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Research & Findings

The majority of the Programme’s £12 million budget is funding successful research bids by UK-based academics. Research covers a wide range of topics, and looks at religion and society in the UK and beyond.

In this part of the website (under 'Projects') you can browse and read about any of the 75 projects funded by the Programme and their findings as they become available. Interesting findings from projects are previewed as 'Featured Findings'.

The sub-section on 'Themes' will provide a more focused and integrated analysis of the projects under different headings as the Programme progresses, and the 'State of the Art Report' will be posted in 2012.

Featured Findings

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  British Religion in Numbers unveils online treasure-chest of data

  2010-05-18 00:00:00

  A great leap forward in accessing facts and figures on religion in Britain has been made possible by a project funded by the Religion and Society Programme.  Leading scholars David Voas and Clive Field with a team based at the University of Manchester this month [April 2010] launched a new free-to-use website which will be of immense value to academic researchers as well as to government, private enterprises, journalists, and anyone wanting authoritative and up-to-date data on British religion.

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  Religion, identity, and violence in Kaduna State Nigeria

  2010-01-29 00:00:00

  Dr Colette Harris and her team find that participatory action research contributes to a reduction in tensions and violence.

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  Partnerships Between Muslim Groups and Police

  2009-11-26 00:00:00

  Criminologist Basia Spalek finds that successful community policing in a counter-terrorism context requires the building of trust between police officers and community members. The Metropolitan Police's Muslim Contact Unit has managed to do this.

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