His research focuses on modern Islam and modern South Asia. He is the author of the book, The Political Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal: Islam and Nationalism in Late Colonial India (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012). He is currently completing his second book entitled, Islamic Political Thought in Modern South Asia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2018). Before joining the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Dr Sevea was an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Contemporary Islam Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.