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 here.