Dr. Sebastian Raza Mejia

Biography

Sebastian Raza Mejia is a Teaching Associate in the Department of Sociology. His research integrates phenomenology, hermeneutics, and pragmatism, focusing on how agents assess, interpret, and transform crisis situations. He concentrates on establishing theoretical foundations within his research program, which primarily aims at explaining and understanding crises as transformative processes in culture, institutions, and historical self-understanding. His expertise includes social theory, as well as cultural, political, and historical sociology, alongside intellectual history, specifically the history of sociological thought. Sebastian explores empirical studies of crises ranging from financial to constitutional and migration crises, and pandemics. His research is particularly concerned with how aspects of selfhood—including values, habits, practices, and imaginaries—are transformed through critical processes. He has taught various courses, including introductory and advanced social theory, social philosophy, and logic, over the past five years. Sebastian has also supervised undergraduate papers in the Department of Sociology, with a focus on MPhil students in areas like cultural sociology and the history of sociological thought.

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