AKU-ISMC is an academic research institute with faculty engaging in both social science and humanist research within a variety of disciplines and with projects structured around the institute’s four research foci: Digital Scholarship, the Indian Ocean, Iran and Central Asia, and the Mediterranean.

Here at AKU-ISMC, we carry out excellent research on contemporary and historical aspects of Muslim societies, funded by external organisations. Every member of our teaching team is research active and brings that research into their interactions with their teaching.

AKU-ISMC has several externally funded projects currently running.