Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality in England and Wales: Theory, Policy and Practice (2000-2010)

Lead Research Organisation: University of Derby
Department Name: Education Health and Sciences

Abstract

The project will establish a contemporary benchmark in scholarly studies on 'discrimination' and 'equality' with regard to 'religion' and 'belief'. It is vitally important for the future of religion and society to understand the nature and extent of such discrimination and the adequacy of equality policies, practices and laws designed to tackle it. The project will inform public debate in this contentious area and equip users of research in public, private and voluntary and community sector organisations (including among policy makers, and in religion and belief groups) to make a difference by developing understanding, policy and practice in a more evidence-based way.

It will combine expertise in religion, research methods and human rights law and build on the results of the first (1999-2001) government-commissioned study of Religious Discrimination in England and Wales which was based on a national survey and four in-depth area case studies. That project's final report (see Weller, Feldman and Purdam, et al, 2001, Religious Discrimination in England and Wales, Home Office, London) found evidence of unfair treatment especially in education, employment and media, particularly as reported by Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. There was some overlap between religious and racial discrimination, while Pagans and members of New Religious Movements also reported considerable hostility.

Organisations that participated in that first national survey will be recontacted in a new survey, in which the same but also new questions, will be asked. In addition the original case study areas (Newham, Cardiff, Blackburn, Leicester) will be revisited and qualitative research conducted. An additional location (Norwich) will take account of possibly distinct results from an area with a strongly rural hinterland and will capture developments linked with recent EU labour migration. Focus groups will help to capture the perspective of those who understand themselves as 'non-religious'.

Findings from the original study will be compared with current findings to inform conclusions about how far patterns in reported religious discrimination (type; frequency; seriousness; groups affected; areas of social life) might have changed. The new research also goes beyond the limitations of the original project, examining how religion and belief data from the 2001 Census has been associated with other data (eg. on ethnicity, educational qualifications and employment), while more directly relevant survey data (eg. the Home Office Citizenship Survey) also exists. A thorough review and analysis of the use made of this data will be undertaken along with reviews of relevant literature and case law.

This will be explored in the context of a decade in which the concept of religious discrimination has become more accepted and incorporated into policy, practice and law (eg. Employment Equality [Religion or Belief] Regulations, 2003) but also more integrated into a wider equality and human rights framework with the Equality Act, 2006 and the 2008 establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and plans for more integrated equalities law. The previous emphasis on 'religion' has been balanced by reference to 'belief'. Tension has emerged with other 'equalities'. There has been the 'social policy shock' of the 7/7 London Transport bombings and their impact on discourses, policies and practices identified with 'multiculturalism'. There has been a growing emphasis on 'social cohesion', 'shared values' and 'Britishness' and the emergence of 'preventing violent extremism' initiatives to counter the threat of religiously-justified terror.

The project will result in a scholarly monograph; bibliography; summary report for all participants; briefing report for opinion-formers and policy-makers in the public, private and voluntary sectors; and knowledge exchange seminars for practitioners in these sectors, as well as among religious groups and legal practitioners.

Planned Impact

The project will benefit a wide range of research users beyond the academic community. Its three year scope facilitates inclusion within the project period itself of the production of a briefing report and the conduct of knowledge transfer and exchange with key opion-formers and policy-makers among the following sectors:

1.] Government and Public Bodies
The results, and especially the project briefing paper, will benefit all levels of government and public bodies such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Longitudinal and comparative data will provide important comparison and trend information and help to inform assessment of the degree to which recent legislative developments have impacted upon reported experiences of discrimination on the grounds of religion. Because the Equality and Human Rights Commission has identified a deficit in research relating to religion and belief, project results will inform evaluation of current practice and planning of future strategy - especially in relation to the category of 'belief' and those who see themselves as 'non-religious'.

2.] Private Sector
Given the role of the private sector in the productive economy, a seminar is planned for employer organisations and employers, from multinational companies to small and medium enterprises, to inform how the sector deals with existing and planned legislative requirements and can maximise benefits from religious plurality in contemporary society.

3.] Voluntary and Community Sectors
Given this sector's role increasing role in service delivery, a seminar is planned for organisations and groups from this sector.

4.] Religious and Belief Groups and Organisations
The research will benefit religious organisations - as subjects of rights to do with 'religion and belief', but as also themselves service providers impinged upon by rights relating to other 'equalities strands'.

5.] Legal Practitioners
In a context where existing law is still new, interpretation and application of the law is particularly important and significant. Therefore lawyers, chairs of employment tribunals, judges and others will have opportunity to engage with the project's enhanced evidence base. A seminar is therefore also planned for this group.

The knowledge transfer and exchange achieved with these groups will be recorded and fed into the writing of the project's co-authored monograph, therefore shaping its summative output.

International Bodies
The project will impact upon international bodies in which Co-Investigator, Dr. Ghanea, is deeply involved. For example, debates on 'offence' and on 'defamation of religions' are high on the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council, while 'intersectionality' and multiple discriminations is debated in the UK Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The project's results will offer an important data resource to inform these debates in a more 'grounded', systematic and research-informed way, while also informing the UK government's reporting responsibilities to international bodies.

General Public
Because of the controversial nature of many issues involved, the project will work with the Press Offices of the three Universities involved to maximise media opportunities around the project.

The Role of the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby Project Partner
The Centre's remit includes engagement with the non-specialist public and with a range of organisations. It is widely networked in the public, private and voluntary and community (including religion and belief) sectors. Its track record includes collaboration role with the Principal Investigator in the European Gold Prize winning Grundtvig project in developing a training module on Religious Diversity and Anti-Discrimination. Findings from the project will inform the further development of that training and information on i
 
Description THE FOLLOWING ARE SUMMARY FINDINGs FROM THE PROJECT THAT HAVE BEEN COMPILED INTO A 4 x A4 DOCUMENT/PDF FILE. THESE, TOGETHER WITH A RESEARCH INFORMED POLICY BRIEF INFORMED BY THE PROJECT FINDINGS ARE FURTHER DEVELOPED IN A BOOK FOCUSED ON THE PROJECT RESULTS by Paul Weller, Kingsley Purdam, Nazila Ghanea, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (2013), Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality, Bloomsbury, London (see http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/religion-or-belief-discrimination-and-equality-9781441166203/) **************************************************************** Context for Research Findings (Spring 2013) Religion and belief are important aspects of people's lives, informing how they see and live in the world, both as individuals and as part of wider groups. Issues around discrimination and equality on the grounds of religion or belief (including nonreligious beliefs) are sensitive and sometimes highly contested. These issues involve matters of individual freedom of conscience and of collective organization and expression in public life. This can be most evident in their interface with the responsibilities of employers and service providers, but it also cuts across many other aspects of everyday life including: education, the media, the criminal justice system, housing and planning, health care, social and other services, and funding. These issues involve relationships within and between religion or belief groups and between these groups and the wider society, including debates about the nature of a 'secular society'. Religion and belief also exist alongside and are interlinked with other aspects of people's identity, many of which have achieved legal recognition as 'protected characteristics', and conflicts between which result in debates about whether these should or can be balanced. This research project aimed to contribute to a better understanding of the nature, extent and any change in unfair treatment on the grounds of religion or belief over the past decade. This included an assessment of the adequacy of policies, practices and laws designed to tackle such unfair treatment. In doing so it linked with and built on the results of previous research (1999-2001) carried out for the Home Office, the report of which can be accessed via the National Archives at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk Research Objectives Uniquely, the project has been able to compare and analyse results from research questions asked both a decade ago and now. These included: to assess the evidence of religious discrimination in England and Wales, both actual and perceived; to describe the patterns shown by this evidence, including: its overall scale, its main victims, its main perpetrators, and the main ways in which the discrimination manifests; to indicate the extent to which religious discrimination overlaps with racial discrimination; and to identify the broad range of policy options available for dealing with religious discrimination. In the light of developments during 2000-2010, the project also asked about the extent to which reported experience of unfair treatment might have changed, including those groups most affected. By focusing on reported unfair treatment the project gathered evidence of a wider kind than that of only legally determined instances of religion or belief discrimination. The project has also kept in mind the policy changes that have taken place over the decade in the light of events such as the 7/7 bombings, and the introduction of new laws relating to religion and belief. The project considered the implications of the evidence gathered for the further development of theory, policy and practice with regard to issues of discrimination and equality measures that are concerned with religion or belief. Finally, the project considered awareness and use of the law, including the extent to which provision for religious 'exemptions' from equalities legislation might have contributed to unfair treatment among both religion and belief groups and/or in relation to other groups and aspects of identity such as gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation. Research Approach The findings are based on a postal and on-line questionnaire survey completed in 2011 on a stratified sample of over 1700 national and local religious organizations in England and Wales. This resulted in just under 500 responses (including just over 200 from organizations that also responded in 2011). In addition, case studies and interviews took place in 2011 with over 230 religion or belief, voluntary and community, public, private and legal sector participants in Blackburn, Cardiff, Leicester, the London Borough of Newham and Norwich. Project focus groups also engaged with 40 people who see themselves as 'non-religious' or 'secular'. Finally in Autumn 2012, at 'Knowledge Exchange Workshops' held in Cardiff, Derby, London, Manchester and Oxford, at which interim findings were shared and discussed with over 200 practitioners from religion or belief, community and voluntary, public, private and legal sector organisations and groups. Further input was gathered from these practitioners, and informed the project's overall findings, including especially the recommendations of its Policy Brief. In order to develop an understanding of the legal context, over 130 relevant legal cases were identified and reviewed. Other relevant research evidence identified from the past decade was also reviewed. A doctoral research case study (on Church-related adoption agencies) explored the relationship between religious freedom and sexual orientation. Key Findings: Continuity and Change? A decade ago in England, Wales and Scotland unfair treatment on the basis of religion or belief had little scope for domestic legal redress. Since then, equality legislation such as the 2003 Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations, the Incitement to Racial and Religious Hatred Act, 2006, and the 2006 and 2010 Equalities Acts came into force. These laws are designed to protect the holders of religious and non-religious beliefs from unfair treatment. The findings of the project survey suggest that there is evidence that over the past decade there has, in general, been a reduction in the reported experience of unfair treatment on the basis of religion or belief. The project's fieldwork findings suggest there are indications that the introduction of law has been associated with changes of policy and practice, particularly in the public sector. For example, Pagan organizations, in particular, have cited human rights law as having opened up the possibility of more equitable participation in aspects of public life. However, both the survey and the fieldwork results continue to highlight substantial levels of reporting of unfair treatment on the basis of religion or belief in important areas of people's lives. With regard to its impact, the survey findings indicate that, in most areas and across most religious groups, the unfair treatment is more often reported to be occasional than frequent. The unfair treatment is generally reported to be more to do with the attitudes and behaviour of individuals (including within employment in relation to managers and colleagues) than with the policies or practices of organizations. Some religious groups continue to report experience of higher levels of unfair treatment than others - in particular Muslim and Pagan and New Religious Movement organizations. Jewish organizations also continue to report significant experience of antisemitism including stereotyping and targeted attacks on Jewish property. High profile controversies and legal cases reflect continued experience of what is felt to be unfair treatment with regard to employer dress codes in relation particularly to Muslim women using head coverings and to Christians wearing crosses. In schools such issues affect pupils as well as teachers, and in comparison with a decade ago, the research contains some indicative evidence of what might be more widely spread difficulties for Sikhs in the wearing of 'the 5Ks' of their religion. It is clear that the relationship between the perception and reporting of unfair treatment on the basis of religion or belief and the legal determination of it remains complex and open to contested interpretations. The introduction of new laws has not been a panacea. Moreover, the fieldwork findings suggest that many religious people are only very generally aware of their new legal rights. At the same time, many 'non-religious' focus group participants had a sense that, despite a broadening of the meaning of 'belief' in recent case law, these laws do not work equally for them. Unfair Treatment in Various Areas of Life Findings from the survey indicate a general reduction in the incidence of reported unfair treatment since 2001. This is especially so in criminal justice and employment. Fieldwork research evidence points to continuing unfair treatment in relation to immigration controls. Evidence from interviews with research participants in the fieldwork suggests that where there is an awareness of them, legal changes have contributed to a sense of improvement among religion or belief groups in terms of their being consulted on a more inclusive basis in relation, especially, to public sector policies and practices. Examples of this include liaison between the police and religion or belief groups. At the same time, during the fieldwork, concerns were expressed about both some of the concepts and also aspects of the implementation of Prevent initiatives. Also from within the fieldwork, education (and especially Religious Education) was identified as having become more inclusive of diversities of religion or belief (including humanist views). These developments were especially linked with the work of Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education (SACREs), despite the fact that some SACREs still do not accommodate non-religious participants. But, 'Knowledge Exchange Workshop' participants expressed concern that such gains could be undermined by policy developments around Academies and Free Schools in which Religious Education was not given an integral place. Participants in fieldwork research reported that, overall, relations between different religious groups have improved since 2001. Survey results also show a reduction in reporting of unfair treatment from other religious groups since 2001. However levels of reported unfair treatment from other religious groups were substantial and religious organisations were more likely to identify other religious groups as being a source of unfair treatment than they were likely to identify 'non-religious' groups in general. At the same time some political groups including right wing groups were frequently cited in both the survey and the fieldwork as a source of hostility and insecurity. Similar Reported Patterns of Unfair Treatment Education, employment and the media remain key areas of people's lives in which they report experience of unfair treatment. Although there has been an overall reduction in the reported experience of unfair treatment in education and employment, evidence relating to the media suggests considerable continuity. However, as in 2001, experience of unfair treatment is more strongly identified with national rather than local media. But the fieldwork findings suggest that the 'new media' is seen as bringing both benefits and new problems. As in 2001, more experience of unfair treatment was reported in relation to employment in the private sector than the public sector. Overall, even where there have been positive policy developments in organizations, there remain issues of consistency in translating policy into practice. Individual prejudicial attitudes can still create impacts that go beyond the individual, both internally within organizations and in their delivery of goods and services. There is continuing complexity around the intersections between religion or belief and ethnicity in relation to claims of unfair treatment, with evidence that 'visible' religion or belief minorities continue to experience patterns of unfair treatment through a combination of factors that can also involve gender as well as ethnicity. New Forms of Reported Unfair Treatment New forms of unfair treatment are being reported - particularly, but not only, by Christians. For example, both the project's survey and field work research evidence point to a greater reported incidence of Christian employees concerned about employer policies and practices on Sunday working. Some Christians were also articulating a sense of the marginalisation of Christianity compared to its historic position in society and spoke of what they felt was a now comparatively fairer treatment of other religion or belief groups compared to Christians. At the same time, the project focus groups highlighted the degree to which 'non-religious' people feel that Christianity and religion in general is privileged in ways that are structurally embedded in the society and can result in unfair treatment for others, especially in education and governance. In both the fieldwork and survey evidence it was clear that people from a number of other religious groups (including especially, but not only Sikhs) were being misidentified as Muslims and thereby becoming the target for unfair treatment and a particular hostility that was clearly intended to be directed towards Islam and Muslims. This highlights not only the unfair treatment Muslims have been encountering but also how this affects other groups. Emerging New Challenges: Identity and Law A number of emerging new challenges are being highlighted, especially around the balance between the different so-called 'protected characteristics' in law, and particularly in the relationships between religion or belief, gender and sexual orientation. Fieldwork participants often cited specific high profile cases as being indicative of wider social trends. Overall, the progress facilitated by new law has also highlighted what are as yet unresolved tensions in the interpretation and application of domestic law. In January 2013, European Court of Human Rights judgements were given on the cases of Eweida and Chaplin v. the United Kingdom and Ladele and McFarlane v. the United Kingdom. The former concerned the wearing of religious symbols at work and the latter concerned conscientious objections on religious grounds of an employee in relation to conducting civil partnership ceremonies. Following these cases, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued helpful guidance on understanding these judgements and their implications for employers which are intended to provide better guidelines in the uncertainties around the tensions and clashes that have emerged and continue in mediating between various 'protected characteristics'. Evidence from the survey shows a majority of religious organizations favour exemptions (especially but not only for the internal structures of religion or belief groups) on matters of gender, sexual orientation and religion or belief. The survey evidence also points to strongly divided opinions on marriage/ civil partnership and sexual orientation exemptions, as well as to some support for exemptions from equalities legislation in relation to age and disability. A Spectrum of Unfair Treatment In order to understand and consider how best to tackle the full range of unfair treatment, and to create the conditions for developing a more inclusive society in relation to matters of religion or belief, it is important to try to differentiate between the different kinds of unfair treatment. To inform interpretation of the evidence that it has gathered the project has employed an analytical spectrum which it has further developed from the one used in 1999-2001. In terms of religion or belief hatred, direct and indirect discrimination the spectrum overlaps with law, but in other aspects goes beyond it: Religion or belief naivety is a lack of basic religion or belief literacy that sometimes leads to actions that can be seen and/or result in unfair treatment. Religion or belief prejudice involves the stereotyping of particular religion or belief groups through attitudes that can wound individuals and form a basis for exclusionary unfair treatment, harassment or victimisation. Religion or belief hatred can occur when prejudice intensifies into a settled attitude of mind, emotion and will that can spill over into intimidatory and/or violent behaviour towards the religion or belief 'other'. Religion or belief disadvantage is a more structural instance of unfair treatment. In at least some measure, this can be experienced by all minority religion or belief groups in relation to the relative position and (sometimes) privileges of majority groups. Religion or belief direct discrimination occurs in deliberate exclusion of individuals from opportunities or services. Religion or belief indirect discrimination can occur where the effects of historical decisions, contemporary structures or patterns of behaviour have not been reconsidered in the light of current religion or belief plurality and result in unintentional discrimination. Religion or belief institutional discrimination can develop when unfair treatment becomes endemic and structurally embedded in organizations, leading to a collective failure to provide equitable treatment. Views on Tackling Unfair Treatment From the survey, among recent policy emphases for assisting the participation in society of people of various religious groups, the policy emphases on citizenship, community cohesion and 'multiculturalism' were seen as being the most helpful for creating a context in which unfair treatment on the grounds of religion or belief might be reduced. The idea of 'Britishness' was not seen as so helpful. In the fieldwork, the importance of examples of good practice was cited, particularly in relation to a more inclusive approach to consultation with religion or belief groups and a basic literacy concerning their perspectives on life. In comparison with 2001 there is not as much appetite among religion or belief groups for further new laws or for changes to existing law. Public education remained the preferred way to tackle unfair treatment on the basis of religion or belief. In the fieldwork research (including by some 'non-religious' participants in the focus groups) inter-faith initiatives were also seen as important. Through the comparisons that it has been able to draw over a period of ten years the project has arrived at some unique evidence. This evidence provides the kind of insight on which policy-makers and practitioners can draw for the next decade and beyond.
Exploitation Route The project's findings have potential use in: 1.] Informing law, policy and practice in relation to matters of religion and belief, discrimination and equality. The project's Policy Brief will especially help in this by being distributed to key organisations and individuals in the public, private, voluntary and community, religion or belief, and legal sectors of society. 2.] Providing an evidence base for religion and belief groups in relation to matters of discrimination and equality. The project Summary Findings will especially help in this by being distributed to religion and belief organisations that participated in the project's research and through these to their wider networks. 3.] Informing policy and practice in public, private, voluntary and community, religion or belief, and legal sectors. Both the project Policy Brief and the project Summary Findings will be of help in this by being distributed to the 211 participants in the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshops and through these to their wider networks.
Sectors Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Retail,Security and Diplomacy,Transport,Other
URL http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/religion-or-belief-discrimination-and-equality-9781441166203/
 
Description Early impact from the project on policy development and understanding was made while the project was itself still underwat through Weller's (2011) commissioned report for the EHRC on Religious Discrimination in Britain: A Review of Research Evidence, 2000-2010 (Manchester: EHRC). Both this report and the wider project were cited (pp. 8-9) in The Impact of AHRC Research 2010/11 - the AHRC's first annual Research Performance and Economic Impact report for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. In its section on "Interaction with Policy Makers" this states that: "A research team at the University of Derby, for example, is looking at religion, discrimination and equality. The project team informed a new report for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)" and that "The project is also more widely engaged with practitioners, government bodies, religious groups and lawyers." On Weller's EHRC report, the AHRC report quotes Dr. David Perfect, Research Manager at the Commission who stated that it: "provides new evidence about the nature and extent of religious discrimination in Britain. The Equality and Human Rights Commission will be using the report to increase its understanding of this important issue and to help guide its future work on religion or belief more generally." Also built into the project design as a key part of both the dissemination and impact of its interim results, and the production of its final results were five Knowledge Exchange Workshops held by the project in the Autumn of 2012 (Derby, 19.9.12; Oxford, 5.10.12; Manchester, 11.10.12; Cardiff, 25.10.12; and London 7.11.12). These involved 211 practitioners from organisations in the religion or belief (106); voluntary and community (45); public (40) sector; legal (12); private (8) sectors. At these workshops, the project's interim summary findings were presented by Weller and discussed in plenary and breakout groups facilitated by Weller, Contractor; the project Co-Investigators and the project's partner organisation, the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby. On feedback sheets, participants in the workshops identified up to 3 hopes/objectives for the workshops and whether these had been "surpassed", "satisfied", "not fully satisfied", or "disappointed". In total participants identified 263 hopes/objectives of which 23% were "surpassed" and 56% were "satisfied", providing evidence that the workshops met many of the needs of a broad range of practitioners/research users, while also contributing further primary research data to the finalisation of the project's results. The project has featured as one of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Case Studies on research and policy impact, entitled Walking a Tightrope: Relevance, Responsiveness, Rigour and Responsibility in Policy-Related Research on Religion or Belief and accessible from: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/What-We-Do/Strengthen-research-impact/Inform-public-policy/Case-studies/Documents/AHRC%20Religious%20Research.pdf Weller also presentated on project findings and implications at An Anglo-German Equality and Human Rights Dialogue, held at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College, University of London, 18.1.2013, in which representatives of the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission, the German Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, and the German Federal Institute for Human Rights participated in order to inform policy and practice development in terms of UK and German comparisons. Also informed by this research project, Weller has subsequently (during 2015) been consulted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Friends of the Chair Group, and also as part of a 2015 working group of the Commission in relation to its production of further detailed guidance on matters of religion and belief in relation to both employment and service delivery.
First Year Of Impact 2011
Sector Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Retail,Security and Diplomacy,Transport,Other
 
Description Project Principal Investigator as Faith Advisor for the Secretary of State, Ministers and civil servants in the Department of Communities and Local Government
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact In particular, participation in the Faith Advisors Group led to the creation of a Myth-Busting guidance document in relation to public funding for faith-based organisations, as well as to general input into the development and review of the Government's PREVENT policy and practice in relation to counter-terrorism.
URL http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100304111717/http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/communit...
 
Description Project Principal Investigator as Member of the Census Academic Advisory Group for the Office for National Statistics
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The principal investigator contributed to discussions that led decisions on the form of the questions on religion or belief in the 2011 Census in England and Wales
URL http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/the-2011-census/census-consultations/uag/census-a...
 
Description Project Principal Investigator as Member of the Friends of the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission group
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The impact has been the connection of my research and knowledge in the area of religion and belief, discrimination and equality research to the further shaping, development and application of the public duties of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
 
Description Project Principal Investigator as part of a working group of the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Religion and Belief in Employment and Services within equality and human rights law developments
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Project Principal Investigator contributed to user survey of proposals for the 2021 Census in relation to religion and belief and ethnicity
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Collaboration with People Can (Wales) as a co-sponsor of the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation People Can (Wales)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution As co-sponor with People Can (Wales) of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at the University Hall, Cardiff, Wales on 25.10.2012.
Collaborator Contribution People Can (Wales) were one of the co-sponsors of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at the University Hall, Cardiff, Wales on 25.10.2012. The organisation promoted the Cardiff workshop via its networks and provided a staff member for facilitating one of the break-out groups in the workshop.
Impact Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2012
 
Description Collaboration with the Cardiff Interfaith Steering Group as a co-sponsor of the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation Cardiff Interfaith Steering Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution As a co-sponsor of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held in Cardiff, Wales, on 25.10.2012 held collaboratively with the Cardiff Inter Faith Steering Group.
Collaborator Contribution As a co-sponsor of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held in Cardiff, Wales, on 25.10.2012, the Cardiff Inter Faith Steering Group helped to promote the event through its local networks.
Impact Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2012
 
Description Collaboration with the Cardiff Third Sector Council/Cyngor Trydydd Sector Caerdydd as a co-sponsor of the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation Cardiff Third Sector Council/Cyngor Trydydd Sector Caerdydd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution As a co-sponsor of the project workshop held in Cardiff on 25.10.2102 with the Cardiff Third Sector Council/Cyngor Trydydd Sector Caerdydd (see http://www.c3sc.org.uk/)
Collaborator Contribution As a co-sponsor of the project workshop held in Cardiff on 25.10.2102, the Cardiff Third Sector Council/Cyngor Trydydd Sector Caerdydd (see http://www.c3sc.org.uk/)
Impact Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2012
 
Description Collaboration with the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, Manchester as a partner in the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation University of Manchester
Department Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working together with the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (see http://www.cmist.manchester.ac.uk/) contributed as a co-sponsor of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at Luther King House, Rusholme, Manchester on 11.10.2012,
Collaborator Contribution The Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (see http://www.cmist.manchester.ac.uk/) contributed as a co-sponsor of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at Luther King House, Rusholme, Manchester on 11.10.2012, through using its networks for regional promotion of the event
Impact As a partner in the Knowledge Exchange Workshops, Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2012
 
Description Collaboration with the Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford as a partner in the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working together with the Department (see https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/) as co-sponsor of the project's Oxford Knowledge Exchange Workshop at its Rewley House, central Oxford venue, for special rates, on 5.10.2012.
Collaborator Contribution The Department (see https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/) hosted the project's Oxford Knowledge Exchange Workshop at its Rewley House, central Oxford venue, for special rates, on 5.10.2012. It also contributed to profile and publicity for the event. An existing link already existed through one of the project co-investigators, Dr. Nazila Ghanea, being based in the Department of Continuing Education.
Impact As a partner in the Knowledge Exchange Workshops, Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2010
 
Description Collaboration with the Human Rights Consortium and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London as a partner in the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation University of London
Department Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution In working together with The Human Rights Consortium of the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Legal Studies (see http://www.sas.ac.uk/hrc) of the University of London, to co-sponsor of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at Senate House, University of London, on 7.11.2012.
Collaborator Contribution The Human Rights Consortium of the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Legal Studies (see http://www.sas.ac.uk/hrc) of the University of London, was a co-sponsor of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at Senate House, University of London, on 7.11.2012. As well as hosting the event for free and providing refreshments, the Consortium promoted the event through its networks.
Impact As a partner in the Knowledge Exchange Workshops, Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2012
 
Description Collaboration with the Luther King House Educational Trust, Manchester as a partner in the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation Luther King House
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working together with the Trust, at its premises in Brighton Grove, Rusholme, Manchester, as co-sponsor of the project's Knowledge Exchange Seminar in Manchester on 11.10.2012
Collaborator Contribution The Trust, at its premises in Brighton Grove, Rusholme, Manchester, hosted the project's Knowledge Exchange Seminar in Manchester on 11.10.2012 and also assisted in promotion of the event through its own networks. There was a pre-existing connection to the Trust from the project Principal Investigator who had acted as external examiner for one of its Master's programmes validated by the University of Manchester
Impact As a partner in the Knowledge Exchange Workshops, Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2012
 
Description Collaboration with the Multi-Faith Cente at the University of Derby as a partner in the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation University of Derby
Department Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution As a co-sponsor with the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby (see http://www.multifaithcentre.org) in hosting the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at the Multi-Faith Centre on 19.9.2012.
Collaborator Contribution As well as being an overall project partner, the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby (see http://www.multifaithcentre.org) hosted the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at the Multi-Faith Centre on 19.9.2012, due to a change from the original project plan where all project Knowledge Exchange Workshops were to be held at the Centre, it also became a co-sponsor of the Workshops held in Cardiff, London, Manchester, and Oxford, contributing administrative staff time support to the organisation and servicing of these workshops and, by the Director of the Centre, to facilitation of some of the group discussion sessions within them.
Impact As a partner in the Knowledge Exchange Workshops, Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2010
 
Description Collaboration with the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby as project partner in the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project in the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme 
Organisation University of Derby
Department Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution As well as collaborating with the Centre in organising the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop, also via the project's mailings, in promoting the European Religion and Belief Diversity Training programme of which the Centre is a project partner.
Collaborator Contribution As an overall project partner, as well as hosting one of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshops and helping to organise the others, the Centre also hosted and co-ordinated on behalf of the project some telephone follow up work undertaken in securing responses to the project's questionnaire survey of religious organisations.
Impact By its work on the questionnaire survey follow up, the Centre contributed to strengthening the project's response rate for its project survey and thus also contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2010
 
Description Collaboration with the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College, Oxford as a partner in the Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality project's (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research programme) Knowledge Exchange Workshops 
Organisation University of Oxford
Department Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution In collaborating with the Centre as a co-sponsor of the project's Knowledge Exchange workshop held in Oxford
Collaborator Contribution A collaborating organisation in the organisation and promotion of the project's Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at Rewley House, Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, 6.10.12. Information on the Centre can be accessed from http://www.rpc.ox.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=103&tln=ResourceCentres
Impact As a partner in the Knowledge Exchange Workshops, Input from participants in the workshops contributed to the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2012
 
Description Collaboration with the University of Manchester through involvement of Project Co-Investigator in Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality research project in the (AHRC/ESRC) Religion and Society research programme 
Organisation University of Manchester
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working with the co-investigator (Dr Kingsley Purdam) from the University of Manchester in this project, being co-ordinated for his contribution by the project principal investigator based at the University of Derby
Collaborator Contribution The University and its Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (see http://www.cmist.manchester.ac.uk/) made a contribution through one of its staff members, Dr. Kingsley Purdam, being a project Co-Investigator.
Impact Input from the University of Manchester's co-investigator particularly informed the quantitative research aspects of the project, leading to sharing in creating the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2010
 
Description Collaboration with the University of Oxford through involvement of Project Co-Investigator in Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality research project in the (AHRC/ESRC) Religion and Society research programme 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The project's Principal Investigator co-ordinated the contribution of the co-investigator from the University of Oxford's overall contribution to the project
Collaborator Contribution The University of Oxford contributed a project co-investigator (Dr. Nazila Ghanea) who particularly contributed to the legal aspects of the project's research
Impact Input from the University of Oxford's co-investigator particularly informed the legal research aspects of the project, leading to sharing in creating the final project results which have resulted in the publication of project summary findings, a research informed policy brief document, and a project book as listed in the project publication outcomes.
Start Year 2010
 
Description Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor presented talk on Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality in England and Wales: Theory, Policy and Practice (2000-2010) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Dr. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor presented a talk open to the general public at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India, 9th August 2016
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Dr. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor presented a talk on Religion and Belief Discrimination and Equality in England and Wales: Theory, Policy and Practice (2000-2010) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Dr. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor presented to a public seminar at the Department for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India on 8th August 2016
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Dr. Sariya Chervallil-Contractor presented a talk on Religious Diversity and Interreligious Competence in Schools - The British Experience 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Talk by Dr. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor at the Jewish Museum in Berlin for inter-faith and school practitioners on 24th May 2016
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Paul Weller Keynote Lecture on Christianity, Secularity and Religious Plurality: Some Challenges of Three Dimensional Living in a Four Nations State, given to the Annual General Meeting of the Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact The lecture helped to contribute to the forward thinking and planning of the Edinburgh Inter Faith Association for which it was given
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Paul Weller Lecture on Less Christian, More Secular, and More Multi-Faith?: Identity and Belief in Census Data and Debate 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The lecture was part of a series on Identity and Belief in Modern Britain offered to the general public by the Workers Educational Association in Derby and organised collaboratively with the University of Derby
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Paul Weller Presentation, Interim Findings and Emergent Themes at a project Knowledge Exchange Workshop held in collaboration with the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby, at the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby, Derby, on 19.9.12. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshops involved engagement with participants from organisations and groups in the public, private, legal, voluntary and community, and religion and belief sectors. Participants were asked, in the light of the experience of their organisation or group, either to confirm the interim findings, identify any divergence from the interim findings and/or anything that might be missing from the interim findings so that this additional data can be taken into account in finalising project results.

Participants contributed via the Workshops to the finalised findings of the project and thence, through project publications, to the project's overall onward impacts.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.derby.ac.uk/knowledge-exchange-workshops
 
Description Paul Weller and Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor presentation at Seminar Series on Exploring the Contours of Belief, Unbelief and Non-Belief at Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, Oxford, 26.2.2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Participants engaged in lively discussion of the methodological and substantive issues arising.

Networking links with developed especially with a number of people who had a practitioner interest in the "non-religious".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Paul Weller and Tristram Hooley presentation on Surveying (Online) the Religious and Non-Religious at the Digital Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The presentaton was made to Research Centre for Society, Religion and Belief seminar at the University of Derby, funded by Digital Social Research (which is, in turn, supported by the Economic and Social Research Council) and in its drawing upon case studies of this and another related project informed reflection on digital methods in researching religion

A chapter based on the presentation will be included in a book on Digital Methods in the Study of Religion to be published in 2015 and which will therefore be available to be read by staff and students in universities and the wider public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.derby.ac.uk/digital-methodologies-in-the-sociology-of-religion
 
Description Paul Weller gave invited keynote lecture at the Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World Ecumenical Meeting of Denominational Intermediate Level Inter Faith Officers, High Leigh Christian Conference Centre, High Leigh, Hertfordshire, 11-12.2.2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion was engaged in by the audience of over 100 key individuals in the Christian Churches of the UK with responsibilities for inter-faith relations and dialogue. It led to substantial discussion and debate in the plenary forum and in other parts of the conference.

The presentation drew, among other things, on aspects of the interim findings of the Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality project and especially some of the interim findings relating to Christians and unfair treatment on the basis of religion. From feedback received from participants, it informed the thinking and practice of a key group of inter-faith practitioners in the Christian Churches.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.cte.org.uk/Groups/239328/Home/Resources/Inter_faith/Resources_from_CTE/Christian_witness_...
 
Description Paul Weller lecture on Equality, Human Rights and Religious Freedom, at Annual Lecture to the General Body of Protestant Dissenting Ministers and Deputies of the Three Denominations, Tavistock House, London, 21.11.13 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion and debate on the relationship between the historic responsibilities of this body for religious freedom issues and contemporary issues of religious freedom ensued

I received requests for further information
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Paul Weller paper on the Religion, Belief, Discrimination and Human Rights in a Decade of Change (2000-2010) Project in Spring Seminar Series of Society, Religion and Belief Research Group, at Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby, Derby 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Both University of Derby staff and wider public attended the talk and raised questions that informed further thinking and planning around the project.

Audience engaged with information about the project preparing the ground for some to participate in the project as it was rolled out.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Paul Weller presentation on Interim Fundings and Emergent Themes at the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education; the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent's Park College, Rewley House, Oxford, 5.10.2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshops involved engagement with participants from organisations and groups in the public, private, legal, voluntary and community, and religion and belief sectors. Participants were asked, in the light of the experience of their organisation or group, either to confirm the interim findings, identify any divergence from the interim findings and/or anything that might be missing from the interim findings so that this additional data can be taken into account in finalising project results.

Workshop participants, through their contributions, fed into the finalised research findings of the project and onwards as part of the project's wider impact through its publications.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Paul Weller presentation on Learning from Experience, Leading to Engagement: For a Europe of Religion And Belief Diversity at launch event of report of same name for Belieforama, at the European Parliament, Brussels, 18.10.2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The presentation was based on the findings of the research report by P. Weller and S. Cheruvallil-Contractor (2012), Learning From Experience, Leading to Engagement: For a Europe of Religion and Belief Diversity. A Policy Brief Document for the European Institutions and Civil Society Groups, and led to a discussion of the place of educative measures in facilitating positive policy and other developments relating to religion and belief diversity in the European Union.

Useful networking followed with academics, policy-makers and practitioners relevant to the presentation, leading to further work in similar and relevant areas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.belieforama.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Belieforama%20European%20Parliament%20presen...
 
Description Paul Weller presentation on Religion and Belief: Review of a Decade: Main Arguments, Salient Evidence, Key Cases; Emergent Issues at launch of EHRC Research Report 48: 'Religion or belief': Identifying Issues and Priorities, Manchester 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The paper provided opportunity for engagement with other academics working in the field and with practitioners working within and linked to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

The paper contributed to reflection, planning and decision making in the Equality and Human Rights Commission about how to take forward work by the Commission in relation to implementation of the religion and belief strands of the 2010 Equalities Act.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Paul Weller presentation on Religious Diversity and the Future of British Society at Oxford Centre For Christianity and Culture series, Inclusion and Diversity: Politically Correct Or Theologically Necessary, Regent's Park College, Oxford, 26.10.2010 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The audience engaged with the presentation through relevant questions and discussions

Some in the audience, in informal discussions following the event, reported new insight and changes in perspectives arising from their engagement with the presentation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Paul Weller presentation on Religious Freedom, Equality Legislation and Human Rights Free Churches' Joint Public Issues Team seminar on Religious Freedom, Equality Legislation and Human Rights, at Multi-Faith Centre at University of Derby, 31.3.2011 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The presentation engaged the key individuals in this body to reflect on the positions of their respective Churches in relation to the matters addressed

Following the presentation I have been asked to contribute to some of the ongoing work of this group in relation to matters of religious freedom, including most recently to draft the relevant section of an election issues briefing that is to be produced in relation to the 2015 General Election.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Paul Weller presentation on The Changing Face of Europe: Religious Diversity, Issues and Good Practice In European Societies at Belieforama conference on Religious Diversity, Anti-Discrimination and Good Practice, Hermandes del Trabajo, Madrid, 13.10 2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The presentation led to debate and discussion on educational approaches to tackling matters of religion and belief, including discrimination on these grounds, in the European Union

A number of networking contacts were made with individuals and representatives of organisations who were in the audience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Paul Weller presentation on Walking a Tightrope: Relevance, Responsiveness, Rigour and Responsibility in Policy-Related Research on Religion or Belief, at AHRC Workshop on Knowledge Exchange in Arts and Humanities, at University of Birmingham, 12.7.2103 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact As well as connecting with the c. 60 or so participants in the event, I was interviewd for a podcast on policy related research funded by the AHRC so the audience will potentially have been a much wider public accessibility.

Networking with key academic and practitioner colleagues interested in policy-related research, its issues and opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012,2013
URL http://www.slideshare.net/AHRC/relevance-responsiveness-rigour-and-responsibility-in-policy-related-...
 
Description Paul Weller presented Interim Findings and Emergent Themes, Knowledge Exchange Workshop collaboratively with Multi-Faith Centre at University of Derby, Luther King House Educational Trust + Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, 11.10.2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshops involved engagement with participants from organisations and groups in the public, private, legal, voluntary and community, and religion and belief sectors. Participants were asked, in the light of the experience of their organisation or group, either to confirm the interim findings, identify any divergence from the interim findings and/or anything that might be missing from the interim findings so that this additional data can be taken into account in finalising project results.

Through their participation and contributions, workshop participants made substantive contributions to the final project outcomes and publications arising and thus to the further impact of the project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Paul Weller presented Interim Findings at Knowledge Exchange Workshop, collaboratively with Multi-Faith Centre at University of Derby; Cardiff Third Sector Council; People Can (Wales); Cardiff Interfaith Steering Group, University Hall,Cardiff, 25.10.11 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshops involved engagement with participants from organisations and groups in the public, private, legal, voluntary and community, and religion and belief sectors. Participants were asked, in the light of the experience of their organisation or group, either to confirm the interim findings, identify any divergence from the interim findings and/or anything that might be missing from the interim findings so that this additional data can be taken into account in finalising project results.

Through their participation and contributions, workshop participants made substantive contributions to the final project outcomes and publications arising and thus to the further impact of the project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.derby.ac.uk/knowledge-exchange-workshops
 
Description Paul Weller presented Interim Findings, Knowledge Exchange Workshop held collaboratively with Multi-Faith Centre at University of Derby, Human Rights Consortium & Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, Senate House, 7.11.2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshops involved engagement with participants from organisations and groups in the public, private, legal, voluntary and community, and religion and belief sectors. Participants were asked, in the light of the experience of their organisation or group, either to confirm the interim findings, identify any divergence from the interim findings and/or anything that might be missing from the interim findings so that this additional data can be taken into account in finalising project results.

Through their engagement in the workshop participants contributed to the finalised results of the project and via its publications to the project's onward wider impacts.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.derby.ac.uk/knowledge-exchange-workshops
 
Description Paul Weller presented a lecture on Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality in England and Wales: Getting Worse, Getting Better, or Different? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The lecture was part of a series on Identity and Belief in Modern Britain for the general public to sign up to, collaboratively organised by the Workers Educational Association in Derby and the University of Derby
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Press Release from the University of Manchester on Researchers Ask: 'Are the Religious Unfairly Treated?' linked with project Summary Interim Findings and Knowledge Exchange Workshops held in Autumn 2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Wider media awareness of the project in the locality of one of the project's staff and one of the locations in which a project Knowledge Exchange Workshop was being held.

Wider public awareness of the project in the locality of one of the project's staff and one of the locations in which a project Knowledge Exchange Workshop was being held.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8690
 
Description Press Release on Religion And Belief, Discrimination and Equality 2009: What A Difference A Decade Makes? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact University of Derby Press Release which informed the general public about the research project and of what it would be doing

Press release was drawn on for a number of media outputs about the securing of the project and what the project would be doing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2009
 
Description Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor Presentation on Discrimination, Equality and the Non-Religious; at the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society programme conference on Non-Religious Identities in Policy and Practice, Senate House, University of London, 20.4.2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The presentation led to lively discussion among the academic reseachers working in the field of the "non-religious" and also practitioners from relevant religion and belief organisations who were also present

A podcast has continued to be available to the general public to hear at http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk/resource_podcasts/download/sariya_contractor_derby_discrimination_equality_and_the_non_religious_part_2
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk/uploads/docs/2012_06/1339512725_Non-Religious_Presentation_-_Co...
 
Description Talk on Religion or Belief Discrimination and Equality 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact A "{Peace Talk" to the Annual General Meeting of the Coventry Association for International Friendship (CAIF)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.caif.co.uk/index.php/news/80-events/119-peace-talk-may-2017
 
Description University of Derby Press Release on Groups Join Together to Discuss Unfair Treatment Due to Religion or Belief Press Release after project's first Knowledge Exchange Workshop in collaboration with Multi-Faith Centre at University of Derby, 19.9.2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The press release led to wider media awareness of the project in the locality in which the project is based and where a Knowledge Exchange Workshop was being held.

Wider public awareness of the project in and around one of the locations in which a project Knowledge Exchange Workshop was being held.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description University of Derby Press Release on Groups Join in Cardiff to Discuss Unfair Treatment Due to Religion or Belief 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The press release resulted in wider press and media awareness of the project and its activities

Wider public awareness of the project in one of the locations in which the project's fieldwork was conducted and in which a project Knowledge Exchange Workshop was being held.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description University of Derby Press Release on Groups Join in Manchester to Discuss Undair Treatment Due to Religion or Belief following the project Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at Luther King House, Rusholme, Manchester, 11.10. 2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Wider media awareness of the project in the locality of one of the project's staff and one of the locations in which a project Knowledge Exchange Workshop was being held.

Wider public awareness of the project in the locality of one of the project's staff and one of the locations in which a project Knowledge Exchange Workshop was being held.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description University of Derby Press Release on UK Wide Workshops Will Discuss Unfair Treatment Due to Religion or Belief 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This press release promoted wider media awareness of the project's interim findings and of the upcoming five project Knowledge Exchange Workshops to be held by the project

This press release led to wider public awareness of the project's interim findings and of the upcoming five project Knowledge Exchange Workshops to be held by the project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description University of Oxford Press Release on New Forms of Religious Discrimination Against Christians in Britain, linked with on the project and the Knowledge Exchange Workshop held at Rewley House in Oxford on 5.10.2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The press release went to a number of news and media agencies leading to wider media awareness of the project

Wider media awareness of the project in the locality of one of the project's staff and one of the locations in which a project Knowledge Exchange Workshop was being held.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012