Woolf Institute

Recent papers from Woolf Institute

1. Religious Education and ‘interfaith readiness’: how does a Religion and Worldviews approach prepare students for the religious diversity of university life?British Journal of Religious Education · 2026
2. How Does Higher Education Influence Attitudes Towards Muslims? Examining Mechanisms That Reduce Prejudice Within UK UniversitiesBritish Journal of Sociology · 2026
3. Multi-faith in policy only? Religion and belief inequalities at UK universities since the Equality ActBritish Journal of Sociology of Education · 2025
4. How can universities support students’ interfaith learning? Findings from a longitudinal survey of students in the UKHigher Education · 2025
5. The influence of STEM discipline and environment on UK and US university students’ belief developmentJournal of Beliefs and Values · 2025
6. Mental health services for Muslim communities in England and Wales: developing a more collaborative modelMental Health Religion & Culture · 2023
7. Sovereignty, Cyberspace, and the Emergence of Internet BubblesJournal of advanced military studies · 2023
8. Modest Dress at Work as Lived Religion: Women’s Dress in Religious Work Contexts in Saudi Arabia and the UKSociology of Religion · 2022
9. Fake Identities in Social CyberspaceInternational Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism · 2022
10. “It’s Not Doctrine, This Is Just How It Is Happening!”: Religious Creativity in the Time of COVID-19Religions · 2021
11. A Rabbi of One's Own? Navigating Religious Authority and Ethical Freedom in Everyday JudaismAmerican Anthropologist · 2021
12. State, space and secularism: towards a critical study of governing religionEthnic and Racial Studies · 2021
13. Public Engagement With Science Among Religious Minorities: Lessons From COVID-19Science Communication · 2020
14. ‘I Didn’t Know How to Be with My Husband’: State‐Religion Struggles over Sex Education in Israel and EnglandAnthropology & Education Quarterly · 2020
15. Secularisation theory and its discontents: Recapturing decolonial and gendered narratives. Debate on Jörg Stolz’s article on Secularization theories in the 21st century: ideas, evidence, and problemsSocial Compass · 2020
16. Antisemitism and Islamophobia: measuring everyday sensitivity in the UKEthnic and Racial Studies · 2019
17. “Conceiving God’s Children”: Toward a Flexible Model of Reproductive Decision-MakingMedical Anthropology · 2019
18. Towards an anthropology of doubt: the case of religious reproduction in Orthodox JudaismJournal of Modern Jewish Studies · 2018
19. The international politics of tolerance in the Persian GulfReligion State & Society · 2018
20. The Constructive Ambiguity of Vedic Culture in ISKCON MayapurThe Journal of Hindu Studies · 2018