I'm a is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University (Sweden) and a Research Associate at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt (Germany). My research interests include Islamic religiosity and piety movements, Shii politics, Islamic eschatology, materiality of religion and modes of religious expression, and jihadi violence. My current research examines Shii ritual practices and cultures in the Middle East and the diaspora. I've has published in the journals of Religion and Society, Political Geography, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, and Leadership and Developing Societies. I also contributed chapters and encyclopedia entries on religion, belief, and conflict in Africa and the Middle East and I'm the co-editor of the forthcoming book Beyond Karbala: New Approached to Shi‘i Materiality (Brill). In addition to academic publications, I authored numerous policy papers on civilian and local governance in conflict zones, insurgency, rebel justice and police sectors, and violent extremism (P/CVE).

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