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Refugees and forced migration with particular reference to Iraq and Syria, transnationalism, diaspora contributions to conflict transformation and peace-building, sociology of religion, and faith-based humanitarianism.

Global Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, especially their history in Africa and Asia; history of world Christianity.

African Christianity; mission history in colonial and post-colonial settings; the religious encounter of Christianity with African traditional religion; indigenous African Christian movements; Pentecostalism, transnationalism and religious globalisation

History of Christianity in Southern Africa in the late modern period; African Christianity in its global and diasporic context

Political economy of education and development in sub-Saharan Africa; privatisation of education, secondary education, social mobilisation around schooling, textbook industry; politics of aid and public finance; South Africa, Tanzania.

Chinese customary law, comparative legal history in late imperial China and Hong Kong, legal protection of traditional cultural expression.

Professor Imran Ali has an Honours degree from the University of Sussex, and a PhD from the Australian National University.

Fellow of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) and has served as Editor-in-Chief of Water International since 2007.

Economist focussing on Mozambique, specifically: political economy of economic growth and accumulation, industrialization and public policy.