Brief CV
Education:
2011 Postgraduate Certificate for Academic Practice, Lancaster University
2004-2008 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Exeter
2007 Guest Doctoral Student, Centre for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Uppsala
2002-2003 M.A., Anthropology and Sociology of Religion (Distinction), King's College London
1999-2002 B.A., Theology (Upper Second Class with Honors), Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University
Current and Recent Appointments:
2023 onwards Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology, Kent State University
2023 - 2026. Executive Council Member, Association for the Sociology of Religion
2022 - present Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion
2017 - present Member of the Network for the Social Scientific Study of Science and Religion
2016 - 2023 Assistant Professor, Sociology, Kent State University
2016 - present Honorary Research Fellow, School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham
2016 Research Fellow, Centre for Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society, Newman University
2013-2015 Research Fellow, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
2013-2016 Convenor, British Sociological Association, Sociology of Religion Study Group
2012-Present Visiting Fellow, Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths
2012 - 2015 Series Co-Editor, Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series
2011-Present Fellow, Higher Education Academy
2009-2013 Research Associate, AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme, Lancaster University
2008-Present Associate, Centre for the Study of Law and Religion, Cardiff University
2012-Present Visiting Fellow, Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths
2011-Present Fellow, Higher Education Academy
2009-2013 Research Associate, AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme, Lancaster University
2008-Present Associate, Centre for the Study of Law and Religion, Cardiff University
Research Interests:
Religion, Sociology, Youth Studies, Law & Religion, interfaith and intercultural dialogue, science and religion, secularity and nonreligion, young people’s religious and political participation, equalities legislation and religious literacy, global Christianity and mission, religion and belief in Europe