- Research focus includes secularism, religion, global justice, forced migration, climate change, inequality, human rights
- PhD in Political Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2008
- Postdoctoral Researcher, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 2007-2011
- Director, Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain, University of Groningen, The Netherlands 2012-2017
- Associate Professor of Politics and Religion, 2017 to present
- Co-Chair, Academic Advisory Council, Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy, 2017-present
- Chair, Religion and Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 2016-2018