Ziauddin Sardar
Ziauddin Sardar

Ziauddin Sardar is considered as one of the top intellectuals in Britian and has been described as “Britain’s own Muslim Polymath” by The Independent newspaper. He has authored and edited over 60 books covering a range of fields from Muslim thought, science policy, futures studies to history, philosophy and cultural relations. Sardar is credited with forming the postnormal times theory and serves as the Director of the Centre for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies. He has worked for Nature, the New Scientist, Channel 4 television and was a columnist on the New Statesman for twelve years. He has worked on numerous ground-breaking initiatives representing British Asian and Muslim communities, producing programmes for national TV, and serving on official Commissions and Forums. He has taught at UK universities and worked overseas. He currently edits the quarterly Critical Muslim, and works as an advisor to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Source of Influence: Scholarly

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