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Bringing together international researchers from across the social sciences and humanities to study science, religion and belief in society and culture

About us

We aim to foster and support research that examines any social or cultural aspect of science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medicine (STEMM) in relation to any religious, spiritual or non-religious tradition, position or worldview, including unbelief.

The network brings together and builds links between researchers in a range of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities, including (but not limited to) sociology of religion, psychology of religion, science and technology studies, sociology of health/medicine, media and cultural studies, social anthropology, politics, the history and philosophy of science/religion and religious studies.

Latest blogs

The Science & Belief in Society Podcast

Listen to the podcast brought to you by the International Research Network for the Study of Science & Belief in Society.

S4 Episode 9: Where is the global in the history of science?

In the ninth episode of season four, Dr Sarah Qidwai a historian of science at the University of York (UK) who researches science and Islam in the 19th century, and Dr Alexander Hall, an Assistant Professor at McMaster University in Canada who studies the history of biology and environmental science in popular media, discuss the importance of widening the scope of the history of science and

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