Phila M. Msimang is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Stellenbosch University. His current work deals with the challenges of conceptualising group descriptors in the sciences. In this, he focuses on how the concept of race is used across disciplines. This aspect of his research looks to answer questions about how and under what circumstances classifications of community, identity, socio-political affiliation, social difference, and biological difference become variables of social and scientific significance.
