I’m Shivani Gopalkrishna; a qualitative researcher with extensive experience in cross-cultural contexts involving multiple languages such as Japanese, Hindi, Kannada and English.

Through research that delves into how people perceive and value products and services within the context of culture and local practices I try to attend to the multiple social dimensions around technology use, gender roles, identities, trust and influences on actions, aspirations and beliefs. More about my recent work is here.

My immersion in Japan through language, culture, work and lived experience has equipped me with observational and analytical skills to study social hierarchies, roles and expectations, behaviours around technology and cultural perceptions. I use this tacit cultural knowledge along with social theory and qualitative data coding methods to analyze, synthesize and interpret data.

If there are ways we can work together get in touch: [email protected]