Research
The Griffith Islamic Research Unit:
Priority areas:
- Conduct research on Islamic and Muslim issues based on an incorporation of art, humanities, social science, theory methods and research
- Inter-community relations, including integration and identity, values and multiculturalism post 9/11, media representations and public perceptions.
- Political-economy and international relations, including Australia’s relations with the Muslim world, Australian foreign policy, finance and investment.
- Thought and methodology, including pedagogy and education, contextualisation, maqasid.
- Modernity, including state and democracy, law, gender issues, human rights and environmental responsibility.
- Islamic civilization, including Islamic science and Islam and the European Renaissance.