Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek is a scholar of law, politics, religion, and antisemitism. He teaches and researches at the University of Vienna, the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, and PH Weingarten in Germany, and is a fellow at CASSIS (University of Bonn) and the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.

His work explores political Islam, authoritarianism, antisemitism, and the role of religion in statehood and foreign policy. He holds a doctorate in political science and a habilitation in religious studies, and has published widely on martyrdom, violence, migration, and the evolution of the Turkish state. His current research focuses on antisemitic digital propaganda in Turkish Muslim contexts after October 7, and on ideological shifts in Islamist movements. At the Center for the Study of Law and Antisemitism, he contributes to research on antisemitic discourse, political identity, and religion in international politics.