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Speakers Biographies

Here is the list of our speakers and their background in our debates

What have we learned about Radicalisation?

Matthew Francis
Matthew Francis

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Mat is editor of radicalisationresearch.org for the Religion and Society Programme and Researcher on the Religious Literacy Leadership Programme.

Mark Sedgwick
Mark Sedgwick

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Mark is a Professor in the Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University. His publications include Muhammad Abduh (2009) and he recently wrote a piece for radicalisationresearch.org

Marat Shterin
Marat Shterin

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Dr Shterin is Lecturer in Sociology of Religion at King’s College London. His publications include Dying for Faith co-authored with Madawi Al-Rasheed (2009) and he recently co-edited a special issue of Religion, State and Society.

Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan

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Mehdi is the New Statesman’s Senior Editor (Politics).

Ed Husain
Ed Husain

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Ed is co-founder of the Quilliam Foundation and author of The Islamist (2007). He is currently a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC.

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