M.A. Pooja Kulkarni

I'm interested in exploring how the environment can influence self-regulation and how context sensitive deployment of self-regulatory strategies can be adaptive. Methods such as ESM/EMA and experiments are most interesting for me when exploring these variables. I advocate for accessible science and subscribe to open science practices.

Lopez, R. B., Kulkarni, P., Goodson, P., Orvell, A., Reis, D., Friese, M., & Denny, B. T. (2025). Emotion regulation strategy use in response to daily stressors among college students: An experience sampling study. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000479

Friese, M., Bürgler, S., Reis, D., Kulkarni, P., Hofmann, W., & Hennecke, M. (in press). Personality processes in self-regulatory flexibility. In M. D. Robinson, T. A. Pringle, & B. M. Wilkowski (Eds.), The handbook of personality processes: Momentary, daily, developmental, and generational perspectives. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Chuan-Peng, H., Xu, Z., Lazić, A., Bhattacharya, P.,...Kulkarni, P.,... & Azevedo, F. (2025). Open science in the developing world: a collection of practical guides for researchers in developing countries. Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, 8(3), 25152459251357565.

Hennecke, M., & Kulkarni, P. (2024). Metacognitive knowledge about self-control. Current Opinion in Psychology, 101861. 

Kulkarni, P., & Raut, R. (2022). Overcoming COVID-19: Delaying gratification, preventive practices, risk of testing positive and mental health during the pandemic. Journal of Indian Academy of Psychology, vol. 48, 356-362

• Consolidating and expanding the evidence on self-regulatory flexibility (invited by Prof. Marie Hennecke at Ruhr University, Bochum, April 2025)

• Kulkarni, P., Koopmann, J., & Hennecke, M. Justifications in Self-control conflicts (Poster presented at FGSP 2025, Bochum)
• Kulkarni, P., Koopmann, J., & Hennecke, M. Justifications in Self-control conflicts (Poster presented at MPK 2025, Vienna)
• Kulkarni, P., & Raut, R. (2022). Overcoming COVID-19: Delaying gratification, preventive practices, risk of testing positive and mental health during the pandemic (Bombay Psychological Association Annual Conference 2022)
• Kouznetsov, S., Kulkarni, P., Muller, K., Moughan, E., & Lopez, R. (2023). Beyond Screen Time: Associations between motives to use Instagram and mental health indicators (NEPA conference at Worcester State University 2023)
• Kulkarni, P. (2022) Self-Control strategies used by Indian adults adopting healthier eating habits (Pre-data Poster presented at PsyPAG 2022)
• D’Silva, C., & Kulkarni, P. (2020). Capital Punishment: A threat to Human Rights, a debate. (Presented at S.P. College, Pune 2020)

• Awarded a 2500 USD Grant-in-Aid by Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) for Psych #rstats Club (2024)
• Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) Mission Awards for Psych #rstats Club (2023)
• Elected International Graduate Student member-at-large for SAS Student Committee (2023-2024)

• Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) Executive Committee Ex Officio Graduate Student Representative (2026-2027)
• Founder & Director of Psych #rstats Club: An open science initiative for making statistics and R more accessible.
• Elected Executive Board member (PhD Representative) for RTG 2988 at Saarland University (2024-2025)
• International Graduate member-at-large & student DEI representative for Society for Affective Science Student Committee (2023-2025)