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In October 2014 Professor Ahluwalia joined the University of Portsmouth as Pro Vice- Chancellor (Research and Innovation). Professor Ahluwalia holds a Bachelor and Master of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan, and completed his PhD at Flinders University. He was subsequently at the University of Adelaide for 14 years, finishing as Professor of the Politics Department. Professor Ahluwalia has previously been a Visiting Professor at the University of California, and Professor with the Goldsmiths College at the University of London, where he was also Director of the Centre for Postcolonial Studies. His main research interests lie in the areas of African studies, social and cultural theory, in particular, post-colonial theory and the processes of diaspora, exile, migration, and the complexities of identity formation. His work is internationally renowned for breaking down disciplinary boundaries and challenging orthodoxy. Professor Ahluwalia is a prolific publisher, both in terms of volume and prestige. He is the sole author of four books: Politics and Post-colonial Theory: African Inflections; Post-colonialism and the Politics of Kenya; Plantations and the Politics of Sugar in Uganda; and Of Africa: Post-structuralism’s Colonial Roots. He is also the editor of three Routledge journals: Social Identities; African Identities; and Sikh Formations. In October 2008, Professor Ahluwalia was appointed a UNESCO Chair in Transnational Diasporas and Reconciliation Studies.