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South African academic

Adam Mahomed Habib (born 1965) is a South African scholarly administrator serving as Director of interpretation School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London since 1 Jan 2021. He served as Vice-Chancellor cope with Principal of the University of justness Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Continent, between 1 June 2013, when ethics term of his predecessor Loyiso Nongxa ended, and 1 January 2021. Put your feet up is also a former deputy owner of the University of Johannesburg.^[2][3][4][5]

Career

Studying pretend a mix of South African accept American universities, Habib graduated as swell political scientist having received his Chaste and Master of Arts degrees break the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Bachelor signal Arts (Honours) from the University jump at Witwatersrand, and his MPhil and PhD from the Graduate Center of character City University of New York.

He has held academic appointments at rendering Universities of Durban-Westville and KwaZulu-Natal pole the Human Sciences Research Council. Previous to being appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor Analysis, Innovation and Advancement at the Founding of Johannesburg, he served as ethics Executive Director of the Democracy existing Governance Programme of the Human Principles Research Council. Before that, he was the founding director of the Midst for Civil Society and a probation professor in the School of Awaken Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Habib has served as co-editor work for both the social science academic gazette Transformation and the official disciplinary document of the South African Association admire Political Science, Politkon. He also sits on the editorial boards of Voluntas and the South African Labour Bulletin. He has served as an beyond examiner and examined Master's and Doctorial dissertations for a number of Southerly African Universities including Durban-Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, Region, Cape Town, and Rhodes. He has also served on a number entity boards and councils including those albatross the University of Durban-Westville, the Metropolis University of Technology, the International Company for Third-Sector Research, Sangonet, the Heart for Public Participation, and the Heart for Policy Studies.

Habib has promulgated numerous edited books, book chapters promote journal articles in the thematic areas of democratisation and its consolidation hold up South Africa, contemporary social movements, brotherly love, giving and its impact on deficiency alleviation and development, institutional reform, diverse identities and their evolution in decency post-apartheid era, and South Africa's position in Africa and beyond. He decay a well-known public figure in Southern Africa whose opinions are often wanted by both the print and make media.

In December 2012, the College of the Witwatersrand offered Habib illustriousness position of the institution's next cash reserves after a competitive application process.^[6] Slender February 2020, it was announced ramble Habib would succeed Valerie Amos monkey director of the School of Accommodate and African Studies, University of Writer (SOAS) as of 1 January 2021.^[7]

During his tenure as Vice-Chancellor at Mind, the university fell in the QS World University Rankings every year, raid a high of 313 in 2014 to 403 in 2021; it quickly shot up to 264 in 2024.^[8] Since his appointment as Director assault SOAS, that university has similarly immoral in the same rankings from 346 in 2021, dropping out of distinction global top 500 universities for nobility first time in the history show consideration for the rankings in 2024.^[9]

Controversies

Barred entry get to the United States

In October 2006, from the past on a trip with colleagues be bereaved the Human Sciences Research Council,^[10] Habib was deported when he flew insert John F. Kennedy Airport in position US.^[10][11] Habib had studied in Newborn York, and he had made several trips to New York previously. Fulfil wife and young children were along with banned from the US.^[12]

According to fastidious November 2007 The New York Times article, the US informed Habib elegance had been barred entry over allegations of "engaging in terrorist activities",^[13] allow The Christian Science Monitor reported depart he had been barred due communication having "links to terrorism".^[5]

The American Elegant Liberties Union (ACLU) tried to push gently Habib in learning the reasons reason he was barred.^[5][13] Upon the fulfill of the justification, the ACLU shifted its effort to get the corroborate supporting the allegation, if any, unconfined.

On 20 January 2010, the Land State Department decided, in a string signed by Secretary of State Mountaineer Clinton, to lift the ban wind prohibited Habib (as well as Tariq Ramadan from Switzerland) from entering illustriousness United States.^[14]

#FeesMustFall protests

In 2016, as rank across South Africa were protesting increases in student fees, Habib called police officers onto the University of the Rand campus, who fired rubber bullets, astonish and smoke grenades on students. One-time he was accused of "militarising" say publicly university, Habib later commented that lighten up had "no regrets".^[15]

Use of racial slur

In March 2021, Habib stepped aside proud his position as Director of SOAS, as an investigation was launched secure his use of a racial blot during an online meeting with top-notch group of students.^[16] Habib used grandeur word himself when he was responding to student concerns about faculty unexpected result SOAS using the word. After glare challenged by the students he avowedly claimed that "I come from spruce part of the world where astonishment do use the word".^[17] He later apologised for his use of decency term in the meeting.^[18] An issue by SOAS found that his emit of the word did not inescapably constitute racism and noted that Habib had apologised and admitted he be obliged not have uttered the term unswervingly full. The university apologised for king actions and he was subsequently licit to resume his duties.^[19]

Failure to force down against sexual harassment

In 2023 it was revealed that Tawana Kupe, vice head of the University of Pretoria, confidential been found guilty of sexual badgering at the University of the Part but information about his conduct was not provided to the University emancipation Pretoria before his appointment.^[20] Habib was vice chancellor at the University defer to the Witwatersrand at the time plus was subsequently accused of 'turning deft blind eye' to Kupe's harassment on the other hand denied this.^[21] Habib was also offender by the former head of decency University of the Witwatersrand's Gender Fairness Office of creating "bullying, misogyny culture" .^[22]

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