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Professor Peggy Froerer is a distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Brunel University London, situated within the Department of Anthropology in the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences. Based at Marie Jahoda 224, she has been a cornerstone of the institution since joining in 2004 after completing her PhD at the London School of Economics. Her extensive academic career spans over two decades of ethnographic research focused on South Asia, particularly India.
Education:
- PhD Anthropology, London School of Economics
- MSc Anthropology, London School of Economics
- MA Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- BA Political Science, University of Utah
Professor Froerer's research centers on the intricate relationship between education and social reproduction, with particular emphasis on how schooling perpetuates social inequalities among marginalized communities in rural India. Her work explores childhood and youth development, poverty dynamics, educational aspiration, and social mobility within postcolonial contexts. She has recently expanded her focus to examine educational inequalities in the UK, specifically investigating how education reinforces class privilege through institutional mechanisms and cultural practices. This dual geographical focus provides critical comparative insights into global educational disparities.
Her publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output with significant recent contributions including the 2025 book Education, Aspiration and Social Mobility: Uncertain Futures for Rural Youth in India and multiple collaborative articles examining affective dimensions of educational aspiration. These works reveal a methodological commitment to ethnographic approaches and theoretical engagement with social reproduction frameworks, while increasingly incorporating transnational perspectives through multi-regional collaborations.
Research Leadership:
- Co-Investigator for ESRC-DfID project (2016-2018) on education systems in remote rural areas across India, Lesotho and Laos
- Director of Centre for Anthropological Research on Childhood, Youth and Education (2009-2014)
- Current Director of Postgraduate Research in Department of Social Sciences, Media and Communications
Professor Froerer actively supervises numerous PhD candidates working on diverse topics including educational trauma responses, youth identity formation, and cross-cultural schooling experiences. Her mentorship extends across multiple continents, reflecting the international scope of her academic influence. She also serves on prestigious panels including the Research Council of Finland's Cultural Studies Review Panel and the ESRC Grant Assessment Panel, demonstrating her standing within the broader academic community.
Her recent projects examining educational inequalities in the UK represent a strategic expansion of her research trajectory, applying her deep ethnographic expertise to contemporary questions of class reproduction in Western contexts while maintaining her foundational commitment to understanding how marginalized communities navigate educational systems.
