PhD in Sociology of Law – Islamic Ethics and Governance in Central Asia Lund University in Sweden

PhD opportunity in Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden. This doctoral position is part of the MINARET project and focuses on Islamic ethics, Islamic legal culture, governance reform, and administrative reform in Central Asia , with empirical work in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan . The project asks how religiously informed governance practices and legal strategies may affect accountability, public trust, institutional effectiveness, and political legitimation. The successful candidate will be...

PhD opportunity in Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden. The project is titled Securitisation of Religion in Hybrid Regimes and focuses on post-imperial Islamic legal cultures, with empirical attention to Uzbekistan and Egypt. The doctoral candidate will study how governments mobilise religious narratives to justify security policies and governance strategies, and how religion becomes embedded in state security frameworks. Research environment and supervision: The successful candidate wil...

PhD opportunity in Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden. This doctoral position is part of the MINARET Doctoral Network and focuses on women’s legal agency in post-imperial Islamic legal cultures across Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa , with specific empirical attention to Tunisia, Lebanon, and Uzbekistan . The project examines how women use Islamic and secular legal frameworks to claim rights, challenge discrimination, and expand access to justice. The successful candidat...

This doctoral position is part of the MINARET project at Lund University’s Sociology of Law Department, within the NORCA research environment. The project explores how civil Islam, legal mobilisation, and faith-based movements shape non-coercive governance and constitutional participation across post-imperial Islamic societies, with empirical focus on Tunisia, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan. The successful candidate will conduct an independent PhD project aligned with the broader MINARET research age...

This doctoral project sits within the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University and the NORCA – Nordic Central Asian Studies research environment. The position is part of the MINARET Doctoral Network and focuses on women’s legal agency across post-imperial Islamic societies , especially in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Uzbekistan. The successful candidate will study how women use Islamic and secular legal frameworks to claim rights, challenge discrimination, and widen access to justice. The project...