Almaz Zelleke

Biography

Almaz Zelleke is Global Perspective of Society Coordinator, Associate Professor of Practice of Political Science at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, she was a visiting scholar at the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and was the associate dean for academic affairs at the New School for Public Engagement in New York City. She holds a PhD and MA in political science from Harvard University and a BA from Princeton University. Zelleke’s research interests include political theory and public policy and feminist political theory. Her work has appeared in Basic Income Studies, the Journal of Socio-Economics, Review of Social Economy, and Policy & Politics. She is currently writing a book on the ethics of an unconditional basic income. Zelleke serves on the International Advisory Board of the Basic Income Earth Network and on the Board of Advisors of the US Basic Income Guarantee Network.

Research Interest

Political theory and public policy, Feminist political theory, Distributive justice, Conditional and unconditional cash transfers