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21st century AD

Name Academic disciplines Research interest
Martin Aeschbacher Arab Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Arabic countries, contemporary Middle East, politics, social interactions, literature
Nour Al-Zuhairy Arab Studies, Art History, Intellectual History, Islamic Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Art History - Teaching Arabic - Contemporary History
Thair Alsaadi Arab Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy Philosophy, Secularism, Arabic world, European perceptions of Islam, Renaissance discourse, Nahda
Yasmine Berriane Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science Political Economy, electoral sociology, associations/NGOs, gender and politics, state-society relations, social movements, land rights, rural change
Monika Bolliger Arab Studies, History Middle East History and Politics, humanitarian aid, Armed Non-State Actors, Identity Politics, Peace Diplomacy, anthropology of Islam
Baptiste Brodard Anthropology, Islamic Studies, Sociology welfare activities of religious actors, Islam in Switzerland and in Western Europe, Islam and social change
Benoit Challand History, Sociology International Aid, civil society, Islamic charities, social movements and mobilization, revolution
Nicola Diday Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science Middle East History and Politics, Politics of Resistance in the Middle East, Islam in Europe, Peacebuilding, Transitional Justice and Dealing with the Past, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestine, Israel, Egypt
Filippo Dionigi Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science International Relations, Refugees, Hezbollah, Lebanon, International Relations Theory
Michaela Grünenwald Arab Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Literary Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Arabic literature, theatre, Saudi Arabia, Iraq
Aurélie Kerkadi Anthropology, Religious studies Arabic countries, anthropology of Islam, contemporary Middle East, gender, Religions in a religiously plural context
Alice Küng Arab Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Sociology Religions in a religiously plural context
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes Anthropology, Arab Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Architecture, Urbanism, Urbanization, Food Systems
Maged Mandour Political Science, Sociology Middle East History and Politics
Daniel Meier Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Sociology Middle Eastern Politics, Borders and Boundaries, Societies, Refugees, Syrians, Migrations, Wars
Shirin Naef Anthropology, Intellectual History, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Philosophy, Religious studies, Theology law, ethics, legal anthropology, bioethics, material culture, medical anthropology, religion, comparative theology (Islam/Judaism/Christianity), textual analysis and knowledge production, Governance, anthropological theories of kinship/ human reproduction/sexuality, economic anthropology, philanthropy, charity, intellectual history, Islamic ethical and legal concepts, Shia Islam, fiqh, Shia religious seminaries and scholarship, concept of kheir, ethnography/contemporary Iranian society and culture
Jonas Roellin Anthropology, Middle Eastern Studies Middle East History and Politics, Youth, Lifeworld, Islamism, Social Mobilization, radicalization, Islam in Switzerland
Emanuel Schaeublin Anthropology, Arab Studies, Philosophy ethics, sharia, gift, exchange, economic anthropology, shame, Islam, zakat, humanitarian aid, calculation, excess, wealth, poverty, rizq, sadaqa, modernity, state, self, social interactions, discursive tradition
Hansjörg Schmid Religious studies, Theology Muslims in Europe, interreligious ethics, welfare activities of religious actors, religions in the public sphere
Alaa Tartir Arab Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science Political Economy, Geopolitics, Contentious Politics, Economic Development, Regional Dynamics, Non-state actors, International Aid, State-Building, Governance, Security Sector Reform, Palestinian Politics, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestine, Israel, Jordan
Andreas Tunger-Zanetti History, Islamic Studies, Religious studies Islam in Switzerland, Islam in Western Europe, Mosques and mosque building, Head scarf, Youth, Religions in a religiously plural context, Religion and the public sphere, Processes of recognition in society and law, Interreligious and intercultural dialogue
Lisa Watanabe Political Science Transitions, radicalization, terrorism, Migration
Saskia Weidmann History, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science Transitional Justice and Dealing with the Past, contemporary Middle East, Prevention of Atrocities, International Relations
Victor Willi History Islamist movements, Middle East History and Politics, Armed Non-State Actors, Islamism, Ideology, Organization
Christian Wyler Middle Eastern Studies Sectarianism, Zeitgeschichte

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