Pertti Alasuutari is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. He has published widely in the areas of social theory, cultural and media studies, and social research methodology.
Ali Qadir is Associate Professor of New Social Research, Tampere University, Finland. Qadir's research centers on epistemic governance in modern world society and on religion in modernity. He has published widely in global and transnational sociology, and in sociology of religion.
