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