BRAIS is supported by an elected Council which includes BRAIS Officers.
The current BRAIS Council Members are:
Dr Omar Anchassi, University of Edinburgh
Dr Usaama al-Azami, Markfield Institute
Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani, University of Nottingham and Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham
Dr Fozia Bora, University of Leeds
Dr Feriel Bouhafa, University of Cambridge
Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Coventry University
Professor Robert Gleave, University of Exeter
Dr Jon Hoover, University of Nottingham
Dr Carool Kersten, King’s College London
Professor Seán McLoughlin, University of Leeds
Dr Shuruq Naguib, Lancaster University
Professor Judith Pfeiffer, University of Oxford
Professor Oliver Scharbrodt, University of Birmingham
Dr Ayman Shihadeh, SOAS, University of London
The following three members have been co-opted to the Council:
Professor Frédéric Volpi, University of Edinburgh (representing the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre as its Director)
Dr Hilary Kalmbach, University of Sussex (representing the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies)
Professor Alison Scott-Baumann, SOAS, University of London (representing the Muslims in Britain Research Network)