Curriculum

Educational Background: 
2010: PhD in Modern Middle East Studies
2003: MA in History and Comparative Literature, University of Aarhus, Denmark
2000: BA in History and Comparative Literature, University of Aarhus and University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Current and Previous Positions: 
2015 - : Associate Professor, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark 
2011-14: Assistant Professor, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark
2006-10: PhD Scholar, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark
2003-04: Diversity Management Consultant, The Municipality of Aarhus
2003: Consultant for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

Positions of Trust: 
2010-19: Member of the board for Forum for Islam Research (FIFO)
2008-10: Member of the Ph.D. Study Board, Faculty of Humanities, University of Southern Denmark.

Research areas

Research areas: 

• Islamism
• Islamism in Europe with special reference to Hizb ut-Tahrir
• "The Middle East in Europe"
• Muslim youth organisations in Denmark and Britain
• Integration and multiculturalism
• Islamic Universities in the west

Theoretical interests:

• Social Movement Theory
• Radicalisation
• Cultural Geography (time, space, place and home)
• Modernity
• Subjectivity formation