Jonathan Laurence

Jonathan Laurence is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA) and a nonresident senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution. He held a visiting researcher position in the Research Department Migration, Integration, Transnationalization at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center until May 2013.

His research focuses on comparative politics, transatlantic relations, and the evolution of state-mosque relations in Western Europe, Turkey, and Morocco. Key outputs include an analysis published in the Tagesspiegel (July 2013) on religious dynamics in the Middle East.

While no scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned, his work bridges migration studies, religious policy analysis, and transnational governance frameworks.