Projects

European Muslim communities (like all communities) have been transformed as a result of the digital revolution and new processes of knowledge creation, acquisition, and dissemination, which weaken traditional structures of authority. Although many Muslim people remain excluded from Europe’s knowledge structures, digital platforms enable new ways to create and share information about themselves and about their role in a plural European society. These platforms have intensified

CONSPIRE: CONSPIracism and Radicalisation Risks in Europe is an Erasmus+ project that proposes a training programme aimed at university students in social sciences. The project aims to provide knowledge and critical tools to understand conspiracy theories, analyse arguments for and against, and understand the processes of radicalisation linked to them. These actions seek to promote active citizenship, participation in democratic debates, critical thinking regarding health-re

VIABLE UNKNOWNS  is designed to explore and bring to life the concept of sustainable coexistence in European urban environments through participatory theatre. It draws inspiration from Paulo Freire’s notion of “Viable Untried Possibilities”, a philosophical idea that argues for transformative futures that remain untested yet attainable. The project emphasizes co-creation and transnational circulation, bringing together different perspectives toward a shared vision of urban su

The project "Iftar in the squares"  aims to study the public celebration of Ramadan in medium-sized cities in the Spanish state, focusing especially on collective iftars, the ritual that breaks the daily fast during this month sacred to Islam. Based on this case, the project explores how religious plurality is expressed and made visible in public spaces, analysing the social and territorial configurations that make it possible. The research combines different actions : the co

The LEGACI project aims to work on collective identity and memory to close intercultural and intergenerational gaps, bringing together cultural minorities, older people, cultural organizations, researchers and policymakers to explore the implications and lack of implementation of the FARO convention. In accordance with the project's objectives and priorities, the objectives are: – Explore Legislative Theatre and similar methods (such as Healing the Wounds of History, Polari

HEARTS: Higher Education Action Response for Trauma Support is an Erasmus+ project dedicated to the co-design and piloting of innovative strategies for promoting mental health in higher education through culturally sensitive and community-based approaches. The project seeks to strengthen inclusive environments and to support the entire university community (students and staff), especially those communities that are more vulnerable or less represented. This partnership include

In a context of social crisis, derived from the economic, climate and health crisis, polarization, and especially affective polarization, emerges as a key issue for understanding social complexity and the challenges for coexistence. We start from the premise that, in this scenario of affective polarization, the positional issues are of a moral nature, where historically religious communities have played a role as the main providers of moral discourses. Currently, however, in

The main objective of the project “Science and Religion: Global Perspectives” is to understand how the relationship between science and religion is perceived in various social, political, cultural and religious contexts. The research emphasizes understanding the relationship between religion and theories of evolution, as well as understanding how the scientific community and society in general perceive this relationship. The project is led by the University of Birmingham in

Goffman's dramaturgical framework has provided a rich conceptual repertoire for analyzing the performative aspects of social life and how we adapt our self-presentations to the audiences we address. However, we are only just beginning to understand how advances in digital technology and the widespread use of social media have transformed the way people present their identities to both near and far audiences, as well as the tensions that can arise from performing for multiple

The main objective of this research is to analyse the emergence, transmission and circulation of discourses and practices of reluctance and rejection of biomedical technologies and treatments, placing special emphasis on disentangling the role of religious and spiritual beliefs when such rejection occurs. The importance of new religious subjectivities becomes especially visible in the field of science and biomedical technologies, since it is at the intersection of science and

The project “Islam, Science and Gender: Negotiating Boundaries in two case studies in Spain and Morocco” was carried out between May 2022 and January 2023. The research aimed to explore contemporary processes of negotiation of scientific and religious discourses among the Muslim population in two contexts. More specifically, it was a pilot study to identify the existing positions and dilemmas on COVID-19 vaccination and infertility treatments among Muslim people residing in

European Muslim communities (and indeed all communities) have been transformed by the digital revolution and new processes of knowledge creation, acquisition and dissemination that undermine traditional structures of authority. While many Muslims remain marginalized from European knowledge structures, digital platforms facilitate new ways of creating and sharing information about themselves and their role in pluralistic European society. These platforms have intensified diasp

Within the fragmentation of spaces for constructing meaning and the growing mobilization of religious identities in the public sphere, the context of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused an explosion of digital activism. The creation and circulation of content that mixes different symbolic universes and fields of knowledge has proliferated on social networks. In this context, in previous field research we have identified the circulation of content between activisms in Mexico and

The project "Gender, sexual diversity and religious pluralism in the local associative fabric of Catalonia" was carried out between November 2021 and 2022. The research aimed to identify and analyze the debates around gender equality, the rights of LGTBIQ+ people and the governance of plurality and religious freedom. To do this, a qualitative research focused on the associative fabric of three Catalan cities was designed and executed: Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Lleida and Vi

The MIRETAGE  project aims to foster inclusive education and heritage by developing innovative methods for adult education through heritage labs and heritage routes. Heritage labs bring together diverse learning communities with cultural heritage associations committed to public education. Collaboratively, these groups co-create heritage routes that weave the memories, places, and histories of minority communities together with other heritage sites. The routes, using physical

Publications The main objective of the International Network of Science, Religion and Health is to foster collaboration among researchers working at the intersection of science, religion and health. The network has three main lines of action . To stimulate communication and theoretical cross-fertilization among researchers to advance the understanding of social and cultural narratives about science, religion/spirituality, and health. To identify, systematize and dissemina

The project aims to examine the relationship between religion, stigmatised urban peripheries, and social distress. We want to compare two types of religious organisations—Muslim and Pentecostal—in two neighbourhoods in Catalonia: Espronceda in Sabadell and Plaça Catalunya in Salt (and the area bordering it, Santa Eugènia in Girona). The research project is organised around three questions. The first is: are these economic and social peripheries spaces that receive new populat

Over the past few decades, Catalonia has undergone a process of ethnic and religious diversification as a result of increased international immigration. In this context, the integration of minorities and the accommodation of their religious and cultural needs has become a priority for political authorities and civil society. A key strategy in this integration process has been working with “cultural mediators,” or individuals with the cultural and social skills necessary to br

In recent decades, Catalonia has experienced transformations that have generated changes in the country's religious landscape. After national Catholicism and the secularizing processes of the democratic transition, the waves of migration that began in the 1990s created a new scenario in which religious minorities became increasingly important. The research on the Map of Religious Minorities in Catalonia is framed within this context and aims to understand how this diversity