Mr Arday is understood to have been found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea on Friday afternoon.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said that officers were called by the London Ambulance Service to the property at 3.12pm on Friday.
The Met Police statement read: “Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers.
“At this time, his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious. The case is being investigated by officers from the Met’s Central South Command Unit. A file will be prepared for the coroner.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 3.06pm on Friday 14 August to reports of an incident on Daley Thompson Way, SW8.
“We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic in a fast response car and members of our Hazardous Area Response Team.
“Sadly, a person was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Mr Arday resigned as a professor of sociology of education at the elite University of Cambridge on August 5.
This followed several press reports of plagiarism against him.
He was the university's youngest-ever black professor.
His death comes after dozens of academics at the prestigious institution signed a letter calling for an independent inquiry into the processes around his appointment.
The University of Cambridge announced on Thursday it would run an independent review of “all relevant processes” alongside an investigation into how a professor who resigned amid a plagiarism row was appointed by its Faculty of Education.
After his death, Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice said: “We are desperately saddened to hear this tragic news.
"Our heartfelt sympathies go to Jason Arday’s family and friends at this incredibly difficult time.”
Source - LBC
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