All Outputs (4)

Could we use blood donation campaigns as social policy tools?: British Shi’i ritual of giving blood (2020)
Journal Article

This article examines the role of the third sector and civil society in addressing the inadequacies of state policies on migration in Europe. It centres on the Imam Hussain Blood Donation Campaign (IHBDC), a faith-based, third sector organisation whi... Read More about Could we use blood donation campaigns as social policy tools?: British Shi’i ritual of giving blood.

Andrew’s white cross, Hussain’s red blood: Being Scottish Shia in Brexit’s no-man’s-land (2020)
Journal Article

Brexit was a project shaped at the fringes of official politics. Unusually, however, it maintained its fringe-like qualities, including its lack of clarity and ambivalence, even as it took centre stage in the political affairs of the country for more... Read More about Andrew’s white cross, Hussain’s red blood: Being Scottish Shia in Brexit’s no-man’s-land.

Enchantment - Disenchantment-Re-Enchantment: Postdigital Relationships between Science, Philosophy, and Religion (2020)
Journal Article

This collectively written article explores postdigital relationships between science, philosophy, and religion within the continuum of enchantment, disenchantment, and re-enchantment. Contributions are broadly classified within four sections related... Read More about Enchantment - Disenchantment-Re-Enchantment: Postdigital Relationships between Science, Philosophy, and Religion.

Bedouins of Silicon Valley: A neo-Khaldunian approach to sociology of technology (2019)
Journal Article

The standard narrative of the emergence, rise and decline of Silicon Valley companies focuses on the evolution of institutions and technological waves, not the mentality of the innovators and entrepreneurs. This article argues that this type of expla... Read More about Bedouins of Silicon Valley: A neo-Khaldunian approach to sociology of technology.