Brij Maharaj is a senior professor of geography at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. He has received widespread recognition for his research on urban politics, mega-events, segregation, local economic development, xenophobia, and human rights, migration and diasporas, religion, philanthropy, and development, and has published over 150 scholarly papers in renowned international journals, as well as five co-edited book collections. He is a B-rated NRF researcher. He supervised and graduated from fifty-five masters and PhD candidates. He is a former President and Fellow of the Society of South African Geographers. He is a co-editor of the South African Geographical Journal (Routledge). He is a regular media commentator on topical issues as part of his commitment to public intellectualism.
