2011 : A Morada de Ser. Europa, muçulmanos e políticas de identidade (The Place of Being. Europe, Muslims and Identity Politics), Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 210 pages.
2006: Muslime in Europa. Religion und Identitätspolitiken unter veränderten gesellschaftlichen Verhältnissen, Münster: LIT-Verlag, 237 pages.
2021:N.C. Tiesler, Mathias Bös and Deborah Sielert (eds), Thinking Beyond Boundaries: Researching Ethnoheterogenesis in Contexts of Diversities and Social Change, NEW DIVERSITIES 23(1)
2015:Mobile Lives. Migration, Migrants and Meaningful leisure, special issue of the ISI-listed journal LEISURE STUDIES (Taylor & Francis), Vol. 34 (1), with E. Pepperkamp & D. Mata-Codesal, 132 pages.
2012:Diasbola: Futebol e Emigração Portuguesa (Diasbola: Football and Portuguese Emigration), special issue of the journal ETNOGRÁFICA (Cria), XVI (1). (Indexed at the European Science Foundation, AERES und CAPES). Now online: http://etnografica.revues.org/
2007:Islam en lusophonies – Islão nas lusofonias – Islam in Portuguese-speaking areas, special issue of the trilingual peer-reviewed journal LUSOTOPIE (Brill), XIV (1), 303 pages. Now online: http://www.lusotopie.sciencespobordeaux.fr/somma2007.htm
2007:Globalised Football, special issue of the peer-reviewed journal SOCCER & SOCIETY (Routledge), 8 (4), with João Nuno Coelho, 242 pages (selected English version of a special issue of Análise Social, 2006, with 2 new original papers).
2006:Futebol Globalizado, special issue of the peer-reviewed journal ANÁLISE SOCIAL (Imprensa de Ciências Sociais), XLI (179), with João Nuno Coelho, 2nd edition, 357 pages.
2016: Paperback Edition of Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration, first published in 2014, London, New York: Routledge, with Sine Agergaard, 226 pages.
2014:Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration, London, New York: Routledge, with Sine Agergaard, 226 pages.
2014:Paperback Edition of Globalized Football: Nations and Migration, the City and the Dream, first published in 2008, London, New York: Routledge, Series: Sport in the Global Society, with João Nuno Coelho, 272 pages.
2012: O Futebol Português. Política, Género e Movimento (Portuguese Football. Politics, Gender and Movements), with Nuno Domingos, Oporto: Edições Afrontamento, 360 pages.
2008:Globalized Football: Nations and Migration, the City and the Dream, (hardcover), London, New York: Routledge, Series: Sport in the Global Society, with João Nuno Coelho, 272 pages (first published as special issue of Soccer & Society, 2007)
2021:Editorial: Thinking Beyond Boundaries: Researching Ethnoheterogenesis in Contexts of Diversities and Social Change, NEW DIVERSITIES 23(1): 1-9, with M. Bös & D. Sielert.
2021:The Conceptual History of Ethnogenesis: A Brief Overview, NEW DIVERSITIES 23(1): 73-87.
2017:“Ethnoheterogenese: (De-)Ethnisierung, Diversifizierung und multiple Mitgliedschaftsrollen in modernen Migrationsgesellschaften“, Berliner Debatte Initial 28 (4): 108-121.
2016:“Three Types of Transnational Players: Differing women’s football mobility projects in core and developing countries”, Brazilian Journal of Sport Sciences, 38 (2).(RBCE, Elsvier, index Web of Science, SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.121).
2015:“Editorial: Migration, migrants and leisure – meaningful leisure?”, Leisure Studies (Taylor & Francis), Vol. 34 (1), with E. Peperkamp & D. Mata-Codesal (Indexed at ISI Web-of-Science), pp. 1-4. DOI:10.1080/02614367.2015.992620.
2012:“Diasbola: Football and Portuguese Emigration” (in Portuguese), Etnográfica (CRIA), XVI (1): 77-96.(Indexed at ESF, Scopus, AERES and CAPES). DOI : 10.4000/etnografica.1391.
2012:“Cultural attachments among Portuguese in Germany: Football and cuisine as social spaces for international encounters” (in Portuguese), Etnográfica (CRIA), XVI (1): 117-142, with Nélia Bergano. (Indexed at ESF, Scopus, AERES and CAPES). DOI : 10.4000/etnografica.1412.
2009: „Diaspora ohne Religion? Zur Konjunktur des Diaspora-Konzepts in den Sozialwissenschaften“ (Diaspora without Religion? On the proliferation of the concept in social sciences), Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte, 61 (2), pp.157-170. (Indexed at Arts & Humanities).
2009:“Heimat, Fremdheit, Zugehörigkeit: Zur Konjunktur des Diaspora-Begriffs in der Ära Internationaler Migration” (Home, Enstrangement, and Belonging. On the proliferation of the diaspora concept in the era of international migration), Babilónia n.º6/7, pp. 241 – 261.
2009:“Religião e Pertença em Discursos Europeus: Conceitos e agentes muçulmanos” (Religion and Belonging in European Discourses. Concepts and Muslim agents), Análise Social, XLIV (190): 17-42.
2007:(original long version first published in Portuguese, Análise Social, 2006) “Globalised Football in a Lusocentric Glance: Struggles with markets and migration, traditions and modernities, the loss and the beauty”, Soccer and Society (Routledge), 8 (4): 419-439, with João Nuno Coelho.
2007: (first published in Portuguese, Análise Social, 2006) “The Paradox of the Portuguese Game: the omnipresence of football and the absence of spectators at matches“, Soccer and Society (Routledge), 8 (4): 578-600, with João Nuno Coelho.
2007: “Europäisierung des Islam und Islamisierung der Debatten: Zur Karriere eines Forschungsgegenstandes in sozialwissenschaftlichen Diskursen” (Europeanization of Islam and Islamicization of European Discourses: On the proliferation of a subject of study in social sciences), Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (ApuZ), 26-27/2007, pp. 24-32. (http://www.bpb.de/apuz/30398/europaeisierung-des-islam-und-islamisierung-der-debatten )
2007: “Religiöses Bewusstsein in säkularer Diskurssprache: Selbstpositionierungen muslimischer Minderheiten in den europäischen Sozialwissenschaften“ (Religious Consciousness in Secular Discourse Language: Self-positioning of Muslim minorities in European Social Sciences), Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft, Vol. XV (2): 113-130.
2007:“Islam in Portuguese-speaking areas: Historical accounts, (post)colonial conditions and current debates”, in LUSOTOPIE (Brill), “Islam en lusophonies”, Vol. XIV (1): 91-101.
2007:“Representing Islam and Lisbon Youth: Portuguese Muslims of Indian-Mozambican origin”, in LUSOTOPIE (Brill), “Islam en lusophonies”, Vol. XIV (1): 223-238, with David Cairns.
2006:“MEL-net: Rede de Investigação sobre Muçulmanos em Espaços Lusófonos“ (MEL-net: a research network on Muslims in Portuguese-speaking countries), Campos. Revista de Antropologia Social, 7 (2): 129-133, PPGAS/UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil.
2006:“O Futebol Globalizado: uma perspectiva lusocêntrica”, in Análise Social, XLI (179): 313-343, with João Nuno Coelho.
2006:“O Paradoxo do Jogo Português: sobre a omnipresênca do futebol e a ausência dos espectadores”, Análise Social, XLI (179): 519-551, with João Nuno Coelho.
2005:“Novidades do Terreno. Muçulmanos na Europa e o Caso Português” (News from the Field: Muslims in Europe and the Portuguese Case), Análise Social, XXXIX (173): 827-849.
2001:”No Bad News From the European Margin: The New Islamic Presence in Portugal“, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (Routledge),12 (1): 71-91.
2000:“Muçulmanos na Margem: A Nova Presença Islâmica em Portugal”, Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, No. 34, 117-144.
2019“Muslim Migration Intelligence and Individual Attitudes towards Muslims in Portugal”, in: Martikainnan, Mapril, Khan(eds.), Muslims at the margins of Europe, Leiden: Brill, with Susana Lavado.
2019Warum Ethnizität? Diskursive Konstruktionen mit gesellschaftlicher Wirkungsmacht, in: Radhika Natarajan (Hg.), Sprache, Flucht, Migration. Kritische, historische und pädagogische Annäherungen, Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag, S. 131-152.
2018Mirroring the dialectic of inclusion and exclusion in ethnoheterogenesis processes, in: Sofia Aboim, Paulo Granjo, Alice Ramos (Editors), Changing Societies: Legacies and Challenges. Vol.I: Ambiguous Inclusions: Inside Out, Outside In, Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 195-217, doi.org/10.31447/ics9789726715030.09
2014“Portugal”, in: J.S. Nielsen et al (eds.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Volume VI, Leiden: Brill, pp. 487-497, with José Mapril.
2014“Introduction: Globalization, sports labor migration and women’s mobilities”, in: S. Agergaard & N.C. Tiesler (eds.), Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration, London, New York: Routledge, pp. 3-19, with S. Agergaard.
2014“Current fluxes in women’s soccer migration: Towards an understanding of the circularity of athletic mobility and skills-exchange”, in: S. Agergaard & N.C. Tiesler (eds.), Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration, London, New York: Routledge, pp. 33-50, with S. Agergaard.
2014“Momentous spark or enduring enthusiasm? The 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup and its impact on players’ mobility and on the popularity of women’s soccer in Germany”, in: S. Agergaard & N.C. Tiesler (eds.), Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration, London, New York: Routledge, pp. 140-158, with G. Pfister and M.-L. Klein.
2014“The typology of athletic migrants revisited: Transnational settlers, sojourners and mobiles”, in: S. Agergaard & N.C. Tiesler (eds.), Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration, London, New York: Routledge, pp. 191-215, with S. Agergaard and V.L. Botelho.
2013“Muslims in Portugal”, in: J.S. Nielsen et al (eds.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Volume V, Leiden: Brill, with José Mapril, pp. 517-530. Doi 10.1163/9789004255869_037.
2013“Verlust der Begriffe, Fixierung auf Religion und Tradition: Zur Konstruktion muslimischer Identität in öffentlichen und sozialwissenschaftlichen Diskursen“, in: I. Wunn und M. Selcuk (Hgs.), Islam-Women-Europe. Islamic feminism and gender jihad, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, pp. 207-223.
2012“Religionen in Portugal”, in: M. Porsche-Ludwig and J. Bellers (eds.), Handbuch der Religionen der Welt, Nordhausen: Bautz Verlag, with Steffen Dix, pp. 353-360.
2012 “Muslims in Portugal”, in: J.S. Nielsen et al (eds.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Volume IV, Leiden: Brill, with José Mapril, pp.469-480.
2012„Mobile Spielerinnen als Akteurinnen im Globalisierungsprozess des Frauenfußballs“, in: G. Sobiech und A. Ochsner (Hgs.), Spielen Frauen ein anderes Spiel? Geschichte, Organisation, Repräsentationen und kulturelle Praxen im Frauenfußball, Berlin: VS-Verlag, pp. 97-122.
2012 “O Futebol Português – Introdução”, in: N.C. Tiesler and N. Domingos (eds.), O Futebol Português. Política, Género e Movimento, with Nuno Domingos, Porto: Edições Afrontamento, pp. 13-22.
2012“Ensaio sobre a Festa, o Futebol e a Batalha dos Nacionalistas: Uma bandeira não é uma bandeira não é uma bandeira”, in: N.C. Tiesler and N. Domingos (eds.), O Futebol Português. Política, Género e Movimento, Porto: Edições Afrontamento, pp. 325-238.
2012“A festa dos emigrantes: A importância do futebol na diáspora Portuguesa” (The Emigrants’ Party: on the importance of football in Portuguese diáspora), in: N.C. Tiesler and N. Domingos (eds.), O Futebol Português. Política, Género e Movimento, Porto: Edições Afrontamento, pp. 275-300.
2012“Um grande salto para um país pequeno: O êxito das jogadoras portuguesas na migração futebolística internacional” (A big move for a small country: Portuguese female players as international football migrants), in: N.C. Tiesler and N. Domingos (eds.), O Futebol Português. Política, Género e Movimento, Porto: Afrontamento, pp. 221-246.
2011“Muslims in Portugal”, in: J.S. Nielsen et al (eds.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Volume III, Leiden: Brill, pp. 447-458.
2010 “Across Difference? Portuguese Muslim Youth as Portuguese Youth”, in: D. Cairns (ed.), Youth on the Move?European Youth and Geographical Mobility, Berlin: VS-Verlag, with David Cairns, pp. 134-145.
2010“Muslim Populations in Portugal”, in: J.S. Nielsen et al (ed.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Volume II, Leiden: Brill, pp. 413-422.
2009 “Muslim Transnationalism and Diaspora in Europe: Migrant experience and theoretical reflection “, in: E. Ben-Rafael & Y. Sternberg (eds.), Transnationalism. Diasporas and the advent of a new (dis)order, Leiden: Brill, pp. 417-440. (with contributions by Shmuel Eisenstadt, Robin Cohen, Michel Wieviorka, Gabriel Sheffer, Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Alejandro Portes).
2009“Portugal”, in: J.S. Nielsen et al (eds.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Volume I, Leiden: Brill, pp. 277-284.
2008“No Bad News from the European Margin: The New Islamic Presence in Portugal”, reprint in: Andrew Rippin (ed.), World Islam: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies, New York, London: Routledge (four volume set, hardcover), pp. 189-216.
2008 (first published in English in Soccer & Society 2007) “Globalised Football in a Lusocentric Glance: Struggles with markets and migration, traditions and modernities, the loss and the beauty”, in: N.C. Tiesler and J.N. Coelho (eds.), Globalized Football: Nations and Migration, the City and the Dream, London, New York: Routledge, with João Nuno Coelho, pp. xiv- xxxvi.
2008 (first published in English in Soccer & Society 2007) “The Paradox of the Portuguese Game: the omnipresence of football and the absence of spectators at matches“, in: N.C. Tiesler and J.N. Coelho (eds.), Globalized Football: Nations and Migration, the City and the Dream, London, New York: Routledge, with João Nuno Coelho, pp. 139-161.
2008“Antes do 11 de Setembro: Discursos sobre Muçulmanos na Europa e a viragem islamizante no pós-1989“, in: M. Villaverde Cabral et al (eds.), Itinerários. A Investigação nos 25 Anos do ICS, Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 451-473.
2006“Back to the Roots? A Busca da experiência subjectiva na selva das políticas da identidade”, in: R. Sarro und A. Lima (eds.): Terrenos Metropolitanos, Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 155-176.
2005“The fiesta, a dictatorship, a very dry fish, the symbol and its lovers: A flag is not a flag is not a flag”/“A festa, uma ditadura, um peixe muito seco, o símbolo e os seus amantes, Ou: Uma bandeira não éuma bandeira não é uma bandeira”, in: H. Marcelino, I. Moreira und V. Metello (Hgs.), Arte em Campo, Lissabon: Instituto das Artes/Ministério da Cultura, pp. 13-19 (bilingual English & Portuguese).
2004“Futebol e ´Identidades`? A bola é redonda para poder pensar em todas as direcções”, in: Pontapé de Saída, Porto: Culturporto, pp. 148-153.
2002“National Database on Portugal“, in: Brigitte Maréchal (ed.): L´Islam et les musulmans dans l´Europe élargie: radioscopie/ A Guidebook on Islam and Muslims in the Enlarged Europe, Louvain-la-Neuve: Academia Bruylant, pp. 123-129.
1999”Neue Gesellschaft – Altes Denken? Die Begegnung Europas mit dem Islam im Zeitalter der Migration”, in: E. Kürşat-Ahlers, D. Tan und H.-P. Waldhoff (eds.): Globalisierung, Migration und Multikulturalität, Frankfurt a.M.: Iko-Verlag, pp. 113-138.