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Professor Chetan Bhatt

Anthony Giddens Professor of Social Theory

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Chetan Bhatt joined LSE in 2010 as Professor of Sociology and was Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights until 2017. He was previously Professor of Sociology and Head of Department at the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London. Before this, he taught at the Universities of Essex and Southampton. He gained his PhD (Politics and Sociology) at Birkbeck College, University of London and his BA Hons (Social and Political Sciences) at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. He was a member of the HEFCE REF 2018 Sub-panel for Sociology.

Key expertise: Social and Political Theory, Human Rights, Far-Right, Racism, Nationalism