Indrajit Roy

Professor Indrajit Roy is a faculty member in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of York. He holds a doctorate in Development Studies from the University of Oxford and has held prestigious fellowships including the ESRC Future Research Leader Fellowship at the Oxford Department of International Development and a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College, Oxford. His research focuses on global development futures, citizenship, and state-society relations in the Global South, particularly in India, Brazil, and South Africa. He has pioneered critical approaches to development studies, emphasizing decolonization and diversification of academic frameworks.

Key research initiatives include the ESRC/ EqUIP-funded 'Citizenship futures' project examining socially excluded communities in Mumbai, London, and Paris, and the AHRC-funded 'Reimagining Citizenship' project analyzing India's Citizenship Amendment Act. His work also explores the role of 'Rising Powers' in global development, including Chinese investments in Europe and India's multilateral partnerships in Eurasia and Africa.

Teaching contributions include innovating curricula to decolonize the departmental framework at York. He has been recognized with a Teaching Excellence Award (2016) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. External engagements include media commentary on BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking and contributions to The Conversation and Open Democracy.

• Grants & Projects:
  • ESRC Impact Acceleration Account grant on 'Portable Rights' (2017-19)
  • Pushing the Boundaries grant on Chinese investments in Europe (2018)
  • India-UK Development Partnership Forum grant on multilateral corridors (ongoing)
• Lab/Team Collaborations: Leads interdisciplinary teams including academics, activists, filmmakers, and poets in projects like 'Reimagining Citizenship'.

His publications span monographs like Politics of the Poor: Negotiating Democracy in Contemporary India (CUP, 2018) and over 20 peer-reviewed articles on social protection, class politics, and citizenship. Current research interrogates the implications of Chinese investments in Europe and India's role in shaping Eurasian development corridors.