Apurv is a social psychologist interested in exploring Self—Other relationships as the cornerstone of human communication and social knowledge. His research seeks to understand and address social inequalities in the Global South, especially India where he has conducted extensive ethnographic work in income-poor communities.

Currently, his work focuses on dynamics of risk and trust in context of health, especially vaccines.

Apurv's research examines sociocultural construction of risk in everyday life and its management through trust in society. A second strand of his work applies Self-Other dialectic as fundamental to social life, communication and knowledge to examine social inequalities, poverty, and disadvantage in the Global South.

His research has explored the following themes: public understanding of science;  vaccine hesitancy;  poverty, deprivation, and social exclusion;  identities, particularly ethnic and racial.

CURRENT COLLABORATIONS:

• Vaccine hesitancy in Ontario, Canada with Discourse, Science, Publics Lab (Kieran O'Doherty) at University of Guelph, Canada
• A cultural perspective on strategic risk taking in healthcare with Dr Chetan Sinha at Jindal GLobal University, Sonepat, India

Risk and trust in and healthcare settings;  Perspectives on vaccines (including hesitancy and refusal);  Public understanding of science;  Poverty, deprivation, and social exclusion

Research ideas related to Indian subcoontinent and the Global South are particularly welcome. Interested students are encouraged to send a short email to Apurv with their initial ideas.