• Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg

Leila Patel is Distinguished Professor of Social Development Studies, Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA), Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg (UJ). She is the former DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, UJ and the founding Director of the CSDA at UJ. In 2020 she was a recipient of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) Science-for-Society Gold Medal Award for applying scientific knowledge in the service of society. In 2025, she received the NRF Public Engagement with Science Award.. Leila played a leading role in the development of South Africa's welfare policy after apartheid.

• 2016–present Prof Leila Patel, South African Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg

• 2014 Role: Professor of Social Development Studies Funding Source: National Research Foundation

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