Jiwei Li
J.Li.6@research.gla.ac.uk
Research title: The Idea of Meritocracy and How It Backfires
Research Summary
My research focuses on meritocracy as a partial theory of distributive justice. I try to identify the most defensible version of meritocracy by putting it under an egalitarian framework.
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Additional Information
Besides my research, I am also a freelance journalist and have contributed to various Chinese news outlets including FTChinese.com, the official Chinese website of Financial Times, and Caixin Globus. I take a journalistic interest in broad topics related to Chinese and British politics.
Prior to my PhD study, I worked for FTChinese.com as an editor.
I hold an LLB from China University of Political Science and Law and a master's degree in Politics and Contemporary History from King's College London.
