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Listen to interviews with the Programme director and some award holders about their projects here. Hear what it is like to conduct research on religion and society and discussion of some of the issues arising. You can also access some audio outputs from projects.
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Gill Valentine 2 of 3 Oct 2009
21 October 09
Phase 1 Large Grant holder Gill Valentine engages in more detailed discussion of the complexity of the study, particularly with regard to attitudes to homosexuality in Africa and the USA. Listen to this extract of her conversation recorded with Norman Winter in October 2009 [4min12sec]
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Gill Valentine 3 of 3 Oct 2009
21 October 09
Phase 1 Large Grant holder Gill Valentine discusses the value of the research both as an impartial analysis of history in the making, and its value to organisations dealing with conflict resolution involving issues of cultural values, sexual orientation and religious belief. She also describes initial findings that there is a disparity between what is happening at local and parish level and what is being debated at the levels of institutions and leadership. Listen to this extract of her conversation recorded with Norman Winter in October 2009 [5min13sec]
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Robert Hoffmann 1 of 2 Feb 2010
10 February 10
Phase 1 Small Grant holder Robert Hoffmann of Nottingham University describes to Norman Winter the experimental method using simple decision-making tasks in a study of trust behaviour and its relationship to religious affiliation and degrees of religiosity. Student subjects were drawn from the university’s UK, Malaysia and China campuses. The second of the two extracts from the full interview is also available. [8min58sec]
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Gill Valentine 1 of 3 Oct 2009
21 October 09
Phase 1 Large Grant holder Gill Valentine gives an overview of the dispute within the Anglican Communion, the research methods being used to gather data geographically from England, the USA and Africa, and looks at the geographical perspectives being brought to bear on theological faultlines. Listen to this extract of her conversation recorded with Norman Winter in October 2009 [8min35sec]
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Linda Woodhead 1 Oct 2009
09 October 09
Programme Director Linda Woodhead talks about the scope and scale of the Religion and Society Research Programme, including examples of commissioned projects, distinctive features of the research being undertaken, and its relevance to contemporary issues in religion and society. You can also listen to or download the complete version of this interview and two more extracts further down the Podcast list. [8min22sec]
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Emilia Jamroziak Oct 2009
21 October 09
Phase 1 Small Grant holder Emilia Jamroziak describes her research into the survival and success of Cistercian monasteries in border regions in medieval Europe. She talks about the geographical locations and place in history of these monasteries, the characteristics of the Cistercian order which have aided the research, and the differences which have emerged between the two border areas which were the subject of research. Listen to Emilia Jamroziak in conversation with Norman Winter. [10min10sec]
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