Muhammad Anwar
Muhammad Anwar, OBE was a British-Pakistani sociologist who specialised in the study of race and ethnicity.
Anwar was born in Sargodha. His father was a senior civil servant. Anwar studied for a degree in social sciences at the University of the Punjab in Lahore, graduating in 1965, before taking a Master's degree in sociology at the same institution. He subsequently worked as a lecturer at Government College Peshawar before moving to the United Kingdom in 1970, where he studied for a second Master's degree, in economics at the University of Manchester, and a PhD at the University of Bradford, from where he graduated in 1977. His PhD thesis was about Pakistanis in northern England, and following his graduation from Bradford he worked for Rochdale Community Relations Council. Anwar started working at the Commission for Racial Equality in 1981. At the CRE, he was the organisation's head of research. He joined the University of Warwick in 1989, where he directed the university's Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations until 1994 and was also a research professor. He retired from Warwick in 2012, becoming emeritus professor.
Anwar was born in Sargodha. His father was a senior civil servant. Anwar studied for a degree in social sciences at the University of the Punjab in Lahore, graduating in 1965, before taking a Master's degree in sociology at the same institution. He subsequently worked as a lecturer at Government College Peshawar before moving to the United Kingdom in 1970, where he studied for a second Master's degree, in economics at the University of Manchester, and a PhD at the University of Bradford, from where he graduated in 1977. His PhD thesis was about Pakistanis in northern England, and following his graduation from Bradford he worked for Rochdale Community Relations Council. Anwar started working at the Commission for Racial Equality in 1981. At the CRE, he was the organisation's head of research. He joined the University of Warwick in 1989, where he directed the university's Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations until 1994 and was also a research professor. He retired from Warwick in 2012, becoming emeritus professor.
