Associate Professor
School of Ethics, Social Justice and Public Service, Saint Paul University, Ottawa ON
Expertise: Immigration (Immigration in Canada, global immigration), Health Topics (social determinants of health), Professional Development (education, ethics, service delivery)
Dr. Rajesh C. Shukla is an Associate Professor at the School of Ethics, Social Justice and Public Service, Faculty of Philosophy, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada. His research interests reside at the intersections of moral and political philosophy, focusing particularly on the conceptions of friendship and justice, migration and immigration, ethics and public policy, secularism and democratic citizenship. Rajesh has published in the following journals: Theoforum (2019); Annales: Ethics in Economic Life (2018); French Journal of Media Research (2018 & 2016); Frontiers of Philosophy in China (2014); East and West Thought (2014); Toronto Slavic Quarterly (2013); Contemporary Thought (2013); Philosophy, Culture and Tradition (2013); Maritain Studies (2013); and Existenz (2011).
He has served as the guest editor for the Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Tradition (2013), and French Journal of Media research (2018), and has co-edited books with his colleagues. Rajesh’s current research project is devoted to understanding the impact migration (including immigration) on the functioning of democratic societies and welfare states. In addition, he is also editing works on “Ethics and Public Life” and leads a research group on “Ethics and Public Policy” at Saint Paul University.