Emin Poljarevic’s PhD thesis from 2012 (EUI) examined a range of motivations behind mobilization of young Muslim Brotherhood activists in Egypt right before the popular uprisings 2011. Two postdoc grants allowed him to expand his research scope by studying religious activism within various strands of Muslim socio-political mobilization traditions.  His current research focuses on investigation of the role of theology, and in particular, political and liberation theology in civil rights activism within a range of social movements, both violent and nonviolent.

Research interests: Social mobilization in Muslim minority and majority contexts, Muslim civil rights activism, Political theology in Islamicate contexts, and Islamic liberation theology and Malcolm X studies