Martin Slama

Martin Slama is a Senior Lecturer and senior researcher affiliated with the University of Vienna's Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Institute for Social Anthropology. His primary roles include teaching, research, and administrative duties within these institutions. He holds a PhD from the University of Vienna, focusing on online practices among Indonesian youth. His research spans Islamic studies in Southeast Asia, digital media's role in religiosity, diasporic communities (notably Hadhrami-Arab networks), and socio-economic inequality.

Education:

• PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna (dissertation: online practices of Indonesian youth)

Research Interests:

• Anthropology of Islam in Southeast Asia
• Digitally mediated religiosity and social media use
• Transnational diasporic communities and their socio-political roles
• Power dynamics and religiosity in Southeast Asia
• Time and temporality in cultural contexts

Awards and Grants:

• Recipient of the Austrian APART grant (Austrian Academy of Sciences), supporting his post-doctoral work on Hadhrami elites in Indonesia

Collaborations and Affiliations:

• Guest researcher at Gadjah Mada University and State Islamic Universities in Indonesia
• Visiting fellow at Australian National University and Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

Current projects include exploring religiosity, spatial politics, and inequality in Southeast Asia.

Labs/Teams: Active within the Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and collaborates with institutions in Indonesia and internationally.