Organised and Chaired Symposium
- 2019 – Releasing the Chokehold: The Opioid Crisis in the Nation and at Home. Duvall Family Studies Conference. University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. February 23. (Organization Committee).
- 2018 – American Institute of Maghreb Studies (AIMS) Graduate Conference. Georgia State University, Atlanta. October 26-28. (Conference Panelist, Paper Reviewer, Mentor).
- 2018 – Youth: Trauma & Transitions. Duvall Family Studies Conference. University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. February 24. (Organization Committee).
- 2017 – Religion and Division: Causes, Consequences, & Counters, Session C4: Religion and
Violence, Panel Chair. 79th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Montreal: Canada, 13 August.
- 2015 - Briefing on Boko Haram, conflict and insecurity in West Africa, Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, 9 June.
- 2014 - Boko Haram: The Dynamics of Social and Political Conflict. Organizer. The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, Florida 24-12 April.
- 2013 - Tributaries, Eddies, and Cross-Currents: Religion Outside the Mainstream. Session D2: Islam in the U.S. panel Chair, 75th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, 11 August.
- 2012 - Northern Nigeria: The Dynamics of Social and Political Conflict: Organisation Committee member and Religion Panel Chair, University of South Florida, Tampa, 13-15 November.
- 2010 - Ethno-Politics in a Globalised World: Violent Radicalization and Terrorism in the Ethno-Politicized World Panel Chair, University of Exeter.
- 2008 - University of Exeter 30th Anniversary Gulf Conference: Organisation Committee member.
Papers, Presentations and Invited Lectures
- 2022 Violent Extremist Organizations in the Sahel. US Special Operations Command + US Africa Command, Ft. Bragg. September 15.
- 2021 Great Power Competition in West Africa’s Counter Terrorism Operations. International Studies Association, International Security Studies Section Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington. November 13.
- 2020 “Briefing on Security in West Africa and the Sahel”. 2 nd Special Forces Groups. Fort Bragg. December 7-9.
- 2020 “Navigating Extremism and Terrorist Groups in West Africa”. 3 rd Special Forces Group. Fort Bragg. July 20-24.
- 2020 “West Africa Security Overview” and “Jihadists’ use of new technologies”. FLINTLOCK 2020: Senior Leaders Seminar. US Special Operations Command & The Center for Near East and South Asian Studies, Nouakchott, Mauritania February 25-28.
- 2020 – "China in West Africa". Workshop on China in Africa: Exploring How International Needs Drive Behavior Abroad. University of Rhode Island & Joint Special Operations University. January 14-16.
- 2019 – “Shari’a compliant banking & finance in the UK’, Middle East Studies Center & Georgia State Law School, Georgia State University, Atlanta, March 8.
- 2019 – “Illiberal Groups in Liberal Democracies: Challenges to Citizenship”, Workshop on Reengaging Citizenship: Past Promise, Present Challenges, and Future Blueprints, St Petersburg, FL, January 2-4.
- 2018 – “Work, Ritual and Self-Transformation: The Case of Tablighi Jamaat”, Symposium on Constructing Images of Modern Muslim Selfhoods, Kochel, Germany, 5-9 April.
- 2017 – “Briefing on Predicting Security Challenges in West Africa: The case of the Lake Chad Basin”, Office of National Intelligence (ONI), Washington DC, November 9.
- 2017 – “Briefing on Boko Haram”, Office of Naval Research (ONR), Washington DC, November 2.
- 2017 - Boko Haram and the Promise of Islamist Violence: The Use of Takfir and other Justifications in Pursuit of an Islamic State, Association for the Sociology of Religion, Montreal, Canada, 13 August
- 2017 - Work, Mission and Transformation of the Self: The Case of Tablighi Jamaat, Symposium on Modernity, Islamic Traditions and the Good Life, Georg von Vollmar Akademie, Kochel, Germany, 9 June
- 2016 - “Little Green Birds”: Deciphering the Poetry of Contemporary Jihad, Humanities Institute Speaker Series, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 26 April
- 2016 - The Evolution of Boko Haram Ideologies and Narratives, Workshop on Empowering Local Communities to Combat Extremism and Terrorism in Nigeria and West Africa, Cairo Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping, Cairo, 21 March
- 2015 - Roundtable Discussion on Contemporary Global Security Issues: Conflict & Conflict Resolution, part of the International Visitor Leadership Program: U.S. – European Security Issues (organized by the U.S. Department of State), Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 22 July.
- 2015 - Briefing on Boko Haram, conflict and insecurity in West Africa, Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, 9 June.
- 2015 - Tablighi Jamaat and the Quest for the London Mega Mosque, public lecture and chaired discussion, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 6 May.
- 2015 - Boko Haram, Islamic State, and the Changing Dynamics of Global Jihad, Embry Riddle University, Daytona, FL, 25 March.
- 2015 - The Limits of Tolerance in Liberal Democracies: Case Studies of Muslims in Britain, Global Initiative on Civil Society and Conflict, Faculty Lecture Series, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 18 March.
- 2014 - Religion, Violence and Change in Northern Nigeria: The Case of Boko Haram, Session H4: Religious Identities, Narratives and Strategies, Religion as a Social Force, 76th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, San Francisco, 15 August.
- 2014 - Counter-Radical Narratives: Challenging Britain’s “Shari’a vigilantes” from within, Finding Allies: Mapping Counter-Radical Muslim Discourse, Arizona State University, 25 February.
- 2014 - Conference Participant/Discussant, The Roots of Religious and Ethnic Intolerance: An International Interfaith Conference, The Centre for Democracy and Development, Denis Hotel, Abuja, 14 January.
- 2013 - Re-framing the London Mega-Mosque: The Contentious Politics of Mosque Construction, Session F5: Islam Across the Globe, Tributaries, Eddies, and Cross-Currents: Religion Outside the Mainstream. 75th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, 12 August.
- 2013 - “Tablighi Jamaat and the case of the London Mega-Mosque: Between Isolationism and Engagement”, Social Movements Research Group, University of South Florida, Tampa, 15 April.
- 2013 - “Al-Qaeda and Islamist Militant Influences on Tribal Dynamics: The Northern Mali and Northeastern Nigeria Regions” (with David Jacobson, Rafael Serrano and Natalie Deckard), Trust and Influence Program Review, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dayton, Ohio, 16 January.
- 2012 - “Tablighi Jamaat Transformed? Speech for Lapido Media Tablighi Jamaat Handy Book Launch”, Frontline Club, London, 27 September.
- 2012 - “The Expanding Scalar Politics of the "Olympics Mega-Mosque” (with Daniel DeHanas), London City of Paradox Conference, University of East London, 3-5 April.
- 2012 - “Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil: The Rise of Shari’a Zones in London and Lessons from Further a Field”, Conference on Sins, Vices and Virtues, Prague, 18-20 March.
- 2012 - “Hisba Reinterpreted: The Case of Shari’a Enforcement Zones in London, UK”, Arizona State University, Arizona, 9 February.
- 2010 - “Deobandi Communities of London”, MINERVA Project European Research Workshop, CERI, Paris, 6-8 July.
- 2009 - "Tablighi Jamaat and the Politics of Insider/Outsider Research" Methodology Workshop, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.
- 2009 - Briefing on Afghanistan to Sea Kings-U, Culdrose Naval Base, Cornwall UK
