Programme Staff

Ambassador Mohammad Alami Musa

Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies Programme

Education: BEng (University of Singapore); MSc (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Interreligious Relations, Dialogue & the Religious Other
• Muslim Identity Formation in Plural Societies
• Muslims in Secular States

Entity: SRP

Dr Mohamed Bin Ali

Assistant Professor

Education: BA (Al-Azhar, Cairo); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter, UK)

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamic Studies – Shariah Law, Theology
• Islam and Politics – Islamist Ideology, Salafism and Jihadism
• Religious Violence and Extremism
• Inter-religious Relations – Islam and the Religious Other
• De-Radicalisation and Rehabilitation of Violent Extremist Offenders

Entity: SRP

Dr Paul Hedges

Associate Professor

Education: BA Hons; MA; PhD (University of Wales)

Areas of Expertise:

Interreligious Studies:

•   Interreligious Relations in Plural Societies.
•   Histories (C19th-today) of Interreligious Encounters.
•   Theories of Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue.
•   Interreligious Ethics.

Modern and Contemporary Christian Thought:

•  Theologies of Religions in Global Context.
•  Intercultural and Comparative Theologies.

Theory in the Study of Religion and Theology:

•  Definitions of Religion and Debates around Postcolonialism.

Other Areas:

• Sacred Space, Religious Architecture, and Pilgrimage.
• Death Studies and Religion.
• Religions in East, South, and Southeast Asia.

Entity: SRP

Mr Imran Fariz

Senior IT Executive

Entity: ICPVTR / SRP

Mr Luca Farrow

Research Analyst

Education: BA Hons (Durham University); ( MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: SRP

Mr Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani

Senior Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: SRP

Ms Tricia Lee

Research Fellow

Education: BAcc Hons (NTU); MHR&ER (UWA)

Entity: ICPVTR / SRP

Ms Nursheila Muez

Senior Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS)

Entity: SRP

Ms Siti Norbayah

Administrative Executive/ Secretary to Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies Programme

Entity: SRP

Dr Rafal Stepien

Assistant Professor

Deputy Coordinator of MSc (Asian Studies) Programme

Education: BA (UWA); BA Hons; MA (University of Oxford); M.Phil (University of Cambridge); MA; MPhil; PhD (Columbia University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian and Chinese Buddhist Philosophy and Literature
• Arabic and Persian Islamic Philosophy and Literature
• South and East Asian Religions
• Comparative Religion and Philosophy of Religion

Entity: SRP