Pathik Pathak

Pathik Pathak is a Professor at the University of Southampton holding the position of Professorial Fellow-Enterprise. He is actively engaged in research through The India Centre for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development and the Just Data Research Group, with a focus on social justice, antiracism, and community development. He currently accepts PhD student applications and maintains active collaborations across global health and humanitarian sectors.

His research critically examines antiracism, critical race theory, and data equity through action-oriented methodologies. He investigates structural inequalities in humanitarian aid systems, global health financing, and university institutional practices, employing counter-storytelling to challenge dominant narratives. His work emphasizes community-led solutions and prefigurative politics in creating equitable social structures.

Professor Pathak's publication record (2017-2025) demonstrates consistent focus on justice-oriented interventions in humanitarian contexts and academic institutions. His recent work exposes payment delays in global health systems and structural hypocrisy in Gaza aid flows, while earlier publications developed frameworks for anti-racist universities and community-centered development. This trajectory reveals deepening engagement with decolonial methodologies and systemic critique.

His scientific recognition includes:

• Sociological Review prize for Outstanding Scholarship (2016)
• Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2021)
• National Teaching Fellowship (2023)

He currently supervises PhD students and leads Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) projects including 'Mcghee Bridging Social Capital to Co-operative Social Capital?' and 'Pathways To Health Through Cultures Of Neighbourhoods'. His grants address community development, health equity, and social justice through interdisciplinary collaboration with public health experts and community organizations.

Professor Pathak contributes to The India Centre for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development and the Just Data Research Group, where he develops frameworks for equitable data practices and community-centered growth models in Global South contexts.