Role: Lecturer in Islamic Studies, The School of Religions and Theology, Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

  Contact: roja.fazaeli@gmail.com

  Research Interests:
Women's Rights | Islamic Studies | Islamic Law | Human Rights Law | Religious Studies

Roja Fazaeli is a lecturer in Islamic Studies at the School of Religions and Theology, Trinity College Dublin. She also lectures human rights at the Irish School Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin.

Roja gained her BA and MPhil. from Trinity College Dublin and PhD in International Human Rights Law from National University of Ireland Galway. Previous to joining Trinity, she worked for Amnesty International, Irish Section and a number of other Non-Governmental Organisations. Roja previously served on the executive boards of the Irish Refugee Council and UNIFEM Ireland. She is currently on the executive board of Amnesty International, Irish Section, the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies and the editorial board of the Journal of Religions and Human Rights.

Roja has published a number of academic articles and book chapters on Islam and women, her research focuses mainly on Iran.