Eric Morier-Genoud

Eric Morier-Genoud is a Professor at Queen's University Belfast, based in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics. He holds affiliations with the Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. His research focuses on African history, the Portuguese-speaking world, religion (including Catholicism and Islam), and civil conflicts. Current projects include studies on the jihadi insurgency in Mozambique and Irish missionary history. He has published extensively on Mozambique's colonial and postcolonial history, conflict resolution, and religious dynamics.

Research Interests: African history, Portuguese colonial legacy, religious missions, civil wars, conflict mediation, Mozambican politics, and the history of Africans in Belfast. He is open to PhD supervision in African history, Portuguese-speaking world studies, religion-Christian/Islamic dynamics, and conflict resolution.

• Editor-in-Chief (former) of Social Sciences and Mission, and editorial board member for Bridging Humanities, Lusotopie, and others.
• Recipient of awards including the Teaching Award (2009), Award for Excellence in Research (2002), and Higher Education Academy Fellowship (2013).
• Active in media engagements (BBC, Le Monde, Vatican News) and international conferences on African conflicts and religious studies.
• Supervised PhD student Catherine S. Jamieson on 'Missionary masculinity: Irish Protestants in Asia and Africa.'

Key publications include Catholicism and the making of politics in Central Mozambique (2019) and Towards Jihad? (2023). His work contributes to UN SDGs related to peacebuilding and sustainable societies.