Alejo Stark is an astrophysicist, philosopher and cultural critic. He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Utah.
As an astrophysicist, his research develops novel approaches to understanding the universe’s large-scale structure, cosmological expansion, and modified theories of gravity. As a philosopher, he examines how social movements shape scientific communities both epistemically and non-epistemically. As a cultural critic, he engages with Latin American and Indigenous movements to rethink the relationship between knowledge and emancipation. His current book project explores how movements in Perú, Argentina and México have translated, repurposed, and encountered relativity, psychoanalysis, and genetics—transforming both culture and science alike.
Alejo’s research has been published in academic venues such as The Astrophysical Journal, Physical Review, Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), Deleuze and Guattari Studies, Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, Galilæana. Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Science, Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), and Chasqui: Revista de literatura y cultura latinoamericana e indígena.
His public writing and interviews have been featured in Verso, The Brooklyn Rail, Jacobin, Commune Magazine, In These Times, and Abolition Journal.