Gerhard is interested in religion and development, Islam in Southeast Asia and refugee issues. His research focuses on identity politics in general and the role religion and ethnicity play in particular.
He is also course director for the social anthropology MOOC World101x: Anthropology of current world issues on the edX platform: https://www.edx.org/course/anthropology-current-world-issues-uqx-world101x-3
Experience
2012–present
Lecturer in anthropology, University of Queensland
2009–2012
Research Fellow, La Trobe University
Education
2009
La Trobe University, PhD
2005
University of Kent, MA
Publications
2015
Urban Refugees: Challenges in Protection, Services and Policy, Edited with Koichi Koizumi
2012
Why Human Security Matters: Rethinking Australian foreign policy, Edited with Altman, D., Camilleri, J. and Eckersley, R., Sydney: Allen&Unwin
2011
Modern Muslim identities: Negotiating religion and ethnicity in Malaysia, Copenhagen: NIAS Press