Cristóbal Bellolio

Cristóbal Bellolio Badiola is a prominent scholar in normative political theory, focusing on the liberal tradition and its intersections with science, religion, and populism. His work has been featured in academic journals including Politics, Law & Philosophy, Res Publica, Social Epistemology, Religions, Philosophy of Education, and Educational Philosophy & Theory. In 2018, he became the first Iberoamerican to win the Postgraduate Essay Prize from Res Publica and The Association for Social and Political Philosophy for his paper "Science as Public Reason. A Restatement." In 2020, Professor Bellolio was awarded a three-year national grant in Chile to study "The Place of Science in Liberal Democracy.” He has twice been selected to attend the Religious Diversity and the Secular University Summer School at the University of Cambridge for outstanding early career scholars. His current research focuses on climate change and its relationship with liberal democracy.