I am a Research Fellow at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) in the "Religion and Intellectual Culture" unit. My research focuses on the history of Islam and Muslim societies in francophone West Africa since the 1960s. I have conducted extensive fieldwork and archival research in Benin, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, examining Islamic activism, secularism, and Muslim politics.

My recent book, Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin , explores how Christian and Muslim student associations emerged in the 1970s and profoundly reshaped university life in Lomé and Abomey-Calavi, challenging prevailing secular ideologies.

A significant part of my work involves digital humanities (DH). I lead the development of the Islam West Africa Collection (IWAC), an open-access database featuring over 13,500 items on Islam across the region. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, I analyse this vast corpus to uncover large-scale trends and patterns in Muslim public life. I use data visualisation techniques to translate these findings into compelling narratives, making the insights accessible and engaging. This holistic approach complements traditional historical analysis and brings new perspectives through computational techniques.

I am also the author of La construction d'une sphère publique musulmane en Afrique de l'Ouest and co-editor of Religiosity on University Campuses in Africa . I have also co-edited two special journal issues: "Muslim Minorities in Africa, Part 1" & "Part 2" and "Les acteurs religieux africains à l'ère du numérique" . My research has been published in eleven peer-reviewed journals and six edited volumes.

Beyond academia, I apply my regional knowledge as a consultant for Communitology, developing specialized Country of Origin Information (COI) reports for asylum and immigration cases involving Benin, Togo, and Côte d'Ivoire.

I hold a Ph.D. with distinction in History from Université Laval and was previously a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Florida. Through my ongoing research and DH projects, I continue to explore new approaches to understanding the dynamics of Muslim societies in Francophone West Africa, combining traditional historical methods with innovative computational techniques.