Projects 6 entries · 2013–2028

Research

Islam and Muslim societies in francophone West Africa since the 1960s: how youth, women, and religious minorities have shaped activism, the media, and political life. I build the collections I study, analyse them with digital humanities methods, and experiment with AI. That work now reaches Central Asian collections, the research infrastructure of the Africa Multiple Cluster, and the question of what these methods do to African studies.

Current projects

2025 – 2027 Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies Exploring how DH and AI can transform knowledge production in African studies through ethical, sustainable, and Africa-centred digital infrastructures. Volkswagen Foundation · DFG Programme Point SudSince 2026 Digital Research Environment (Africa Multiple) Building and studying the data infrastructure that connects the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, its four African research centres, and their partners. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC 2052)

Earlier projects

2021 – 2024 Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin Examining how Christian and Muslim student associations transformed university life at the Université de Lomé and the Université d’Abomey-Calavi. 2018 – 2020 Muslim Minorities in Southern Cities of Benin and Togo Investigating the experiences and integration of Muslim minority communities in southern urban areas of Benin and Togo. Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships2013 – 2018 Youth and Women’s Islamic Activism in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso Analysing the evolving roles of youth and women in Islamic movements and organisations in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)