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Publications and research projects

The research covers lived religion and Islam in Europe, Sufi thought and Islamic art, religion and climate, and the relevance of these questions for public policy. Methods range from surveys and computational text analysis to qualitative discourse analysis.

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Background: opening couplets of Rumi’s Masnavi-ye Ma‘navi, illuminated manuscript. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Research findings

Key findings, visualised

All 7 findings →
25.5K vs 10.5K
oppositional vs activist climate hashtags on X
The “climate religion” and its critics
61% vs 23%
of highly religious respondents: popular vs elite
Elite and popular religiosity
17 of 72
mentions of “Holland” concern Muslims in NL
Turkish civil religion in ISN sermons
4.1 vs 2.9
environmental knowledge vs practice (1–5)
Islam and the environment in Turkey
Research projects

Projects

2023 – 2026

Religion and Climate Change in the Netherlands

Postdoctoral researcher · Tilburg University · NWO-funded · religious and apocalyptic vocabularies in Dutch climate discourse, studied with large-scale social media data
2019 – 2021

CommUnity Project

Assistant project manager · IDEIS · European Commission, Internal Security Fund – Police (No. 871056) · lived religion, Islamic communities in Europe, religious diversity and social cohesion · work packages: Cine Community, Youth Creative CommUnity · project website: thecommunityproject.eu
2018 – 2021

MiRaS Project

Research assistant · IDEIS · Mitigating Radicalization through Self-Empowerment
2011 – 2018

Elite and Popular Religiosity among Dutch-Turkish Muslims in the Netherlands

PhD research · Leiden University · mixed-methods study of forms and motivations of religiosity Key findings, visualised →
Peer-reviewed

Journal articles

2024
2023
2020

Playful Religion: An Innovative Approach to Prevent Radicalisation of Muslim Youth in Europe

With M. Akdağ and I. ter Avest · Religions 11(2), special issue Islamic Education in Contemporary World
2019
2019

Playful Religious Education – Towards Inclusive Religious Education: A Light-Hearted Way for Young People to Develop a Religious Life Orientation

With M. Akdağ, A. Alasağ and I. ter Avest · Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 29(1), 103–123
Books and edited volumes

Book chapters and theses

Contributions to edited volumes 

2026
Cover of Geloven in tijden van stijgende zeeën
Open Press Tilburg University · Open access · 3 chapters

Geloven in tijden van stijgende zeeën

Believing in times of rising seas
Edited by D. de Koning & C. Vander Stichele
Theses
Background

Essays and overviews

Fieldnotes
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