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Biography
Professor Adam Possamai FASSA is Associate Dean Global, Partnerships and Advancement at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts, Buisiness, and Law (SABEL) and the International Secretary of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. He is renowned internationally for his work on popular religion, social theory, contemporary religion and Australian Aboriginal Peoples, and Muslim laws and society. He is a former President of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee 22 (RC22) on the sociology of religion, and of the Australian Association for the Study of Religions. He was a visiting Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Partis, the Summer Institute of Hokkaido University, Japan (in remote), and Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta. He is also a SFF writer.
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Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
Bachelor of Social Science
Graduate Diploma in Education
External positions
International Secretary for the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
2025 → 2027
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Complex religion, conspiracy theories, misinformation, and covid-19 in NSW, Australia
Possamai, A., Denson, N., Dunn, K., Sharples, R., Ovenden, G., Kamp, A. & Nicholas, L., 17 Feb 2026, In: Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 38, 3, p. 307-333 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conclusion
Tittensor, D. & Possamai, A., 2026, Muslims in Contemporary Australia. Possamai, A. & Tittensor, D. (eds.). U.K.: Brill Academic Publishers, p. 335-342 8 p. (Muslim Minorities; vol. 47).Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Placing the continued hyper-securitisation of Islam and Muslims in Australia in global context
Tittensor, D., Fozdar, F., Hoffstaedter, G. & Possamai, A., 2026, Muslims in Contemporary Australia. Possamai, A. & Tittensor, D. (eds.). U.K.: Brill Academic Publishers, p. 284-310 27 p. (Muslim Minorities; vol. 47).Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Religion and postnationalism
Fozdar, F. & Possamai, A., 2026, The Wiley Companion to Religion, Politics, and Nations. Cesari, J. (ed.). U.S.: John Wiley & Sons, p. 363-379 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Being Muslim in an era of hyper-security
Fadil, N. & Possamai, A., Sept 2025, In: Social Compass. 72, 3, p. 345-365 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Being a Transnational Muslim in Australia in an Era of Hyper-Security
Possamai, A. (PI)
1/07/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Muslims on Campus: University Life for Muslim students in Australia
Possamai, A. (PI) & Dunn, K. (Investigator)
15/11/12 → 6/02/15
Project: Research
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Non-Religion amongst Australian Aboriginal Peoples
Possamai, A. (PI) & Morgan, G. (Investigator)
13/11/12 → 31/01/14
Project: Research
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Testing the limits of post-secularism and multiculturalism in Australia, France and the USA: Shari'a in the everyday life of Muslim communities
Possamai, A. (PI), Dagistanli, S. (Investigator), Voyce, M. (Investigator) & Turner, B. (Investigator)
1/07/12 → 29/02/16
Project: Research
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Experience of Muslims in Australian and US courts
Possamai, A. (PI) & Tait, D. (Investigator)
9/11/11 → 28/02/13
Project: Research
Datasets
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Comparison of website content published by two Sufism orders in Sydney, Australia
Milani, M. & Possamai, A., Western Sydney University, 1 Nov 2013
https://research-data.westernsydney.edu.au/published/303608e0519411ecb15399911543e199
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Australian Research Council College of Experts (Event)
Possamai, A. (Other)
1 Jan 2022 → 1 Jan 2024Activity: Membership › Council
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Jean Martin Award Panel from the Australian Sociological Association (Event)
Possamai, A. (Chair)
1 Jan 2016 → 1 Jan 2017Activity: Membership › Association
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Jean Martin Award Panel from the Australian Sociological Association (Event)
Possamai, A. (Chair)
1 Jan 2010 → 1 Jan 2014Activity: Membership › Association
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President of the Sociology of Religion Section (RC22) from the International Sociological Association (Event)
Possamai, A. (Other)
1 Jan 2010 → 1 Jan 2014Activity: Membership › Association
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President of the Australian Association for the Study of Religions (Event)
Possamai, A. (Other)
1 Jan 2003 → 1 Jan 2005Activity: Membership › Association
Press/Media
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Parramatta and Cumberland Census results show atheism on the rise
1/01/00
1 item of Media coverage
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