Dr. Eva Nisa

Biography

A/Prof Eva Nisa is a cultural anthropologist specializing in Islamic studies and currently holds the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). She has taught Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington and has experience as an Adjunct Research Fellow at the School of Social and Cultural Studies at the same institution, as well as an Honorary Research Associate at the Faculty of Graduate Research. She received her Bachelor's degree from al-Azhar University in Egypt, specializing in Qur'anic exegesis, and completed her Master's degree in Islamic Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her PhD was awarded by Australian National University following several post-doctoral fellowships in Germany and the Netherlands. Her research intertwines religious, cultural, political, and economic factors affecting people's lives, with a focus on the changing dynamics of Islam in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia. She is also involved in international collaborations with scholars across the USA, Germany, Australia and beyond, producing high-quality research outputs.

Research Interests

Experience