BRAIS is supported by an elected Council which includes BRAIS Officers.
The current BRAIS Council Members are:
Dr. Hadiza Kere Abdulrahman, Bishop Grosseteste University
Dr Mansur Ali, Cardiff University
Dr Omar Anchassi, University of Bern
Dr Usaama al-Azami, University of Oxford
Dr Fozia Bora, University of Leeds
Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Coventry University
Dr Alyaa Ebbiary, SOAS University of London
Professor Robert Gleave, University of Exeter
Dr Jon Hoover, University of Nottingham
Dr Jaan Islam, University of Edinburgh
Dr Shainool Jiwa, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Professor Hugh Kennedy, SOAS
Mr Tom Lea, University of Edinburgh
Professor Seán McLoughlin, University of Leeds
Dr Shamim Miah, University of Huddersfield
Dr Shuruq Naguib, Lancaster University
Dr Haroon Sidat, Cardiff University
The following three members have been co-opted to the Council:
Dr Hilary Kalmbach, University of Sussex (representing the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies)
Professor Frédéric Volpi, University of Edinburgh (representing the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre as its Director)
Dr Saeko Yazaki, University of Glasgow (represent the BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize Committee)