Prof Pragya Agarwal FRSA FRGS — Co-Founder

My research examines biases at the intersection of history, technology and sociology. I hold an undergraduate degree in Architecture from India, a Masters in Urban Conservation and GIS from York and a PhD in GIS/cognitive science from The University of Nottingham. I have been a senior academic at various leading academic institutions around the globe, holding prestigious research fellowships from Leverhulme Trust, Royal Society and British Academy. I am currently a visiting professor of social inequities and injustice at Loughborough University. I am also the founder of research think-tank The 50 Percent Project that examines global inequalities. I have been awarded the Transmission Prize for 'making complex scientific ideas accessible' and Crucible NESTA award for 'innovative inter-disciplinary work'.Besides numerous well-cited academic research papers, I am also the author of four non-fiction books for general audience. My book Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias, that was Guardian and NYPL Book of the Week, is a seminal award-winning book in the area of bias and prejudice and how it manifests in many varied areas of our lives. (M)otherhood: On the Choices of Being a Women and Hysterical: Exploding the myth of gendered emotions, both nominated as one of best science writing, smart-thinking books, have shown how gendered norms through history have disadvantaged some over others, especially examining medical misogyny, reproductive inequalities, women in leadership and politics, and the racialised and gendered aspects of AI and tech such as chatbots and sex robots. My book Wish We Knew What to Say is a manual for educators and carers on how to have conversations about race and raise children with a strong sense of identity. My writing has also appeared widely in The Guardian, New Scientist, Wired, Scientific American. Times Literary Supplement, Literary Hub, Florida Review, amongst others. I have been invited to appear as an expert voice on NPR, ABC Q&A, BBC and Radio 5 Live, and various other podcasts and media platforms, as well as literary festivals such as Cheltenham, Hay, Edinburgh, and others. I have also been awarded many prestigious writing residencies. I am currently working on my fifth book to be published in early 2027.

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Experience: 27 yrs