Professor Ari Sitas was the Chairperson of the South African Brics Think Tank, serving as the South African representative on the BRICS Think Tanks Council (BTTC). He heads the University of Cape Town’s Sociology Department. He is a past president of the South African Sociological Association, a Vice-President of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and was an Executive member of the African Sociological Association.

What are the challenges faced by scholars from the global South in practicing Sociology? How are decolonization and borderless Sociology connected? Prof. Ari Sitas answers these questions and more.