University of Tartu Asia Centre

Research interests:

• historical and present-day context of Islam,
• the diversity problems in Islamic countries,
• Islamophobia in Estonia.

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Research interests:

• institutional Buddhism's symbiosis,
• the Himalayan region's indigenous belief system,
• vernacular religious practices,
• importance of vernacular symbols in redefining and understanding the perspective of different communities and ideas of belonging,
• the role of religion and culture on the broader social conflict,
• foreign policymaking within the transnational framework of the politics of globalization,
• conceptualization of national identity.

CV and list of publications in Estonian Research Information System