Dr Aejaz Ahmad Wani is a political theorist working at the intersection of wealth and power in democratic and non-democratic societies. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Kashmir. He has wide-ranging interests in political ethics, political economy, and elite and philanthropy studies. He is also interested in comparative political theory, particularly in deparochialising and de-locating the dominant- mainstream/anglophone/liberal/analytical political theory.

His first book, Deparochialising Global Justice: Global Poverty, Human Rights Cosmopolitanism and India’s Superrich, was published by Palgrave Macmillan (2024). His recent article (co-authored with Thomas Pogge) is “Parochialism, Plutocracy, Philanthropy and Global Justice: A Dialogue” (Journal of Global Ethics, 2025). His other research articles are published in India Review, Economic and Political Weekly, and Journal of Global Ethics. He is a recipient of the ICSSR Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2022-24).