He is a Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, and a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA). He formerly held numerous academic positions and honors, including those of Al-Shawwaf Visiting Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University (2022-2023), Visiting Professor of Political Science at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics.