Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed
Job Title: Research FellowUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University
Research Interests: Conflict Resolution, Peace Education, Peace and Security in the Muslim World, Pakistan's Foreign Relations, Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism
Website: University profile
Prof. Shahram Akbarzadeh
Job Title: ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University
Research Interests: Middle East Politics, Central Asia Politics, Political Islam, Muslim Integration in the West
Website: University profile
Kinda AlSamara
Job Title: ResearcherUniversity Affiliation: The University of Melbourne
Research Interests: Arabic and Islamic studies, middle eastern studies, history of science, gender, 19th century,
Website: University profile
Kashifa Aslam
Job Title: PhD studentUniversity Affiliation: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Islamophobia, Media representation of Muslims, political Islam, journalism and media studies
Website: University profile
Dr Rebecca Barlow
Job Title: Senior Research FellowUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University
Research Interests: Iran, women's movement, women's leadership, human rights
Website: University profile
Dr Kylie Baxter
Job Title: LecturerUniversity Affiliation: The University of Melbourne
Research Interests: Gulf politics, Islamic politics, international relations of the Middle East
Website: University profile
Prof. Howard Brasted
Job Title: Professor of HistoryUniversity Affiliation: UNE
Research Interests: Current research engages the themes of: India and Pakistan, Islam in the Modern World, American Imperialism
Website: University profile
Dr Mark Briskey
Job Title: Senior LecturerUniversity Affiliation: Curtin University
Research Interests: Pakistan, Strategic Culture and Pakistan Army, South Asia history, organizational culture in South Asian militaries, Bangladesh
Website: University profile
Prof. Linda Briskman
Job Title: Margaret Whitlam Chair of Social WorkUniversity Affiliation: Western Sydney University
Research Interests: Indigenous rights; asylum seeker rights; challenging Islamophobia
Website: University profile
Dr Anisa Buckley
Job Title: Business Development ManagerUniversity Affiliation: University of Melbourne alumni
Research Interests: Muslim women, Islamic law, marriage and divorce, feminism, anthropology, sociology
Website: University profile
Dr Susan Carland
Job Title: Lecturer and Deputy DirectorUniversity Affiliation: Monash University
Research Interests: Feminism, gender, sexism, multiculturalism, terrorism, Islam, Muslims, contemporary Australia
Website: University profile
Ms Yasmin Chilmeran
Job Title: PhD CandidateUniversity Affiliation: Monash University
Research Interests: Iraq, women's movements, gender, civil society in Iraq, international relations in MENA region
Website: Monash Centre for Gender, Peace and Security profile
Dr Dara Conduit
Job Title: Associate Research FellowUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University
Research Interests: Islamism, political violence, non-state actors, Syria, Iran, contentious politics
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Dr Melissa Crouch
Job Title: Senior LecturerUniversity Affiliation: University of New South Wales
Research Interests: Indonesian Law, Myanmar law; Law and Religion; Law and Development; Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Comparative Law; Legal Pluralism in Southeast Asia
Website: University profile
Dr Karien Dekker
Job Title: Associate ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: RMIT University
Research Interests: Muslim visibility, Ethnic diversity, Community participation, Social and public housing, Urban Governance, Social cohesion, Social capital, Quantitative studies using multilevel regression analysis, Social network analysis, International comparative research.
Website: University profile
Dr Tristan Dunning
Job Title: Adjunct Research Fellow (School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry); Sessional Teaching Instructor (School of Political Science and International Studies)University Affiliation: The University of Queensland
Research Interests: Islamism(s); Islamic and national movements in the Middle East, particularly the cases of Palestine, Kurdistan, Iraq and Syria; Critical approaches to terrorism, radicalisation and state violence; Everyday life in Iran
Website: University profile
Ryan Edwards
Job Title: PhD CandidateUniversity Affiliation: University of Melbourne
Research Interests: Australian Muslims/Muslims in the West
Website: University profile
Prof. Greg Fealy
Job Title: Associate ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: The Australian National University
Research Interests: Indonesian Islam, Islamic politics, Southeast Asian Islam, terrorism.
Website: University profile
Dr Naser Ghobadzadeh
Job Title: Research FellowUniversity Affiliation: Australian Catholic University
Research Interests: Political Theology, Religion-state relations, middle east politics, Iran
Website: University profile
Prof. Michele Grossman
Job Title: Research Professor in Diversity and Community ResilienceUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University - Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship
Research Interests: countering violent extremism, cultural diversity and community resilience, gender and terrorism, communitarian identity and activism
Website: University profile
Prof. Riaz Hassan
Job Title: Director, International Center for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding/Emeritus Professor of SociologyUniversity Affiliation: University of South Australia/Flinders University
Research Interests: Muslim societies, sociology of housing, political violence and social demography.
Website: University profile
Dr Derya Iner
Job Title: Senior Lecturer, Higher Degree Research Coordinator, Lecturer, Research-FellowUniversity Affiliation: Charles Sturt University
Research Interests: Islamophobia, Muslim Identity and the West, Australian and Western Muslims, Early 20th century Islamic intellectual history, Ottoman women's history
Website: University profile
Dr Raihan Ismail
Job Title: LecturerUniversity Affiliation: ANU
Research Interests: Political Islam, sectarian politics in the Middle East and religious institutions in Muslim societies
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Dr Taghreed Jamal al-Deen
Job Title: Associate Research FellowUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University
Research Interests: Education, women, gender, ethnicity, class, migration, Islam
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Dr Martin Kear
Job Title: Sessional LecturerUniversity Affiliation: University of Sydney
Research Interests: Political participation of Islamist movements, political violence, terrorism, Palestinian/Israeli Conflict
Website: University profile
Dr Zuleyha Keskin
Job Title: Course DirectorUniversity Affiliation: Charles Sturt University
Research Interests: Islamic spirituality, Women in Islam
Website: University profile
Dr Ghena Krayem
Job Title: Senior LecturerUniversity Affiliation: University of Sydney
Research Interests: Islam and Muslims in Australia; Muslim Women; Islamic Law; Multiculturalism; Family Law; Dispute Resolution
Website: University profile
Dr Mehal Krayem
Job Title: Researcher and TutorUniversity Affiliation: University of Technology, Sydney
Research Interests: Identity, race, racism, gender, whiteness, multiculturalism, migration, media, representation
Website: University profile
Dr Susie Latham
Job Title: Adjunct Postdoctoral FellowUniversity Affiliation: Curtin University
Research Interests: Muslim women; Islamophobia
Website: University profile
Prof. Tim Lindsey
Job Title: Malcolm Smith Professor of Asain Law, Redmond Barry Distinguidhed ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: University of Melbourne
Research Interests: Islam, law and the state in Southeast Asia
Website: University profile
Prof. Terence Lovat
Job Title: Emeritus ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: The University of Newcastle, Australia & University of Oxford, UK
Research Interests: Islam, Theology, Religious & Values Education
Website: University profile
Iain MacGillivray
Job Title: Research AssistantUniversity Affiliation: The University of Melbourne
Research Interests: Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy, Middle East Politics and History
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Dr Benjamin MacQueen
Job Title: Associate ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: Monash University
Research Interests: Middle East Politics, Conflict Resolution, Democratisation, Refugees
Website: University profile
Prof. Fethi Mansouri
Job Title: Professor/Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and GlobalisationUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University
Research Interests: Migration studies, Comparative refugee research, Global Islamic Politics, Multiculturalism and intercultural relations
Website: University profile
Dr Milad Milani
Job Title: LecturerUniversity Affiliation: Western Sydney University
Research Interests: Sufism: Sufi history and hermeneutics; Islam: Islamic historiography, Islamic political thought; religion: history of religion, comparative religious studies, religion and politics, religion in Iran and the Persianate world.
Website: University profile
Prof. Julian Millie
Job Title: Associate Professor and Future Fellow, Anthropology, School of Social SciencesUniversity Affiliation: Monash University
Research Interests: Islamic practice and society in Indonesia, Genres of Islam in Southeast Asia
Website: University profile
Luisa Mitchell
Job Title: InternUniversity Affiliation: AAIMS
Research Interests:
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Dr Natalie Mobini
Job Title: Adjunct Research FellowUniversity Affiliation: Charles Sturt University
Research Interests: Inter-faith dialogue, majority-minority relations, Iran, Indonesia
Website: University profile
Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Job Title: PhD candidateUniversity Affiliation: University of Melbourne
Research Interests: History and politics of the Persian Gulf, political Shi'ism, youth movements and online activism, opposition under authoritarianism.
Website: University profile
Ms Anooshe Mushtaq
Job Title: Founder and DirectorUniversity Affiliation: not applicable
Research Interests: Countering Violent Extremism, Counter Terrorism, Radicalisation, Social Cohesion, Social Inclusion, Youth Empowerment, Diversity, Intelligence
Website: University profile
Prof. Pam Nilan
Job Title: ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: University of Newcastle, Australia
Research Interests: youth, gender, Indonesia, Southeast Asian Islam
Website: University profile
Dr Mehmet Ozalp
Job Title: Director, Centre for Islamic Studies and CivilisationUniversity Affiliation: Charles Sturt University
Research Interests: Contemporary issues around Islam and Muslims, Islamic Theology, Islamic History, Social cohesion, Muslim Identity, Interfaith relations
Website: University profile
Mahmoud Pargoo
Job Title: PhD CandidateUniversity Affiliation: Australian Catholic University
Research Interests: Sharia and Islamic Law, Iran
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Daniel Peterson
Job Title: PhD Candidate/Research AssistantUniversity Affiliation: Australian Catholic University
Research Interests: Indonesian Islam, human rights, law
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Dr Mario Peucker
Job Title: postdoctoral research fellowUniversity Affiliation: Victoria University
Research Interests: Muslim citizenship and community activism
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Dr Sarah Phillips
Job Title: Senior LecturerUniversity Affiliation: The University of Sydney
Research Interests: Post-Weberian statehood and state "failure", the securitsation of development, post-colonial perspectives on international relations, the politics of contemporary state-building, the management of violence beyond the state, informal institutions, and Yeme
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Dr Lily Rahim
Job Title: Associate ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: University of Sydney
Research Interests: Democratisation, authoritarian governance, political Islam, ethnic politics
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Prof. Halim Rane
Job Title: Associate ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: Griffith University
Research Interests: Islamic Studies; Islamic thought; Muslim communities in Australia
Website: University profile
Prof. Abdullah Saeed
Job Title: Sultan of Oman Professor in Arab and Islamic StudiesUniversity Affiliation: University of Melbourne
Research Interests: Qur'anic hermeneutics; reform of Islamic law; Islam and human rights; Islam in Australia
Website: University profile
Prof. Amin Saikal
Job Title: University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Public Policy Fellow, Chair of the Middle East Reference Group, and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia)University Affiliation: Australian National University
Research Interests: Politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia, and the role of Islam in these two regions.
Website: University profile
Zarlasht Sarwari
Job Title: PhD CandidateUniversity Affiliation: Western Sydney University
Research Interests: Afghan Australian identities, migration, transnationalism, Muslim Australians, nationalism, multiculturalism, deterritorialisation, diversity.
Website: University profile
Dr Kerstin Steiner
Job Title: Associate ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: La Trobe University
Research Interests: The study of Southeast Asian legal systems, touching on issues such as: comparative law methodology when undertaking Southeast Asian legal studies; notions of legal pluralism in particular in regards to the applicability of Islamic law in Southeast Asia;
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Reem Sweid
Job Title: Casual ResearcherUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University
Research Interests: progressive Islam, countering violent extremism, identity and belonging
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Prof. Bryan Turner
Job Title: Professor of Sociology of ReligionUniversity Affiliation: Australian Catholic University
Research Interests: Globalisation and religion, religious conflict and the modern state, and human rights and religion.
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Sirin Yasar
Job Title: PhD candidateUniversity Affiliation: The University of Melbourne
Research Interests:
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Prof. Samina Yasmeen
Job Title: ProfessorUniversity Affiliation: University of Western Australia
Research Interests: Narratives of Muslim Militant Groups, Pakistan Foreign Policy, Muslim Citizens in the West, Muslim Women, Islam in Australia, Women and Jihadi Narratives
Website: University profile
Prof. Ihsan Yilmaz
Job Title: Research Chair in Islamic Studies and Intercultural DialogueUniversity Affiliation: Deakin University
Research Interests: Islam-Constitutions-Human Rights-Democracy-Citizenship, Islam-State-Society-Law Relations (Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, UK, Australia), Islamist Radicalism in International, Transnational and Global Perspective, Islamic and Islamist Movements (Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, UK, Australia), Muslim Minorities - Law - Politics (UK, Australia)
Website: University profile