Senior Research Fellow
April 16, 2020
Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall contributed insight on religion and COVID-19 to the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy's (TPNRD) annual resource, which helps foreign policy actors understand the intersection of religion and key global issues. Peter Mandaville, a Berkley Center senior research fellow and co-chair of the TPNRD Advisory Council, helped compile the note.
Peter Mandaville is a Berkley Center senior research fellow and a Brookings Institution nonresident senior fellow. He is also a professor of international affairs at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where he serves as interim director of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies. Previous government experience includes serving as a member of the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff (2011-2012) and as a senior advisor in the department’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs (2015-2016). He has also been a visiting senior fellow at the Pew Research Center. His research focuses on the comparative study of religious authority and social movements in the Muslim world, with an emphasis on youth groups, transnational networks, and new media. His publications include, among others, Islam and Politics (2014), Global Political Islam (2007, 2011), and Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma (2001). He holds degrees from the University of St. Andrews and the University of Kent and has studied at the American University in Cairo.
