Mostafa El Sharkawy

I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Michigan. 

I study  the politics of religion, identity, and violence with a focus on the Middle East and the Muslim world. 

My dissertation project uses large-scale social media data, machine learning models, survey data and fieldwork to study the the political behavior of religious leaders during periods of political contention. I am grateful to the Global Islamic Studies Center, the Center for Political Studies, and the American Political Science Association (APSA-MENA) for supporting my research.

My CV is here. You can reach me at melshar[at]umich.edu.