We are currently studying the development of social essentialism among Iranian children and adults. We have published on the cultural, motivational, and biological factors that contribute to social essentialism. You can download the paper here.
And we are currently collecting data for a study that investigates the role of language on social essentialism, for the first time, in a research population that does not speak English! Here is the first stage preregistered report.
If you are interested to learn more about "social essentialism", here is a post by Telli that attempts to explain it in non-academic language.
Other topics that we are currently working on can be found under the "Ongoing Projects" tab.Â