Profile
As a Teaching Fellow at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, I co-lead and teach three foundational and elective modules on various aspects of Business & Political Economy, including Global Business and Democracy, Business and Society and Current Challenges in Business. With expertise as a sociologist in qualitative methods, working in political economy, populism and social movements, I have focused on the Global South. My achievements include a PhD in Sociology from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in January 2025.
Research
Research Interests:
Economic, Political and Intellectual Genealogies of Populism
Publications
Selected Publications:
Mehta, S. and Kumar, R. (2022) (ed) The New Republic: Populism, Power and the Trajectories of Indian Democracy. Aakar Books, New Delhi.
Journal articles:
- Mehta, S (2025) ‘Decolonizing the Hindu Mind’: Authoritarian Populism and the Political life of Decolonial Theory in India’, Sociology
- Mehta, S. and Sinha, S. (2022) ‘The Rise and Fall of Agrarian Populism in Post-colonial India: Farmers’ Movements and Electoral Politics at Crossroads’, Sociological Bulletin, 71(4), 601-618
- Mehta, S. ‘Kanhaiya Kumar In Begusarai: Old Fault Lines and New Struggles for Radical Political Change’, Economic and Political Weekly, 54(20).
- Mehta, S. ‘Can We Talk About Populism Without Calling It Fascist: A Conversation with Nancy Fraser’, Economic and Political Weekly, 53(22). (Translated into Spanish)
