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Muslims in Britain Research Group

The Muslims in Britain Research Group (MBRG) at Liverpool Hope University draws on cross-disciplinary research, and works collaboratively on various issues related to the challenges faced by British Muslims in 21st century Britain. The main aim of this group is to develop and share new ideas of research in this field, increase interdisciplinary research, identify areas of collaborative research, organise research seminars and conferences, and develop partnerships with major Muslim community organisations to explore research partnerships.

This research group organises events including workshops and roundtables on contemporary issues on British Muslims, research seminars by the members of the group, research seminar series on particular themes, and invited seminars by external speakers. It has contributed panels in conferences organised by the university’s research centres and will also explore organising conferences either individually at Hope or in partnerships with other institutions. Furthermore, we will try to establish links with similar research groups or centres in other universities.

The membership of the group includes senior academics, early career academics and research students in Liverpool Hope University and other institutions nationally and internationally. We welcome memberships from scholars at Liverpool Hope and elsewhere who are interested in research on Muslims in Britain.

The research group will establish partnerships with local and national Muslim community organisations and seek to work on collaborative research projects including exploring Knowledge Exchange Partnerships. Some members of the group already have partnerships and have worked with major Muslim organisations, like The Muslim Council of Britain and British Muslim Heritage Centre in Manchester. At present, we are working towards developing a community research project at Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool, the first Mosque in Britain established in 1887.