Our Team

Dr Farangis Ghaderi, Director 

Dr Ghaderi has worked as an independent Middle East expert since 2012. She earned her PhD at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, where she also worked as a teaching fellow and tutor. 

Dr Bianka Speidl, Senior Consultant

Dr Speidl earned her PhD in Arab and Islamic studies at the University of Exeter. She specialises in contemporary Islamic thought, Syrian and Lebanese politics, and the means and factors of radicalisation in European Muslim communities.