Raj N. Patel

Research Interests

Political philosophy

Philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE)

The political economy of corruption

Presentations (selected)

Leena Hoffman & Raj Patel (April 2021) “Collective Action in Nigeria: The Role of Religion” Chatham House Paper Launch Event (London, UK)

Raj Patel (October 2019) “The Role of Trendsetters in the Popularization and Adoption of the Swachh Bharat Mission” Penn India Research Forum (Philadelphia, PA).

Raj Patel (June 2019) “Tackling Corruption and Other Harmful Social Practices: Why Social Norms Matter” Chatham House Africa Programme Roundtable (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Raj Patel (March 2018) "There are rules and there are rules: Neo-institutionalism and the foundations of corruption" Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) CA Regional Graduate Conference, Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, CA)

Raj Patel (July 2017) Commentary on Chaim Gans's “Cosmopolitanism, Cultural Rights, and Unequal Citizenship” Frankfurt Summer Academy on Global Justice (Frankfurt, Germany). Find a copy of the comments here. 

Raj Patel (July 2017) “Corruption as a Collective Action Problem” at the invitation of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (Office of Africa and Middle East), US Department of State (Washington, DC)

Leena Hoffman & Raj Patel (May 2017) “Collective Action in Nigeria: A Social Norms Approach to Connecting Society and Institutions” at the invitation of the British High Commissioner, His Excellency Paul Arkwright CMG, British High Commission Abuja (Abuja, Nigeria)

Raj Patel (January 2017) “Anti-Corruption Strategies: A Social Norms Approach” Anti-Corruption Law Interest Group (American Society for International Law) 2017 Winter Conference, University of Miami School of Business Administration (Miami, FL)  

Raj Patel (September 2015) “The natural and the social in the metrics of justice” Human Development and Capabilities Association (HDCA) 2015 Annual Conference, Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) [Winner of 2015 Wiebke Kuklys prize]

Raj Patel (August 2015) “The natural and the social in the metrics of justice” Moral and Political Philosophy Research Seminar, Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)

Raj Patel (March 2015) “Why privacy is not enough: Big Data and predictive analytics” Seventh Workshop in the Philosophy of Information, University College London (London, UK)

Raj Patel (May 2014) “Neuroprediction and the law” Darwin Humanities and Social Sciences Seminar, Darwin College, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK) 

Raj Patel (November 2013) “Ontic structural realism and economics: the unwanted gift” Philosophy Workshop, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)

Awards

Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship, 2018

Frankfurt Summer Academy on Global Justice Scholarship, (Goethe-Universität), 2017

Adam Smith Fellowship, (George Mason University), 2016 - 2017

Wiebke Kuklys Prize, (Human Development and Capabilities Association), 2015

George W.M. Bacon Fellowship, (University of Pennsylvania), 2014 - 2015 

Human Development and Capabilities Association Scholarship, (Human Development and Capabilities Association; declined), 2015

President Gutmann Leadership Award, (University of Pennsylvania), 2015

Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, (University of Pennsylvania), 2014 - 2019

Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) Summer School in Economics and Philosophy Bursary, (Durham University), 2014

The Gauss Prize for Excellence in Philosophy, (George Washington University), 2011