NISIS senior members
NISIS senior members are researchers with a position at a Dutch university or independent Dutch scholars who hold a doctorate and who conduct research on Islam and Muslim societies.
University of Amsterdam
Dr. Alfrid Bustanov
Dr. Anja van Heelsum
Prof. Yolande Jansen
Prof. Michael Kemper
Dr. Hülya Kosar-Altinyelken
Dr. Simon Leese
Dr. Richard van Leeuwen
Dr. Michiel Leezenberg
Prof. Annelies Moors
Dr. Liana Saif
Prof. Ihab Saloul
Dr. Gulnaz Sibgatullina
Dr. Karen Vintges
Dr. Vanessa Vroon-Najem
Dr. Johan Weststeijn
Prof. Gerard Wiegers
Dr. Robbert Woltering
Dr. Mirjam Shatanawi
Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Dr. Zeynep Kaşlı
Dr. Maryse Kruithof
Dr. Ahmed Al- Rawi
Dr. Maryse Kruithof
Groningen University
Dr. Lucia Admiraal
Dr. Kholoud Al-Ajarma
Prof. Marjo Buitelaar
Dr. Mònica Colominas Aparicio
Dr. Tilman Lanz
Dr. Pieter Nanninga
Prof. Karène Summerer Sanchez
Dr. Kiki Santing
Dr. Javad Taheri
Dr. Clare Wilde
KU Leuven
Dr. Abied Alsulaiman
Dr. Nasrin Ashrafi
Dr. Tijani Boulaouali
Prof. John Nawas
Dr. Arjan Post
Prof. Amr Ryad
Dr. Saraa Saleh
Dr. Ragnar Weilandt
Leiden University
Prof. Ben Arps
Dr. Bart Barendregt
Dr. Ahab Bdaiwi
Dr. Elena Burgos Martinez
Prof. Adriaan Bedner
Prof. Gabrielle van den Berg
Prof. Maurits Berger
Prof. Mirjam de Bruijn
Dr. Petra de Bruijn
Dr. Jelle Bruning
Prof. Léon Buskens
Dr. Marina Calculli
Dr. Mark Dechesne
Dr.Nathal Dessing
Dr. Crystal Ennis
Prof. Jos Gommans
Dr. Edmund Hayes
Dr. Adeel Hussain
Dr. Suliman Ibrahim
Dr. Mayke Kaag
Prof. Nico Kaptein
Dr. Mahmood Kooriadathodi
Dr. Verena Meyer
Dr. Judith Naeff
Dr. Tsolin Nalbantian
Dr. Haneen Omari
Prof. Jan Michiel Otto
Dr. Marijn van Putten
Dr. Francesco Ragazzi
Dr. Annemarie Samuels
Dr. Karène Sanchez
Dr. Noa Schonmann
Prof. Petra Sijpesteijn
Dr. Ian Simpson
Dr. Nadia Sonneveld
Prof. Jan Just Witkam
Dr. Alp Yenen
Maastricht University
Dr. Pauline Kruiniger
Prof. Susan Rutten , associate member NISIS
Radboud University Nijmegen
Dr. Joud Al Korani
Dr. Josephine van den Bent
Prof. Maaike van Berkel
Dr. Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort
Dr. Martijn de Koning
Dr. Andreas Lammer
Dr. Roel Meijer
Prof. Karin van Nieuwkerk
Dr. Niels Spierings
Dr. Iris Sportel
Dr. Maria Vliek
Prof. Frans Wijsen
Prof. Evert van der Zweerde
Tilburg University
Prof. Herman Beck
Dr. Ömer F. Gürlesin
Dr. Jan Jaap de Ruiter
Prof. Marcel Poorthuis
Utrecht University
Dr. Mehrdad Alipour
Dr. Daan Beekers
Dr. Ellen van de Bovenkamp
Dr. Nella van den Brandt
Dr. Margreet van Es
Dr. Arash Ghajarjazi
Prof. Jan Pieter Hogendijk
Dr. Nico Landman
Prof. Christian Lange
Dr. Cornelis van LitDr. Ozan Ozavci
Dr. Ekaterina (Kate) Pukhovaia
Dr. Mehdi Sajid
Dr. Ari Schriber
Prof. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
Dr. Semiha Sözeri
Dr. Pooyan Tamimi Arab
Dr. Gijs Verbossen
Dr. Joas Wagemakers
Prof. Tom Zwart
VU University Amsterdam
Dr. Edien Bartels
Dr. Welmoet Boender
Dr. Pieter Coppens
Prof. Faustina Doufikar-Aerts
Dr. Yasser Ellethy
Dr. Adriaan Overbeeke
Dr. Younes Saramifar
Prof. Thijl Sunier
Other
Dr. Samer Alnasir (obtained Ph.D. in 2024 at UNED (Spain); currently looking for a postdoc position) Dr. Daan Beekers (University of Edinburgh) Dr. Esther van Eijk (independent, self-employed researcher & consultant based in Leiden, the Netherlands) Dr. Annemarie van Geel (Faraasha Middle East Training & Advisory) Prof. Geert Jan van Gelder (University of Oxford) Dr. Naheed Ghauri (Woolf Institute, Cambridge) Dr. Sarali Gintsburg(University of Navarra) Dr. Muhammad Latif Fauzi (Sharia faculty, UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia) Dr. Stijn van Huis (Binus University, Jakarta) Dr. David Kloos (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV)) Dr. Luit Mols (Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (RMV) Dr. Laurens de Rooij (Durham University) Dr. Dewi Meyrasyawati (Unviersitas Airlangga) Prof. Benjamin Soares (University of Florida) Dr. Federica Sona (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) Dr. Mayuka Tanabe (International Institute Asian Studies, Leiden) Dr. Sanderien Verstappen (University of Vienna) Dr. Hasan Yar (Islamic University Amsterdam)