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Overview

Phase One

Large research projects

• Does Religious Education Work? Professor James Conroy - Religious Education, University of Glasgow
• Leadership and Capacity Building in the British Muslim Community Dr Sophie Gilliat-Ray - School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University
• Troubled Geographies Dr Ian Gregory - Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Lancaster University
• Media portrayals of religion and the secular sacred Professor Kim Knott - School of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds
• Gender, Caste and the Practices of Religious Identities Dr Tej Purewal - School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester
• Religious nurture in Muslim families Dr Jonathan Scourfield - School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
• Sexuality and Global faith Networks Professor Gill Valentine - School of Geography, University of Leeds
• An online centre for British data on religion Professor David Voas - School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester

Small research projects

• Shah `Abbas I and the Great Shrines of the Safavids Dr Sheila Canby - Ancient Near East, British Museum
• Religion, identity, and violence in Kaduna State Nigeria Dr Colette Harris - Research Department, Institute of Development Studies
• The Myth of British Identity and the Failure of Multiculturalism? Dr Kaye Haw - School of Education, University of Nottingham
• Religion, Religiosity and Pro-Social Behaviour in Cross-Cultural Interactions Dr Robert Hoffmann - Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham
• Survival and Success on Medieval Borders Dr Emilia Jamroziak - School of History, University of Leeds
• The Difference that 'Faith' Makes Dr Sarah Johnsen - School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
• Belief and Belonging Professor John Mack - School of World Art Studies & Museology, University of East Anglia
• Religion, development and the rights of subordinated people Dr David Mosse - Department of Anthropology and Sociology, School of Oriental and African Studies
• Queer Spiritual Space(s) Professor Sally Munt - Department of Media and Film Studies, University of Sussex
• Relational Religious Identities Dr Elizabeth Olson - School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh
• Religious Reading in a Secular Society Dr Mark Pike - School of Education, University of Leeds
• An Examination of Partnership Approaches to Challenging Religiously Dr Basia Spalek - Institute for Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham

Networks and workshops

• Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in Britain Professor David Bebbington - Department of History, University of Stirling
• Network of British Researchers and Practitioners of Islamic Law Professor Robert Gleave - Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
• Promoting Greater Human Wellbeing Professor Elaine Graham - University of Chester
• Performance, Politics, Piety Dr Kamal Salhi - School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Leeds
• The History of the Dissenting Academies in the British Isles, 1660-1860 Professor Knud Haakonssen - Department of History, University of Sussex
• The emergence of Hausa identity: religion and history Dr Anne Haour - School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• Religion, Discrimination and Accommodation Professor Peter Jones - School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• Secularism: a reappraisal of institutional arrangements for religious regulation. Dr David Lehmann - Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
• Religion, Justice and Well-Being: the normative foundations of public policy in a multi-faith society Dr Jonathan Seglow - Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London

Collaborative PhD studentships

• Spiritual Healthcare and Public Policy Revd. Canon Andrew Todd - Spiritual Healthcare and Public Policy
• The Dissenting Academy and the Control of Education by the State, 1662-1751 Professor Isabel Rivers - School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, London
• Meaning and Function of 'Continuity Experiences' in 'Continuing-Bond' Bereavements Professor Ivan Leudar - School of Psychological Sciences, Manchester University
• Methodist Central Halls as Public Sacred Spaces Professor Michael Hebbert - School of Environment and Development, Manchester University
• Study and Evaluation of a Process of Biblical Translation and its Impact on Community Identity Professor Elaine Graham - Dept of Religions and Theology, Manchester University
• The Dialogue between Society and Religion in the use of Professional Experts in the Roman Catholic church, with particular reference to Marriage Cases Professor Norman Doe - Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University
• British Woodland Burial: its theological, ecological and social values Professor Douglas Davies - Dept of Theology and Religion, Durham University
• The Women's National Commission and Muslim Women's Network Muslim Women in Europe Professor Haleh Afshar - Centre for Women's Studies, University of York

Phase Two

Large research projects

• Christianity and the University Experience in Contemporary England Dr Mathew Guest - University of Durham, Dept of Theology & Religion
• Young People's Attitudes to Religious Diversity Professor Bob Jackson - University of Warwick, Institute of Education
• Negotiating Identity Professor Nicola Madge - Brunel University, School of Health Sciences and Social Care
• Marginalized Spiritualities Dr Elizabeth Olson - University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences
• Dissenting academy libraries and their readers, 1720-1860 Professor Isabel Rivers - Queen Mary, University of London, School of English & Drama
• Religion, Youth, and Sexuality Dr Andrew Yip - University of Nottingham, School of Sociology and Social Policy

Small research projects

• Youth transitions, international volunteering and religious transformations Dr P Hopkins - School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• Learning at the Swami's feet Professor Roger Jeffery - School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh
• Opting out of Religious Education Dr A Mawhinney - School of Law, The Queen's University of Belfast
• A Study exploring Questions relating to Partnership between Police and Muslim Communities in the Prevention of Violent Extremism amongst Muslim Youth Dr B Spalek - Institute for Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham
• Fitna, the video battle Professor L van Zoonen - Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough
• Migration and Visual Culture Dr P Ward - Department of Education and Professional Studies, King's College London
• The Production of Religious Architecture in a Diverse World Dr Jenny Russell - School of Art & Design, University of Ulster

Networks and workshops

• Faiths, Young People and Civil Society Network Dr Adam Dinham - Department of Professional and Community Education, Goldsmiths
• Belief as cultural performance Prof Gordon Lynch - School of Continuing Education, Birkbeck College
• Youth, Violence and Cult Prof Miri Rubin - Dept of History, Queen Mary, University of London

Collaborative PhD studentships

• Keeping the Faith: The transmissions of "Sikhism" among young British Sikhs (18-30) Professor Kim Knott - School of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Leeds
• Negotiating the secular and the religious in higher education Professor Gordon Lynch - School of Continuing Education, Birkbeck College
• Deriving meaning in transition Professor Simon Robinson - School of Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University
• The role of religious faith identities in shaping youth offending behaviours Professor David Stephenson - Institute for Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham
• From Sunday Schools to Christian Education Professor John Wolffe - Department of Religious Studies, Open University

Phase Three

Large research projects

• Multi-faith spaces - Symptoms and agents of religious and social change Dr RG Brand - School of Environment and Development, Manchester
• Religious Non-Governmental Organizations and the United Nations in New York and Geneva Professor Jeremy Carrette - Politics and IR, Kent at Canterbury
• Theology and Therapy: Christianity, Psychotherapy & Spirituality in Scotland 1945-2000 Professor D Fergusson - Divinity, University of Edinburgh
• Vernacular Religion: Varieties of Religiosity in the Nepali Diaspora Professor DN Gellner - Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford
• The experience of worship in late medieval cathedral and parish church: investigation, realisation and interpretation Professor JM Harper - School of Music, Bangor University
• Icons and Innovation in Southwest China's Religious Texts Dr E Hsu - Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford
• Muslim Participation in Contemporary Governance Dr T O'Toole, Sociology - University of Bristol
• Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality in England and Wales: Theory, Policy and Practice (2000-2010) Professor P Weller - School of Education, Health and Sciences, University of Derby

Small research projects

• Marking Transitions and Meaning across the Life Course: Older People's Memories of Religious and Secular Ceremonies in Eastern and Western Europe Professor PG Coleman - School of Psychology, University of Southampton
• Yogavacara Traditions in Theravada Buddhist Societies Dr K Crosby - Department of Study of Religions, SOAS
• *The Faerie Queene* Now: remaking religious poetry for today's world Dr E Fernie - Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London
• Social Cohesion and Civil Law: The Family and Religious Courts Professor GF Douglas - Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University
• Compositional Planning, Musical Grammar & Theology in Old Hispanic chant Dr EC Hornby - School of Arts, University of Bristol
• Modest Dressing: faith-based fashion and internet retail Professor R Lewis - London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
• Landscape aesthetics, meaning and experience in Christian pilgrimage Dr A Maddrell - Computing, Engineering and Mathamatical Sciences, UWE
• Islamism in Arab Fiction and Film, 1947 to the Present Dr L Moore - Department of English and Creative Writing, Lancaster University
• The everyday urban spiritual: placing spiritual practices in context Professor C Philo - Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow

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