William Barylo (PhD., EHESS) is a London-based researcher in Sociology. He is passionate about how young Muslims in Europe and North America use their cultural heritage and religious ethics to improve society through arts, the environment, social and economic justice and mental health. He looks at society from a decolonial and restorative perspective. He is an awarded photographer and film-maker having directed the documentary ‘Polish Muslims: an unexpected meeting‘. In addition, he is also a blogger for the Huffington Post UK and the author of ‘Young Muslim Change-Makers‘.
As a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Warwick, his current project ‘The Diaspora Strikes Back‘ explores modes of contestation to hegemonies and imperialims amongst Sikh and Muslim millenials in Europe through arts, activism, charity, social enterprises and more.