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Monika Lindbekk is an affiliated researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University. Her work focuses on legal cultures, comparative law, and gender dynamics in judicial systems, particularly in Muslim-majority contexts. She leads the project Adjudicating Islamic Family Law in Egypt: Continuity and Rupture, analyzing Egyptian family court rulings before and after the 2011 revolution. Lindbekk also collaborates on initiatives like the CITIZENS LAW project (Dutch Research Council) and mentors scholars through the JUST SOCIETY interdisciplinary program.
Her research interests include Islamic legal studies, children's rights, and the intersection of law with religion and technology. Notable projects include Gender and Judging (Law and Society Association) and the Uses of the Past HERA-funded project on shari'a discourse. She contributes to the Cairo Research Centre, fostering academic collaboration on Middle Eastern studies.
Lindbekk's recent publications address topics like Egyptian personal status reform, shari'a legal frameworks, and gender dynamics in family law. Her work emphasizes judicial practices in Muslim-majority environments, legal mobilization, and post-revolution legal shifts. She has presented at conferences on child rights, Islamic inheritance law, and Middle Eastern legal sociology.
Lindbekk previously held roles at the University of Oslo and the British University in Egypt. Her current projects explore child custody rights in comparative legal cultures and the evolving role of law in socio-political contexts.
