PhD in Sociology of Law – Women's Legal Agency in Central Asia and MENA Lund University in Sweden

MINARET is recruiting 15 fully funded PhD researchers through an MSCA Doctoral Network coordinated by Lund University and involving 11 leading universities across Europe. The network examines the sociology of post-imperial Islamic legal cultures and the relationships between law, religion, governance, constitutionalism, democratisation and social change. Projects address Muslim-majority societies shaped by imperial legacies and contemporary political transformations, with a geographic focus span...

This PhD project at Lund University is situated in the Department of Sociology of Law and in the NORCA – Nordic Central Asian Studies research environment. It forms part of the MINARET Doctoral Network and focuses on the intersection of Islamic ethics , legal culture , and administrative reform in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan . The doctoral candidate will study how religiously informed governance practices and legal strategies operate in contemporary Central Asia, including whether they contribute ...

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...