Mehmet H. Tuna is Senior Scientist at the Department of Islamic Theology and Religious Education at the University of Innsbruck. He holds degrees in Islamic religious education and biotechnology. His research focuses on Islamic religious education, teacher education, teacher professionalization and religious education didactics. From 2009 to 2018 he was Islamic religious education teacher in public schools. He is the author of “Islamische ReligionslehrerInnen auf dem Weg zur Professionalisierung“ [Islamic religious education teachers on the way to professionalization].