Riaz Hassan is Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies. He has held academic appointments at the Flinders University, National University of Singapore, Gadja Mada University, University of California Los Angeles, New York University Abu Dhabi and Yale University. He has conducted research in a number of areas including, sociology Islam and Muslim societies, sociology of housing and sociology of suicide and suicide bombings. His recent books include: Inside Muslim Minds (Melbourne University Press. Also published in Turkish and Urdu), Faithlines: Muslim Conceptions of Islam and Society (Oxford University Press, also published in Indonesian), Suicide Bombings (Routledge) , Life as a Weapon (Routledge) He is also a Fellow at the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.