Leif Stenberg

Leif Erik Stenberg
Born	December 25, 1959 Västra Ämtervik, Sweden
Title	Director
Academic background
Influences	Jan Hjärpe, Michel Foucault
Academic work
Era	Modern era
Main interests	Islam & Science and discussions within; Contemporary Sufism
Notable works	The Islamization of Science

Leif Stenberg (Ph.D) is the former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. Leif Stenberg received his B.A degree from Lund University in 1987 and wrote his doctoral thesis on the Islamization of science, supervised by Jan Hjärpe, in 1996. Stenberg's work has been influenced by both Jan Hjärpe and Michel Foucault, which is apparent in his doctoral thesis, where Foucauldian concepts and definitions are used. His interests also include contemporary sufism, which he has been actively researching since the mid-1990s.

In 2009 Stenberg criticised the Rosengårdsrapporten report by security expert Magnus Ranstorp which contained assertions that there was a growing jihadist movement in the Rosengård suburb in Malmö as being "full of prejudice" and lacking academic depth. This criticism turned into controversy when it in 2016 turned out that terrorist Osama Krayem had grown up in the area.

Stenberg has both contributed and appeared in several national media-outlets in Sweden such as Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet and Swedish Radio channel P1. Leif Stenberg has been increasingly sought after for comments in wake of the Arab Spring, commenting on the Muslim Brotherhood in Dagens Nyheter. He also contributed during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Stenberg has also appeared on live television commenting on the roots and developments of the Arab Spring.

Stenberg has published numerous articles and books during his professional career, many of his publications can be found listed at the Lund University publication database

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