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Mareike Riedel is a sociolegal scholar whose research delves into the intersections of law, religion, and race. Her work is interdisciplinary and combines critical legal analysis with empirical insights to theorize social sciences and humanities in innovative ways. Riedel focuses particularly on how unstated cultural assumptions and biases shape and limit the rights of marginalized populations. She is concerned with issues surrounding law and religion in multicultural societies, exploring themes of religious and racial discrimination, cultural history, secular law, and the role of law in combatting and perpetuating antisemitism and Islamophobia. Riedel completed her PhD in sociolegal studies at the Australian National University and has held research fellowships at prestigious institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. In 2022, she was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University’s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and has returned in 2024 as a Visiting Fellow. Riedel's teaching practice is research-led, emphasizing robust legal skills development while fostering students’ intercultural awareness and critical thinking abilities. She has been recognized as a Highly Commended Finalist for the Vice Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards in 2023 and received the Faculty of Arts Learning and Teaching Award for Learning Innovation in 2024.
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