Associated Members
The associate members – usually employed in other German and international universities and research institutions, or in the economy – complement and enhance the expertise of EZIRE. They accompany and enrich the work of EZIRE through guest lectures, as a lecturer, as an internal peer reviewer, or by connecting the EZIRE in their scientific networks.
Beate Anam
Consultant to the Executive Board, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin
Work focuses: normativity and Islam, Islam in Europe, Islamic modelled bioethics, Islamic modelled medical ethics
E-Mail: beate.anam@hu-berlin.de
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Dr. Welmoet Boender
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Religion and Theology, Beliefs and Practices, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Work focuses: Islam in the Netherlands and in Western Europe, Imams and Mosques, Religion and Development, Islamic Theology, Muslim-Christian Relations, Religion and Development, Islam in Indonesia
Dr. Philipp Bruckmayr
Research Associate, Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Bamberg
Work focuses:
- Islam in South Asia, especially in Indochina and the Malay Peninsula
- Islam in the Americas, especially in the Caribbean and South America as well as among Afro-Americans and Afro-Caribbean people
- Maturidi school of Islamic theology
- modern Sunni and Shia movements and communities
- History of Islamic studies in the context of churches
Dr. Hüseyin I. Çiçek
Political Scientist, Department of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna
Work focus: Terrorism (religious and secular); Populism and political communication; Turkey (domestic and foreign policy); Islam, migration and integration (against the background of historical and cultural developments); Monotheism and violence; Religion, violence and reconciliation; Mimetic theory and research on conflicts
Dr. Yunus Hentschel
Postdoctoral Researcher, ERC project VISIONIS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Aysun Yasar
Lecturer, Department for Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna