Warwick International Islamic Education Research Network
The Warwick International Islamic Education Research Network comprises over two hundred members, including past and current PhD students affiliated with the Warwick Islamic Education Research Programme. The Network promotes cross-disciplinary engagement with critical issues at the intersection of Islam and education across diverse Muslim-minority and Muslim-majority contexts. It serves as a dynamic platform for sustained scholarly exchange, knowledge co-production, and the advancement of Islamic educational research in global contexts. Participants in the Summer School will have the opportunity to join the Research Network by completing a short registration form, which will be shared during the final session of the programme.
The International Warwick Islamic Education Summer School
The International Warwick Islamic Education Summer School brings together a distinctive learning community of researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, united by a shared interest in exploring critical issues at the intersection of education and Islam across both historical and contemporary Muslim-majority and minority contexts.
The Warwick IE Summer School forms part of the Warwick Islamic Education Learning Community, comprising current taught and postgraduate research students alongside a growing alumni network. It has developed out of an imaginative and sustained model of collaboration between British Muslim communities and the University of Warwick, grounded in a shared transformative vision of education and a strong commitment to social justice and inclusion.
Inspired by the Islamic conception of education as tarbiyah —compassionate, transformative human flourishing — and its key pedagogical principle of taʿāruf—openness to learning from one another— the Summer School fosters an interdisciplinary academic environment that advances dialogue, collaborative research, and research-informed reflective practice through the exchange of knowledge, skills, and best pedagogical practices. Situated within an increasingly conflict-ridden and unequal global context—marked by authoritarian political trends and market-driven models of neo-liberal education that continue to reproduce conditions of coloniality—the Warwick IE Summer School advances a vision of inclusive, empowering, and compassionate education.
Who Should Participate?
The Summer School is open to researchers and practitioners interested in deepening their understanding of the educational heritage of Islam and the contemporary challenges facing Muslim communities, both within Muslim-majority contexts and in mainstream secular educational settings. Early-career researchers and doctoral students are particularly encouraged to apply, as the programme offers valuable opportunities to engage in scholarly dialogue with senior academics and leading experts in the field, as well as to connect with community-embedded Islamic education leaders and practitioners.
The International Warwick Islamic Education Summer School 2026
Theme:
Critical Perspectives on Islamic Educational Philosophy and Pedagogical Praxis: From Contextual and Transformative Teaching and Learning of Islam to the Educational Reconstruction of the Ummah in the 21st Century World of Global Uncertainties
This year’s Summer School will be delivered in collaboration with Ebrahim College (EC), London. The programme will include an advanced series of seminars introducing the research-informed, transformative model of Islamic education developed at the University of Warwick to community-based teachers, chaplains, and youth workers.
The programme will also include a dedicated strand on ‘Faithful Supervision’, which will examine the challenges and ethical dilemmas associated with postgraduate research supervision within both Islamic and Western academic contexts, particularly in relation to PGR students working on topics at the intersection of education and Islam/Muslim studies.
For further details, please see the attached outline document.
Submission and enquiries
Abstract Submissions / Academic Enquiries: Dr Abdullah Sahin:
Abstract submission deadline: 22 July 2026
For queries regarding registration (day/residential delegates), accommodation, logistics, please contact:
Mizan, Ebrahim College:
