Zakaria Sajir is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Communication at the University of Salamanca
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I hold a PhD in Sociology from the University of Leicester (2018), a Master’s degree in European and International Studies from the University of Trento, and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Milano-Bicocca, with additional postgraduate study at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Before joining the University of Salamanca, I was a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography (IEGD) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid. I am a member of the research group “Labour Market, Migration and Health” (M2S) at the University of Salamanca and affiliated with the University Institute for the Sciences of Religions (IUCR) and the Analysis Group on Islam and Arab-Islamic Cultures in Transnational Contexts (GRAIS) at the Complutense University of Madrid. Since 2025, I have served as Secretary of the Research Committee on Sociology of Religion of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES).

My research examines contemporary processes of migration, labour exploitation and structural discrimination, and the governance of religious and ethnic diversity in Europe, with a particular focus on Islamophobia, securitisation and post-secular approaches to diversity governance. I have published in journals such as Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), Critical Social Policy (CSP), International Journal of Communication (IJOC), Religions and Revista Internacional de Sociología (RIS), and I am co-editor and co-author of the volume Religious Diversity in Post-Secular Societies: Conceptual Foundations, Public Management and Upcoming Prospects (Springer, 2025). I have participated in several competitive international research projects funded by bodies such as the British Academy, the Ford Foundation, the ESRC and KAICIID, and contributed to the COST Action ETHMIGSURVEYDATA, where my work on the Ethnic and Migrant Minorities’ Survey Registry was recognised with the “Open Science – Open Data” award of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (2022). Alongside academic publishing, I engage with public institutions and civil society organisations, including invited expert work for the Spanish Prime Minister’s Office on migrant integration and labour mobility.