Dominik Krell is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, and a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College. His research focuses on the contemporary application of Islamic law.
His first book, Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia (Brill, 2025), employs a multi-disciplinary approach to examine the prevailing understanding of Islamic law in the Saudi judiciary. Based on interviews with high-ranking Islamic scholars, recently published court decisions, and seldom-seen legal literature, it shows that Saudi jurists have reinterpreted key aspects of Islamic jurisprudence, opening the way for various important legal reforms in recent decades.
He is trained in law (German State Examination) and holds a BA in History and Culture of the Middle East from Freie Universität Berlin, as well as an MSc in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford.