Personal profile

Research

I joined Roskilde University (RUC) as a postdoc in 2018 and have been Associate Professor in International Development Studies since 2020. Before joining RUC I was a PhD student and later a postdoc at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. My research focuses on race and racism in International Relations, liberation movements, spatial politics, settler colonialism and postcolonial studies. I am the author of Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial (Cornell University Press, 2020) and co-editor of Globalizing Collateral Language: From 9/11 to Endless War (University of Georgia Press, 2021). My work has also appeared in The Washington Post, Al Jazeera English, Foreign Policy, The Huffington Post, Open Democracy, Jacobin, The London Review of Books, The Palestine Chronicle and The Disorder of Things.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Political Science, PhD, University of Copenhagen

20112015

Comparative Social Sciences, MA, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

20092011

International Relations and European Studies, MA, Central European University

20082009

Political Science, BA, St. Lawrence University

20032007

External positions

Editor, Critical Studies on Security (Journal)

1 Nov 2024 → …

Visiting Professor, Tata Institute of Social Science

1 Sept 202330 Sept 2023

Member, Academic Freedom Committee, International Studies Association

1 Mar 202330 Mar 2026

Member, Committee on Academic Freedom, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies

1 Jul 202230 Jun 2025

Associate Editor, Critical Studies on Security (Journal)

1 Jan 202231 Oct 2023

Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

1 Jan 202230 Jun 2022

Postdoc, University of Copenhagen

1 Jul 201531 Dec 2017

Publication network

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