Tan Ankui
谭安奎

Field of Study

Years of Stay at HYI

Aug 2014 to Jun 2015

University Affiliation

Tan Ankui is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Peking University (2005), and was a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago from 2009-2010. His research focuses on several topics in political philosophy, including political neutrality, public reason, and deliberative democracy. His current project looks at the justification of universal welfare rights and its implications for China’s social reform.

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