Dr. Udit Bhatia

Biography

Udit Bhatia is a lecturer in Political Theory at King's College London. He has also held positions as a senior lecturer at the University of York and a lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Prior to his current roles, Udit was a Junior Research Fellow at Jesus College and a lecturer in Politics at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. He completed his undergraduate studies in Philosophy at St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and pursued postgraduate studies at University College London and the University of Cambridge before moving to Oxford for his doctoral studies, which he completed in March 2019. Udit's research interests include normative democratic theory, constitutionalism, and political epistemology. His recent publications examine the legal normative status of political parties and engage with concepts like epistocracy, exploring how certain individuals may hold disproportionate political power. He is also interested in the history of political thought, particularly concerning democratic institutions, and welcomes PhD supervision in contemporary democratic theory and comparative political theory.

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