PhDs
- Marijke Steegstra, 2004, Resilient Rituals. Krobo Initiation and the Politics of Culture in Ghana. Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (with Frans Hüsken).
- Francio Guadeloupe, 2006, Chanting Down the New Jerusalem. The Politics of Belonging on Saint Martin and Sint Maarten. Universiteit van Amsterdam (with Peter Geschiere).
-Martijn Oosterbaan, 2006, Divine Mediations. Pentecostalism. Politics and Mass Media in a Favela in Rio de Janeiro. Universiteit van Amsterdam (with Michiel Baud).
-Rachel Spronk, 2006, Ambiguous Pleasures/ Sexuality and New Self-definitions in Nairobi. Universiteit van Amsterdam (cum laude*)(with Peter Geschiere).
- Marleen de Witte, 2008, Spirit Media. Charismatics, Traditionalists, and Mediation Practices in Ghana. Universiteit van Amsterdam (cum laude*) (with Peter Geschiere).
-Lotte Hoek. 2008. Cut-Pieces: Obscenity and the Cinema in Bangladesh. Universiteit van Amsterdam. (cum laude*) (with H.W. van Schendel).
-Maria José A. de Abreu, 2009, In Midair: Breath, Media, Body, Space. A Study of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement in Brazil. Universiteit van Amsterdam (with Peter van der Veer).
-Ngô Thi Thanh Tâm. 2011. The New Way: Becoming Protestant Hmong in Contemporary Vietnam. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (with Oscar Salemink).
- Rhoda Woets. 2011. What is this? Framing Ghanaian Art from the Colonial Encounter to the Present. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- Donya Alinejad, 2015, New Generation Diaspora. The Formation of Iranian American-ness Among Second Generation Migrant Internet Users in Los Angeles. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (with Halleh Ghorashi)
- Peter Lambertz, 2015. Divisive Matters. Aesthetic Difference and Authority Production in a Congolese Spiritual Movement from Japan (Kinshasa, DR Congo). Universiteit Utrecht (cum laude*) and Leipzig University (opus eximium*) (with Adam Jones).
- Daan Beekers, 2015, Precarious Piety: Pursuits of Faith among young Muslims and Christians in the Netherlands. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (cum laude*) (with Anton van Harskamp).
- Duane Jethro, 2015. Aesthetics of Power: Heritage Formation and the Senses in Post-apartheid South Africa. Universiteit Utrecht. (with David Chidester)
- Martin van Wijngaarden, 2016. Schitterende Getuigen, Nederlands luthers avondmaalgerei als identiteitsdrager van een godsdienstige minderheid. 2016. Universiteit Utrecht (with Jo Spaans)
- Stefan Binder. 2017. Total Atheism. Universiteit Utrecht (cum laude *) (with Peter van der Veer).
- Murtala Ibrahim. 2017. Sensational Piety: Practices of Mediation in Christ Embassy and NASFAT in Abuja. Universiteit Utrecht. (with Hansjörg Dilger).
- Francis Fogue Kuate. 2017. Médias et coexistence entre musulmans et chrétiens au nord-Cameroun: de la période coloniale française au début du XXIème siècle. Universiteit Utrecht
- Johanneke Kroesbergen, 2018. Speaking of Satan in Zambia. The Persuasiveness of Contemporary Narratives About Satanism. Universiteit Utrecht.
- Trudelien van’t Hof, 2019. (with Jo Spaans)
- Erik van Ommering, 2020, (VU, with Sandra Evers & Marina de Regt)
- Hanna Nieber. 2020. Drinking the Written Qur’an: Healing with Kombe in Zanzibar Town. Utrecht University (with Kai Kresse)
- Erik Meinema, 2021. Regulating Religious Co-Existence: The Intricacies of ‘Interfaith’ Cooperation in Coastal Kenya. Utrecht University (with Lucien van Liere).
- Roos Dorsmann, 2021. The New Orleans Voodooscape: Ethnography of Contemporary Voodoo Traditions of New Orleans, Louisiana. Université Libre Bruxelles (with David Berliner)
- Elza Kuyk, 2022, Tussen erfgoed en eredienst. Meervoudig gebruik van vier monumentale stadskerken. Utrecht University (with Hijme Stoffels).
* highest possible distinction for PhD.
In progress: Joseph Fosu-Ankrah (UL), Rashida Adum-Atta (UL), André Bakker (VU), Martin Luther Darko (UL), Angelantonio Grossi (UU), Anna Kira Hippert (Ruhr Universität Bochum) Kauthar Khamis (UL), Jip Lensink (UU), Belinda Peters (CERES, Bochum), Warja Tolstoj (Basel University), Joel Valk (UU).