Pragya Agarwal

Dr. Pragya Agarwal is a Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice at Loughborough University and a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Centre for Life Writing (OCLW). She holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham and has held senior academic roles at institutions including University College London, University of Temuco, RMIT, and Johns Hopkins University. Her work bridges behavioral science, data analysis, and social justice, focusing on gender, race, and intersectional inequities. She has authored four acclaimed non-fiction books, including Hysterical (2022) and Sway (2020), which explore topics like gendered emotions and unconscious bias.

Her research interests span feminist geographies, interdisciplinary approaches to social justice, and accessible science communication. She has been awarded prestigious fellowships such as the Leverhulme, Fulbright, and Churchill Fellowships, alongside the 2022 Transmission Prize for making complex ideas accessible. Her writing appears in outlets like Guardian, Scientific American, and New Scientist.

• Fellowships: Fulbright (2023-24), British Library Eccles, NESTA Crucible
• Books: Hysterical, Sway, (M)otherhood, Wish We Knew What To Say

Agarwal teaches creative non-fiction writing for Arvon and the Irish Writers Centre, and has spoken at major events like the M/OTHER Festival and Sydney Opera House’s All About Women festival. Her current book project on feminist geographies, under contract with Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, explores spatial justice through a feminist lens.