Dr. Geetanjali Basarkod is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education (IPPE), Sydney, Australia. Her research is impact-oriented, with the aim of doing the most amount of good with the resources available. Her research focuses on social connectedness, well-being, moral reasoning, and academic outcomes. She is particularly interested in exploring these constructs within educational contexts through meta-analyses, and building interventions to improve these outcomes for students. She is also interested in research from a global lens, by focusing on samples from countries that are underrepresented in educational research.

Dr. Basarkod has conducted numerous studies examining how educational and well-being constructs vary acorss countries, gender, and immigrant status. She is also adept at statistical analyses and has published papers on methdologies such as genetic algorithms and local structural equation modeling. A full list of her scientific publications can be accessed through Google Scholar.

Dr. Basarkod completed her PhD in Psychology in October 2019, also at IPPE. Along with her supervisors, Professor Joseph Ciarrochi and Dr. Baljinder Sahdra, she developed the Six Ways to Well-Being Questionnaire (6W-WeB). Geet’s thesis was the first to combine the six behaviours of connecting with others, challenging oneself, giving to others, engaging in physical activity, embracing the moment, and caring for oneself, into one coherent framework. You can read about the framework and questionnaire here or watch a video here.