➕ Organizational Inequality ➕ Labor Markets and Employment ➕ Job Quality and Worker Experience
➕ Experimental and Quantitative Methods ➕ Religious Discrimination and Islamophobia ➕ Causal Inference
I study how organizational processes shape labor market access, workplace inequality, and employee experiences.
Specifically, I examine religious labor market inequality as a lens for understanding broader organizational dynamics, including how accommodation requests, managerial decision-making, workplace voice, and disclosure behavior shape workers’ experiences within organizations.
Using advanced quantitative and experimental methods, I develop meso-level theories of religious organizational inequality and identify the causal mechanisms through which these inequalities are (re)produced. I also construct measures of job quality to examine differences in workplace conditions and employee experiences.
Complementing this work, I study macro-level forms of religious hostility, advancing a novel conceptualization of Islamophobia and examining its broader societal implications.
My research has contributed to policy discussions, including briefings for Australia’s first Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia and his team, and has received international media attention.
🎓 JOB MARKET PAPER
"Religion at Work: A Theory of Organizational Inequality" [First Author, with Makovi K., and Frimpong, J.A. - SECOND ROUND OF DATA COLLECTION]
*Draft available upon request*
2025
"Beyond Racism: Re-centering Religious Hostility in the Conceptualization of Islamophobia", Ethnicities
Policy impact: Research prompted outreach from Australia’s first Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia (appointed by the Australian Prime Minister), leading to ongoing discussions on research-policy collaboration. He also designated the article as required reading for his team.
"French Islamophobia: How Orthopraxy Is Conceptualized as a Public Peril", Religions [Equal contribution with Lienen, C.]
"Islamophobia: The Discursive Apparatus of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza, Palestine", Critical Sociology
2022
"Does the Muslim penalty in the British labour market dissipate after accounting for so-called ‘sociocultural attitudes’?", Ethnic and Racial Studies
Press coverage: The Guardian, The National, Arab News, Morocco World News, Daily Sabah, Islam Channel, The Mirage, University of Bristol press release, ‘Read of the Day’ in The Bridge Initiative newsletter (Georgetown University), Muslim Women Network, and an in-depth television interview on Islam Channel.
Works in Progress
"Workplace Voice and Bullying Disclosure: Race and Gender Differences in Disclosure Behavior" [First Author, with Makovi K., Shepherd H., and Frimpong, J.A. - UNDER REVIEW]
"Job Autonomy Disparities Among Muslim Women in the British Labour Market" [First Author, with Cheung, SY. - PREPARING FOR SUBMISSION]
"Manager Responses to Workplace Accommodation Requests: Experimental Evidence on Political Ideology in the United States" [First Author, with Makovi K., and Frimpong, J.A. - DATA ANALYSIS]
"Persistent Disadvantage? Muslim Unemployment and Earnings Gaps in Britain Across Crises, 2009–2024." [Single Author - DATA ANALYSIS]
"Who Enforces Transparency at Work? Status, Disclosure, and Unequal Production of Workplace Transparency" [Second Author, with Kawashima, T., Makovi K., and Frimpong, J.A. - DATA ANALYSIS]
AY 2024/25 Islam and Society
Guest Lecturer • Fall Semester
Capstone
Feedback Panelist • Fall Semester
AY 2023/24 Racisms and Race
Guest Lecturer • Fall Semester
Islam and Society
Guest Lecturer • Fall Semester
Capstone
Feedback Panelist • Fall Semester
AY 2020/21 Foundation in Arts and Social Sciences
Supervisor • Spring Semester
Convincing Stories? Numbers as Evidence in Social Science
Graduate Teacher (level 2) • Fall Semester
AY 2019/20 Social Identities & Divisions
Graduate Teacher (level 1) • Fall Semester
Convincing Stories? Numbers as Evidence in Social Science
Graduate Teacher (level 2) • Fall Semester
Prior to academia, I worked at J.P. Morgan in London and later in strategic advisory roles in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, advising C-suite leaders across multinational corporations as well as government and semi-government organizations. My broader experience includes policy and applied research with the UK Department for Work and Pensions and UNHCR, as well as consultancy work for Microsoft and Qatar Foundation.
Selected media mentions and interviews
➕ THE GUARDIAN
"Muslims’ high unemployment rate ‘not due to cultural and religious practices’"
Feature • Jul 2022
➕ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Press Release • Jul 2022
➕ THE CONVERSATION
Blog • Aug 2022
➕ ISLAM CHANNEL
"Study claims Muslims have a "significantly greater probability of unemployment""
Feature • Jul 2022
➕ MOROCCO WORLD NEWS
"British Muslims’ High Unemployment Rate Is Not Only Due to ‘Muslim Penalty’"
Feature • Jul 2022
➕ ARAB NEWS
"High unemployment rate among British Muslims not due to cultural, religious practices: Study"
Feature • Jul 2022