Richard J. T. Calland[1] (born 10 July, 1964) is a British-South African writer and political analyst. Until 2023 Calland was Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. He subsequently was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor at the Wits School of Government and a Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.[2][3] He is a co-director of Sustainability Education[4] and has been a columnist for the Mail & Guardian since 2001.[3]