Ziauddin Sardar

Ziauddin Sardar, writer, broadcaster and cultural critic, was born in Pakistan and grew up in Hackney, East London. He is former Professor of Law and Society at Middlesex University, and Professor of Postcolonial Studies, the City University, London. He has been described as a ‘critical polymath’ and is considered one of the top 100 public intellectuals in Britain. He works, and published over sixty books, across a number of disciplines ranging from Islamic studies and futures studies to science policy, literary criticism, information science to cultural relations, art criticism, critical theory, travel and autobiography. He has worked as science journalist for Nature and New Scientist and as a television reporter for London Weekend Television. He was a columnist on the New Statesman for a number of years and has served as a Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission and as a member of the Interim National Security Forum. He was the editor of Futures, the monthly journal of policy, planning and futures studies, from 1999—2013, and now serves as a Consulting Editor. Widely known for his radio and television appearances, he is currently Editor of the influential quarterly journal Critical Muslim.