Biomedical narratives around gender and sexuality in religious contexts: the case of digital activisms in Mexico and Spain
Summary: The aim of this project is to recognize and examine the key scientific and religious arguments on the body related to gender and sexuality debates mobilized by religious and non-religious activists on social media platforms. More specifically, the project will identify profiles and narratives in which religious and non-religious beliefs intersect with the human […]
Islam, Science and Gender: Negotiating Boundaries in two case studies in Spain and Morocco
Summary: This project aims to explore contemporary processes of negotiation of scientific and religious discourses among Muslim population in two different contexts. More specifically, I aim to conduct a pilot study to identify existing positions and dilemmas on COVID-19 vaccination and infertility treatments among Muslim people living in Barcelona and Tangier. These two cities respond […]
Increasing Christians’ participation in science and reducing negative stereotypes through communal attributes
Summary: Christians and nonreligious individuals emphasize different interpersonal traits. Christians see themselves as more warm than competent, indicating an emphasis on communal traits, which are related to consideration of others (e.g., warmth; Abele & Wojciszke, 2007). Conversely, nonreligious individuals see themselves as more competent than warm, indicating an emphasis on agentic traits, which are related […]
Developing early career teachers’ engagement with science and religion through exploring sustainability issues in a learning community
Summary: In this project, we will develop a learning community in which 10 early career teachers (thereafter ECTs) will co-create resources for teaching about science and religion in relation to issues of sustainability. Participants will be recruited from Canterbury Christ Church University’s home and international PGCE programmes (based in Karachi, Pakistan). The community will participate […]
BioLogos Intervention to Increase Christian Belonging and Performance in Science
Summary: The stereotype that science and religion are incompatible is pervasive society, particularly in the United States. Although historians find little evidence of tangible conflict between these domains (Ferngren, 2017), research shows that Christian students in science feel unwelcome, suffer from negative stereotypes (Barnes et al., 2020), and underperform on scientific tasks (Rios et al., […]
Buddha & Science: Chinese Monks’ Views on Science in Contemporary Society
Summary: This project chooses Shaolin Temple – the Temple of origin for Kung Fu – as a site for investigating Chinese monks’ views on science in contemporary society. The purpose of the research is to investigate the relationship between science and Buddhism in China today. The research questions are three-fold. Firstly, we explore the bi-directional […]
Biomedicine and Belief: Spiritualism, Observation, and Margery Crandon’s Extraordinary Body c.1920–35
Summary: This interdisciplinary research project is the first scholarly exploration of the ‘Crandon case’: the testing of the notorious Boston-based spiritualist medium ‘Margery’ Crandon in the years c.1920–35 by a transatlantic team of researchers with medical and scientific pedigree. During séances, ‘Margery’ seemingly produced mysterious physical emanations such as ‘ectoplasm’ from her bodily orifices. Spiritualists […]
Beyond Dichotomies: Understanding Proenvironmental Behaviour in Turkey
Summary: The main objective of this project is to examine various characteristics and attributes that hinder or promote proenvironmental behaviour in Turkey. We aim to answer one key question: What affective, religious, psychological, and ecological perceptions influence environment-related values and practices in Turkey? We will conduct surveys with individuals having diverse demographic and socio-economic profiles. […]
The prayer economy and situated perceptions of economic utility: understanding preference for Qur’anic schools
Project aim: AN will draft a chapter titled “The prayer economy and situated perceptions of economic utility: understanding preference for Qur’anic schools” as part of a monograph titled “Decolonising education in Islamic West Africa: Cultural politics of religion, gender, and school preference”. Research questions: According to development actors in Senegal, versus parents and youth, what […]
Contemporary Orthodox Christian Views of Artificial Intelligence in “Cradle” and “Diaspora” Communities
Summary: The aim of this project is to survey contemporary Orthodox Christian attitudes in “cradle” (traditionally Orthodox countries) and “diaspora” (migrants) Orthodox communities towards technological advancement, especially artificial intelligence/AI. The research questions the project will answer are as follows: Is there an Orthodox view of AI? If there is, is this view consistent with the […]
