Research
Grants and Awards
2009-2010, Evaluation of Gazelle Media's Global Muslim Media Content - supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London (PI).
2009 'Ministry of Justice Shariah Research Project' – co-researcher with University of Reading, School of Law.
2007-2008 Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
2007-2008 'Rebuilding community consensus and cohesion in Dudley in the aftermath of the rejection of plans for a mosque and community centre', (CI, with Race Equality West Midlands as PI) [interviews, documentary and survey analysis].
2005-2006 Heritage Lottery Fund, 'Bengali History in Britain', (CI, with the Bengali Writers Association as PI) [In-depth life history interviews with 37 first general Bengali elites].
2005-2006 Department of Health, Connexions and Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, 'Young British South Asian Muslims, learning difficulties and the transition to adulthood: the case study of Dudley, West Midlands', (PI). [In-depth interviews and ethnographic research on theory, policy and practice in relation to learning difficulties of Kashmiris in Dudley].
2004-2005 Commission for Judicial Appointments, 'Diversity in the Senior Judiciary: A Literature Review of Research on Ethnic Inequalities', (PI). [Literature review].
2000-2001 'European Union, Citizens Organize Networks against Discrimination' (Birmingham), (CI, with M. Anwar as PI) [analysing race equality policy and practice in Birmingham].
1998-1999 ESRC, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Birmingham Training and Enterprise Council, 'Ethnic Minority Business in an Inner City Context', (CI, with M Ram (PI), T Jones, B Sanghera and G Barlow) [in-depth interviews and ethnographic research on independent restaurant sector in Birmingham].
1996-1997 Runnymede Trust, 'Islamophobia in the British Press', (PI, with A Hall and N Shaheen as CIs) [literature review and discourse analysis of Muslim stories in mainstream British newspapers].
1996-1997 City College, Birmingham, 'The Education of South Asian Muslims in East Birmingham Schools', (PI) [in-depth interviews with South Asian Muslim pupils, parents and teachers in two inner city schools].
1996 Centre for the study of Islam-Christian Relations, 'The Muslim Press in Britain', (PI) [literature review and telephone interviews with leading Muslim presses in Britain].
1995 ‘East’ (BBC, Pebble Mill, Birmingham), 'A Street in Small Heath', (CI, with Karima Imtiaz) [political mobilisation among South Asian Muslims in inner city Birmingham].
