Chris Allen

Chris Allen (born 1966) is a British sociologist and associate professor at the Centre for Hate Studies based in the Department of Criminology at the University of Leicester. He was named by the Deutsche Welle as an expert on the topic of contemporary Islamophobia. Early life Chris Allen was born in Bermondsey, London. He received a B.A. in religious studies from University of Wolverhampton in 2001, and a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Birmingham in 2006. Career Allen worked for a year as a Research and Policy Assistant at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education associated with The Islamic Foundation. He was a visiting lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton for 3 years, Director of Research and Policy at the N.G.O called Brap in Birmingham for 3 years, and University Lecturer at the University of Birmingham between 2009 and 2018. Since 2018, he has been an Associate Professor in the Centre for Hate Studies based in the Department of Criminology, University of Leicester. Allen's research focuses on Islamophobia, British and European Far Right and, more broadly, religiously motivated hate.