Regionaler Schwerpunkt:
Ost- und Nordost-Afrika
Forschungsprojekt:
Sufi Fundamentalists: Al-Ahbash transnational Sufi network in Western Europe
Regionaler Schwerpunkt:
Post-Soviet countries, especially Ukraine and Russia
Aktuelles Forschungsgebiet:
Scholarly Ways. Mobility, Knowledge Production and Research Capacity Building Between Europe and the Middle East
Regionaler Schwerpunkt:
Arabische Welt, insbesondere Syrien; DDR
Forschungsprojekt:
"The History of German participation in the European colonial endeavor with a focus on India"
Forschungsprojekt:
Return of the Spirit: Mysticism in Modern Arabic Thought, 1919-1967
Regionaler Schwerpunkt:
Zentralasien, besonders Kirgisistan, Russland