Dr Brij Maharaj
Senior Professor
- 031 260 1027
- maharajb@ukzn.ac.za
- ASSAf, FSSAG, PhD, MA, BA Hons, B.Paed
- Geography
- Pietermaritzburg Campus
Brij Maharaj is a senior professor of geographer at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. He is a former president of the Society South African Geographers. He is a B-rated NRF researcher.
He was co-editor of the South African Geographical Journal (Routledge). He was also Consulting Editor of the Journal of Immigration and Refugee Studies. He has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Urban Affairs, Geoforum, Antipode, Indian Ocean Survey, African Geographical Review, Migration and Development, and South Asian Diaspora.
He is a civic activist from the anti-apartheid era, and actively promotes and advocates for a revived civil society in democratic South Africa. He is a regular media commentator on topical issues as part of his commitment to public intellectualism.
Research interests
Brij Maharaj 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 journals such as Urban Studies, International Journal of Urban and Regional Studies, Political Geography, Urban Geography, Antipode, Polity and Space, Geoforum, Migration and Development, Local Economy, and GeoJournal, as well as five co-edited book collections.