Raj Patel is an award-winning author, filmmaker and academic. He is a Research Professor in the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. In addition to scholarly publications in economics, philosophy, politics and public health journals, he regularly writes for The Guardian, and has contributed to a range of publications, from the Financial Times, to the New York Times, The Mail on Sunday, The Observer and the Scientific American. His acclaimed latest book, co-authored with Rupa Marya, is entitled Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.