Arti Makwana earned her PhD in the lab in 2023 under the supervision of Dr Kristof Dhont. Her PhD research focused on the role of emotional intelligence in prejudice and intergroup relations. She presently works as a researcher in the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent.

Key Publications

• Makwana, A.P., Dhont, K., Garcia-Sancho, E., Fernandez-Berrocal, P. (2021). Are emotionally intelligent people less prejudiced? The importance of emotion management skills for outgroup attitudes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 51, 779-79
• Makwana, A, Dhont, K, De keersmaecker, J, Akhlaghi-Ghaffarokh, P, Masure, M & Roets, A (2018). The motivated cognitive basis of transphobia: The role of right-wing ideologies and gender role beliefs. Sex Roles, 79, 206-217.
• Cichocka, A., Dhont, K., & Makwana, A. P. (2017). On Self‐Love and Outgroup Hate: Opposite Effects of Narcissism on Prejudice via Social Dominance Orientation and Right‐Wing Authoritarianism. European Journal of Personality, 31, 366-384.