Areas of interest

  • Social Theory
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Comparative and Historical Sociology
  • Race and Racial Projects
  • Visual Sociology

Biography

Main Bio

Zaheer specializes in general critical sociology. His broad research interests include social theory, science, technology and society, comparative and historical sociology, race and racial projects, visual sociology etc. He has recently completed a SSHRC funded project on the role of botanical gardens and colonial rivalries in the emergence of Botany as a formal science. In addition to a number of books and articles, he is also a frequent contributor of review-essays in the “public sociology” mode to the Times Literary SupplementNature and Economic and Political Weekly.

He is affiliated with the Institute of Communication, Culture and Information TechnologyCentre for South Asian Civilizations, The Knowledge, Media and Design Institute and the Centre for South Asian Studies at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. His previous institutional affiliations include the National University of SingaporeUniversity of Tokyo as the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, the University of Saskatchewan as the Canada Research Chair and the University of Victoria.

Select publications

Books

Articles and Essays

Awards & recognition

  • Canada Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan 2001-05
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, December 1997