{"id":1250,"date":"2017-06-05T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T14:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/upgrade-understandingunbelief\/?page_id=1250"},"modified":"2020-09-07T16:44:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T15:44:06","slug":"research-projects-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-projects-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Research projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"breadcrumb \"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/\" rel=\"index\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/\">Research<\/a><\/nav>\n<p>In June 2017 the Understanding Unbelief programme awarded funding to 11 project teams. Their diverse projects will\u00a0explore unbelief from a number of different disciplinary perspectives, including psychology, sociology, anthropology and religious studies. They will investigate unbelief in over 30 countries, working across a wide array of religious and cultural contexts. Participants in the studies will include under-researched populations such as children and young people; people at end of life; BME &#8216;unbelievers&#8217;; and non-Western &#8216;unbelievers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the links below to learn more about the projects.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/halberstadt-and-bering\/\">Origin and Maintenance of Unbelief in a Believing World<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPIs: Professor Jamin Halberstadt, Psychology and Associate Professor Jesse Bering, Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/herbert-and-bullock\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Reaching for a New Sense of Connection? Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Sociality of Generation Y Non-believers in Northern and Central Europe<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nPI: Professor David Herbert, Sociology, University of Kingston, London, UK<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/jong-et-al\/\">Mapping the Psychology of Unbelief Across Contexts and Cultures<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPI: Dr Jonathan Jong, Psychology, Coventry University, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/kyriakides-and-irvine\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Magical Thinking in Contexts and Situations of Unbelief<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nPIs: Dr Theodoros Kyriakides, Anthropology and Dr Richard Irvine, Anthropology, Open University, UK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/lindeman-schjodt-and-van-elk\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Uncovering the Hidden Nature of Unbelief<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPI: Dr Marjaana Lindeman, Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/manning\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Meaning Making Narratives Among Non-Religious Individuals Facing the End of Life<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPI: Dr Christel Manning, Religious Studies, Sacred Heart University, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/rahmani-farias-and-van-maulukom\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Mindfulness Meditation: A Secular Religion for Unbelievers?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPI: Dr Masoumeh Rahmani, Religious Studies, Coventry University, UK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/stacey\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Understanding Unbelief in Secular Social Action: Doing Whose Work?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPI: Dr Timothy Stacey, Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/stahl\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The Amoral Atheist? A Cross-cultural Examination of Cognitive, Motivational, and Cultural Contributions to Unbelief and Moral Considerations<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPI: Dr Tomas St\u00e5hl, Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/strhan\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Nonreligious Childhood: Growing Up Unbelieving in Contemporary Britain<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPI: Dr Anna Strhan, Religious Studies, University of Kent, UK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/research-grants\/van-nieuwkerk\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Understanding Unbelief in Egypt<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPI: Dr Karin van Nieuwkerk, Anthropology, Radboud University, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Research Projects\"><\/a><a href=\"#top\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HomeResearch In June 2017 the Understanding Unbelief programme awarded funding to 11 project teams. 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