Nada Afiouni

Nada Afiouni serves as an Associate Professor in Political Science at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Le Havre Normandy, where she is a permanent member of the GRIC Research Laboratory. Her academic work focuses on migration, religious diversity, and cultural practices within European contexts, particularly examining how death and mourning rituals intersect with integration policies and identity formation.

Her research interests center on migration studies, religious accommodation, and cultural diversity policies with specific emphasis on Muslim communities in Europe. She investigates how transnational communities navigate death practices across national borders, examining the politics of Muslim cemeteries, funeral services, and burial practices in France and the UK. Her work reveals how seemingly mundane practices like burial become sites of political negotiation regarding belonging, citizenship, and cultural recognition in multicultural societies.

Analysis of her recent publications shows a clear trajectory examining how migration, death practices, and religious diversity intersect in European contexts. Her research demonstrates how burial practices serve as critical indicators of integration and multicultural policy effectiveness, with particular attention to how Muslim communities negotiate space in European cemeteries. The Covid-19 pandemic has recently intensified her focus on transnational death management and the mobility of deceased migrants across borders.

Affiliation with the GRIC Research Laboratory places her within a scholarly community focused on citizenship, heritage, and diversity. The laboratory's research axes on literature through arts and sciences, and citizenship and diversity, provide context for her work on how cultural practices shape and are shaped by political frameworks. Her research contributes significantly to understanding how seemingly private matters of death and mourning become deeply political in multicultural societies.