pp. 1-15). Emerald Publishing. (ISBN: 9781805920830)
  • Bansal, P. (2022). Identity Development in Adolescents. In S. Patra (ed.) Adolescence in India. Issues, Possibilities and Challenges (pp. 37-58). Springer Nature, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-16-9880-4). DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9881-1
  • Bansal, P. (2021) Psychology in India: A Discipline in Search of Its Identity. In G. Misra, N. Sanyal, S.De (eds.) Psychology in Modern India: Historical, Methodological and Future Perspectives (pp. 417-434). Springer Nature, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-16-4705-5) DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4705-5 
  • Bansal, P. (Nov 2021). Social and Psychological Perspectives on Identity (Unit 3). In Block – 2 Youth and Identity, Youth, Gender and Identity (BPCG-172, GE of Bachelor’s Degree). IGNOU eGyankosh (ISBN: 978-93-5568-206-2)
  • Bansal, P. (Nov 2021). Education, Career and Peer Group (Unit 4). In Block – 2 Youth and Identity, Youth, Gender and Identity (BPCG-172, GE of Bachelor’s Degree). IGNOU eGyankosh (ISBN: 978-93-5568-206-2) 
  • Bansal, P. (Nov 2021). Youth Culture: Impact of Media and Globalization (Unit 5). In Block – 2 Youth and Identity, Youth, Gender and Identity (BPCG-172, GE of Bachelor’s Degree). IGNOU eGyankosh (ISBN: 978-93-5568-206-2)
  • Bansal, P. (Nov 2021). Self and Identity Development (Unit 2). In Block 1 Psychology and Self, Psychology for Living (BPCG – 175, GE of Bachelor’s Degree). IGNOU eGyankosh (ISBN: 978-93-5568-146-1) 
  • Bansal, P. (Nov 2021). Components of Self (Unit 3). In Block 1 Psychology and Self, Psychology for Living (BPCG – 175, GE of Bachelor’s Degree). IGNOU eGyankosh (ISBN: 978-93-5568-146-1) 
  • Bansal, P. (2005). Understanding Maternity. In S.K.Shrivastava (Ed.). Applied and Community Psychology: Trends and Directions (pp. 585-595), Vol.2. Saroop and Sons, New Delhi

Invited Talks/Lectures 

  • Presenter at CuSP (Cultural and Social Psychology Research Group) of Open University, UK; Talk titled ‘Theorizing ‘Social’ and ‘Cultural’ and its cusp in Psychology’ on 12th May, 2026
  • Speaker for KKC-BMU (Hans Kilian and Lotte Köhler Center for Cultural Psychology and Historical Anthropology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany and B.M. Munjal University, India) Lecture series on Cultural Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Social Theory; talk titled ‘Unsettling culture: Productive tensions and challenges in psychological theorizing’ on 7th November, 2025.
  • Delivered Commencement Lecture titled ‘6 signs you are studying Psychology well!’ at Jindal School of Psychology & Counselling, O.P. Jindal University on 12th August, 2025
  • Keynote Speaker in International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) Conference held at Galway, Ireland on 1st July, 2025; Talk Titled ‘Envisioning Decolonial and Indigenous Futures of Health Discourse: India as the Kshetra’
  • Keynote Speaker in Psychology of Women and Equality Section (POWES) Conference organized by British Psychological Society (BPS) held at Oxfordshire, UK on 24th June, 2025; Talk titled ‘Does the ‘Cultural’ concept in Decolonial-Indigenous Psychologies need Critique? Implications for Feminism(s)
  • Speaker in APA Webinar titled ‘Communities as Containers of Suffering: Some Images from India’ organized by APA Divisions 52 and 17 under the Visions from the Global South Webinar series on March 28, 2024

Invited talks on research methodology 

  • Resource Person for two sessions on ‘Exploring Qualitative Data Analysis’ in the One Week Capacity Building Programme on “Data Analytical Tools for Research” organized by TLC, Ramanujam College, University of Delhi under the aegis of the UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Program (MMTTP) and the Ministry of Education, Government of India on 2nd February, 2026. 
  • Speaker in Symposium titled ‘Rethinking Social-Psychological Research: Recent Trends in Methodological Innovations” at 34th National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) Conference, held at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi-NCR campus, on 18th February 2025  
  • Resource Person in Psychoanalytically Informed Research Methodology in NAOP-JNU Workshop Series under ARTS “Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology, on 30th October, 2021. 
  • 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 

Other Invited Talks 

  • Panelist in panel discussion titled ‘From Personal to Political’ at 34th National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) Conference, held at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi-NCR campus, on 19th February 2025     
  • Panelist in the Panel Discussion of Academic Meet titled: Reimagining Psychology: A Festival of Critical Thought organized by Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi on 22nd October 2024
  • Speaker in Symposium titled ‘Social change – Cultural change? Examples from 7 societies’ at the 26th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology on July 12-16, 2022.
  • Speaker in Symposium titled ‘Critical Scholarship and the Psychology Classroom : Challenging Resistance and Fostering Imagination at 31st Convention of National Association Of Psychology on 5th March, 2022
  • Panelist in the keynote Panel Discussion on Positive Strategic Interventions for Sustainable Development at the ICBPO, organized by Christ University (Deemed to be University), Delhi-NCR on 7th November, 2020
  • Speaker in the symposium on Building Positive Classroom in the University Campuses at the ICBPO, organized by Christ University (Deemed to be university), Delhi-NCR on 7th November, 2020
  • Resource Person for a workshop 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 National Association Of Psychology on 4 August, 2020
  • 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, Delhi University conducted as a part of the Self Enhancement Workshop by JMC, University of Delhi on 26th June, 2019
  • Resource Person for two sessions of the ‘Non Professional Helpers Program’ for teachers of Daulat Ram College (DRC) conducted by the Department of Psychology, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi on 22nd May, 2017

Professional Membership

  • Convenor, Social Psychology Division of National Association of Psychologists (NAOP)
  • Co-Editor, Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine (Impact Factor 2.3). https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hea
  • International Representative, International Society of Critical Health Psychology.

Research Guidance 

  • Completed research supervision of two PhD students for their doctoral work. Both are qualitative research works, one grounded in Social Representation and other in Narrative Research. The topics are: Study of Nationalism and related concepts in India and Couples’ experiences of Infertility.
  • Research supervision of 2 more PhDs is underway. Located in Discourse Analysis and Grounded Theory, students are investigating Deaf Identity construction among disabled women and Practice of Indigenous caring models versus Task shifting models by grassroot health workers. 
  • Research advisors on 6 Research Advisory Committees of Doctoral Students constituted by Department of Psychology, University of Delhi.