Jason Arday, a 41-year-old British academic and author, died on August 14, 2026. The news of his untimely passing comes nine days after he resigned from his position as a professor at the University of Cambridge. Jason Arday was a former sociology professor who had taught at the University of Cambridge from 2023 to 2026.
Prior to his stint at Cambridge, he held academic posts at Durham University and the University of Glasgow. Born in Clapham, he studied at Liverpool John Moores University and St Mary's University, Twickenham.