Renu Gupta

About Renu Gupta

I am a Lecturer in postgraduate business at the University of Sunderland in London, teaching MSc International Business Management and MBA.

I was born in India and spent my childhood in India and Bhutan. My educational training is in the field of humanities and law, and I hold Bachelor of Arts (Sociology and Economics), Master of Arts (Sociology) and Bachelor of Legislative Law degrees from India. I also hold a degree in English literature from Queen Mary University of London. Additionally, I am a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

I worked as corporate lawyer in IT industry working with MNCs in India, Bahrain and Dubai (UAE) for over a decade before turning to academia. I have taught various business courses at Queen Mary University of London, King’s Business School and Bayes Business School in London. I am pursuing PhD at the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London. My current research, funded by Queen Mary University of London, explores the situation of professional women in the UK Labour market.

Research

My research investigates the phenomenon of extended career-breaks among professional women in the United Kingdom. I am particularly interested in the influence of agency and structure duality upon women’s career decisions. I explore the interconnectivity between the existing gendered patterns of individual behaviour and structural conditions in public and private/domestic spheres in this context. I apply my multi-disciplinary training towards literary and social research, examining the dynamics of gender and identity in literature and in society.

Publications:

Conference Papers

European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium, Sardinia, Italy (2023): paper-in-progress funded by Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity, QMUL

“Disrupting temporal signification of careers: reinserting professional women returnees into organizations after a long career-break”

British Sociological Association (BSA) Conference, Manchester, UK (2023): paper-in-progress

“Temporal dimensions of career-breaks: narratives of professional women in the United Kingdom”

Gender, Work and Organisation, online (2022): presentation

“Temporal Dimensions of Career-break (s) and returning to the workplace: narratives of professional women in the United Kingdom”

Journal Publications (Literature)

Gupta, R. (2023) ‘Representation and Resolution of the Women’s Question in Premchand’s Karambhumi and Godaan’, South Asian Review, DOI: 10.1080/02759527.2023.2173903
Gupta, R. (2020). ‘Gender in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko: A comparative analysis of representation in Oroonoko and Imoinda’. Wonderer Journal, 1 (1), 94-104. Paper accessible at: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/69149/8%20Renu%20Gupta.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y