Research: Islamic studies In 'Staff' StaffResearch areas Back to 'Theology and Religion' We have an outstanding international reputation in the study of Islam, including contemporary Muslim society; women and Islam; Muslims in Europe; Islamic philosophy; and Christian-Muslim Relations. Staff with a research and supervision interest in the area of Islamis studies. Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani Teaching Fellow in Islamic Ethics and Theology I study and teach Islamic ethics, theology and legal theory bringing together multi-disciplinary approaches to an engagement with Islamic intellectual traditions and how they relate to contemporary questions regarding religion and public life. Professor Katherine Brown Professor of Religion, Gender and Global Security Gendered politics, especially the securitisation, of religion in the contemporary world; gender and jihadi ideologies; the impact of counter-terrorism efforts on religious women’s rights and Muslim communities. Professor Jocelyne Cesari Professor of Religion and Politics Interactions between religion and politics across different traditions and cultures with a particular focus on democracy, secularization and toleration. Dr Richard Todd Lecturer in Islamic Studies Pre-modern Islamic thought, especially philosophy, theology and Sufism Dr Sophia Vasalou Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology Islamic ethics, particularly forms of Islamic ethics with a strong rationalist edge; the complex phenomenon of wonder and the many conceptual threads that meet on its grounds-intellectual, spiritual, ethical, aesthetic. Theology and Religion research specialisms Biblical studies Christian theology Islamic studies Jewish and Holocaust studies Pentecostal and Charismatic studies Philosophical theology Quaker studies Religion and society
Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani Teaching Fellow in Islamic Ethics and Theology I study and teach Islamic ethics, theology and legal theory bringing together multi-disciplinary approaches to an engagement with Islamic intellectual traditions and how they relate to contemporary questions regarding religion and public life.
Professor Katherine Brown Professor of Religion, Gender and Global Security Gendered politics, especially the securitisation, of religion in the contemporary world; gender and jihadi ideologies; the impact of counter-terrorism efforts on religious women’s rights and Muslim communities.
Professor Jocelyne Cesari Professor of Religion and Politics Interactions between religion and politics across different traditions and cultures with a particular focus on democracy, secularization and toleration.
Dr Richard Todd Lecturer in Islamic Studies Pre-modern Islamic thought, especially philosophy, theology and Sufism
Dr Sophia Vasalou Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology Islamic ethics, particularly forms of Islamic ethics with a strong rationalist edge; the complex phenomenon of wonder and the many conceptual threads that meet on its grounds-intellectual, spiritual, ethical, aesthetic.