Dr. Prachi Thakur is a two-time TEDx speaker and an interdisciplinary scholar whose work
centers on gender and its intersections with work, wellbeing, and mobility across
organizational, informal, and service-sector contexts. With a doctoral background in Human
Resource Management, her research examines how gendered structures shape experiences of
work, identity, and opportunity, particularly within service industries, informal economies,
tourism, and higher education. Her scholarship adopts qualitative and mixed-methods
approaches, drawing on interpretive methodologies, narrative inquiry, and critical social
science frameworks to understand how individuals negotiate agency within institutional and
cultural constraints. Her work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals including
Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Recreation Research, International Journal of
Consumer Studies, and Journal of International Women’s Studies, and she currently serves on
the editorial boards of several high-impact academic journals. She is also currently editing the
special issue on Limits and Risk in Solo Travel for Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism.
Her research and academic engagement extend beyond the university through international
collaborations, invited lectures, and policy work. She has been invited to deliver talks and
workshops across the United States, Canada, Spain, Denmark, Souh Africa and Australia, and
has contributed to global initiatives in tourism and gender through her association with the
United Nations, including co-authoring the Asia and the Pacific regional report for UN
Tourism (erstwhile UNWTO) in 2022 and curating its 2nd Regional Conference in Bali,
Indonesia in 2024. Dr. Thakur is an active public scholar and keynote speaker, frequently
invited to speak at academic and professional forums, including recent engagements at
leading management institutes in India with the most recent being at IIM Bodhgaya. She also
brings international teaching experience from Sunway University, Malaysia, and continues to
work across disciplines and geographies in both research and teaching.
In the classroom, Dr. Thakur teaches Research Methods, Human Resource Management. Her
teaching philosophy emphasizes critical thinking, reflective learning, and participant-centered
pedagogy, with a focus on building inclusive classrooms that connect theory with lived
experience and prepare students to engage with complex social realities.
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