Navya Sharan, PhD ✨
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Navya Sharan, PhD ✨
@navyasharan.bsky.social
Researching our relationship with technology 🤖 • Postdoc at U of Hamburg • founder of The Sarg Initiative 🧠 • alum University College London, U of Groningen, U of Amsterdam 🎓 • 📸🧁✈️📚 • Just another greater fool 🚀 (she/her)
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The World of Navya is live ✨🌈 navyasharan.carrd.co

👩‍💻 My very own website is up! It serves as the landing page connecting my various corners of the internet. 🧶 This hosts the latest on all my projects and is the perfect place to get to know me & the spaces in which I spend time.
The World of Navya
Discover all things about Dr. Navya Sharan in one place. This site is a comprehensive hub for her professional endeavors and personal passions, including her social media, research, entrepreneurship, ...
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Now that all my PhD papers are out (right in time for the end-of-year cheer 🥂🥳), I figured that it's time to do a thread here with all my papers 🧵/1

ICYMI my dissertation explored how we develop social relationships with digital agents. Here's the breakdown ⬇️

#academicsky #phd #psychology #robots
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
@researchdigest.bsky.social bringing that "make lemonade out of lemons" energy today. In all seriousness, go read the article by Emily Reynolds & paper by @dannyblanchy.bsky.social, @alexbryson.bsky.social (alma mater s/o!) & Xu: a stark look into #youth & #wellbeing.

#academiasky #psychology #econ
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Stayed up till 4 writing the very first edition of my newsletter, Research & Realities. I loved picking a story close to my heart & startup work! Here's a little excerpt ⬇️ full version out tomorrow 🧠

#mentalhealth #wellbeing #education #edsky #academiasky #edpsych #startup #indianeducation #psych
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Missed the topic down below that said "sports" and was disappointed to learn that the Rockets had nothing to do with space exploration 😶‍🌫️

#rockets #sports #space #spacesky #trending #hot #academiasky #academic #academia
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Between making videos for my #mentalhealth startup page and my #supernatural page, my family & friends are constantly seeing me all the time on their second screen, way more than they did when I was on break at home. I should tell them I moved away, right?

#contentcreation #spnfandom #entrepreneur
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
When you're on an @icahdq.bsky.social deadline and are thrown off guard by the most interesting sentence in the paper:

They had no business being as nonchalant as they were about this.

Go read the paper by Beautemps & Bresges (2022) on parasocial interactions!

#hci #conference #academicsky #ai
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Seeing a @hankgreen.bsky.social post on a #supernatural feed is the crossover I didn't realize I needed this weekend 🖤

P.S. in case anyone's curious, I've got my own SPN fangirl diary: instagram.com/anywherebutherefangirl

#vlogbrothers #hankgreen #SPNFamily #SPNfandom #supernaturalfandom
Which food pantries are best to donate to this season? Here's the info straight from someone on the inside. <3 Hank's guest knows her stuff.

#SPNFamily

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwLa...
This Shutdown is Different
YouTube video by Hank Green
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November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hard launch 🚀 As of this month, I've officially started my postdoc at @uni-hamburg.de in the Digitalization in Education group. More updates to come soon, for now, delight to be in beautiful, autumnal Hamburg 🍁

#academicsky #academia #hci #researcher #postdoc #psychology #tech #researcher #edtech
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The World of Navya is live ✨🌈 navyasharan.carrd.co

👩‍💻 My very own website is up! It serves as the landing page connecting my various corners of the internet. 🧶 This hosts the latest on all my projects and is the perfect place to get to know me & the spaces in which I spend time.
The World of Navya
Discover all things about Dr. Navya Sharan in one place. This site is a comprehensive hub for her professional endeavors and personal passions, including her social media, research, entrepreneurship, ...
navyasharan.carrd.co
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
12+ years later, here we are! 👩‍🎓🥂 #PhDone

Keep an eye on this space for more information on my soon-to-be-published PhD papers. Watch my defense here: hva-uva.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

#Doctorate #AcademicSky #UniversityofAmsterdam #HigherEd #SciSky @fmg-uva.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's almost time! 🏁 Join me virtually at my defense next week 🎉

Livestream link and all other details available here: www.uva.nl/en/content/e...

@fmg-uva.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social

#phdsky #phddefense #academicsky #hci #sciencesky #robots #communicationscience
April 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Super interesting! Curious to see what these differences would look like with different data collection methods (e.g., ESM) and measures (e.g., everyday technology interactions).

#academicsky #phdsky #sciencesky #mediaeffects #mediaresearch #humanmachinecommunication #wellbeing #technology
Thoughtful paper showing that true within-person effects don't always translate to between-person differences and discussion of why that might be.

By Neubauer, Koval, Zyphur, & Hamaker

#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky

psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
April 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Straight from the UvA press 🗞️

The UvA press office published an article about my dissertation and upcoming defense. Head onto www.uva.nl/en/content/n... to get a sneak peek into my research!

@fmg-uva.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social

#phd #phddefense #robots #socialrobots #academicsky #phdsky
April 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Figured that my first real post should be about my dream that's been 10+ years in the making!

"How Human Are Our Machines?" at a defense near you next week!

So grateful to be able share countless hours of research and writing in its gorgeous physical form 🩷

#PhD #PhDone #AcademicSky #HCI #robots
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Four in four, I must really love microblogging! Hello Bluesky 🦋
April 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM