Jahnavi Sunderarajan

Dr. Jahnavi Sunderarajan serves as an affiliated researcher based in Pune within the Cross-Cultural Developmental Psychology group of the Department of Education and Psychology. Her work centers on cross-cultural comparative studies in human development.

Her research focuses on:

• Cultural variations in normative understanding development
• Acculturation processes among refugee youth populations
• Biological and sociocultural foundations of normativity formation
• Culture-specific socialization mechanisms in childhood

Current projects examine how normative frameworks emerge across diverse cultural contexts, with particular emphasis on refugee communities and the interplay between biological predispositions and cultural learning. Her methodological approach integrates developmental psychology with anthropological perspectives on cultural transmission.

Dr. Sunderarajan maintains active research collaborations across international institutions studying cultural psychology and developmental trajectories in multicultural settings.