Profile

Ragini Khurana is a sociologist specialising in social identification in contexts of superdiversity. Her research work lies at the intersection of urban sociology, cultural studies and social psychology, and she also draws heavily on work originating in the sociology of emotions and urban geography.

Through her doctoral research, she is investigating the changing nature of group/social identities in metropolises by studying and comparing people's relationships to everyday places. Her fieldwork has been conducted in the south London neighbourhood of Peckham.

Prior to starting her PhD, she worked with several research centres, think-tanks and international organisations, including the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, COMPAS, Chatham House, the International Crisis Group and UNICEF.

She completed her BA with a major in international constitutional law at Sciences Po Paris cum laude, and her MSc in Sociology at the University of Oxford with a distinction.

In her free time, she likes to read economic and monetary theory, in the hope of eventually understanding the contemporary financial sector, and formulating a confident opinion on its importance (or lack thereof).

Research

Newson, Martha, Ragini Khurana, Freya Cazorla, and Valerie van Mulukom. "‘I get high with a little help from my friends’-how raves can invoke identity fusion and lasting co-operation via transformative experiences." Frontiers in Psychology 12 (2021): 719596.

Khurana, Ragini, Priyasha Chawla, and Tanay Raj Bhatt. "TRADE & COMMERCE." DELHI CITIZENS' HANDBOOK 2016 (2016): 62.

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Modern Social Theory, October 2022-Decmber 2022, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Class and Capitalism in Neoliberal World, January 2023-March 2023, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick