Summary This grant has supported activities which have contributed to a growing and vibrant community of scholars and students working on the intersection of science and religion in MENA. Between 2023-2024, network activities of MENA S&R were expanded. Activities included – an international hybrid workshop, an onsite tour, a virtual seminar series and a writing retreat. Inspired by recent studies of non-Christian contexts in the study of science and religion, our initiative brings together early career and senior scholars to reflect upon the ways the increase of research in non-Christian religious contexts has changed research methods and agendas. Through our network activities, we reflected on the connections between pioneering scholarship on science and religion and recent works in non-Christian contexts, working together to articulate the potential impacts of non-Christian scholarship on main themes in the study of science and religion. For more on our work see an overview of our

Summary In many countries in the MENA region, the study of the interface of science and religion from a social science perspective is not yet an established field of inquiry. The network we created supported researchers that study the social and cultural dimensions of the interaction of these two extremely powerful forces of science and religion in society. By bringing together leading scholars, both from the region and well as from the global research community, with emergent local scholars and advanced local graduate students, the network promotes further academic engagement and scholarship in such wide-ranging disciplines as history, sociology, education, religious studies, cultural studies, STS, law, philosophy, theology, and anthropology. We enabled dialogue between established scholars, early career researchers and graduate students, as well as outreach to the broader public as well. For more on our work see an overview of our activities here, and our interview series on YouTube