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Education Studies

Professor Robert Jackson

Job Title
Recognised Researcher
Department
Education Studies
Phone
01926 339679
Email
R.Jackson@warwick.ac.uk
Research Interests

Robert Jackson has directed research projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Leverhulme Trust, the Arts and Humanities Research Board/Council, the British Academy and various charities including the All Saints Educational Trust and the Westhill Endowment Trust. funded research has included projects on the religious upbringing of children in Britain from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, on new religious movements and values education and on various aspects of teaching and learning in religious education, intercultural education and citizenship education.

Biography

Robert (Bob) Jackson is former Director of WRERU, and is a leading figure in international debates about religions and education in Europe and beyond. He is currently contributing to a Council of Europe project on religious diversity as a dimension of intercultural education and to the Oslo Coalition's project on education for freedom of religion or belief. His book Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality: Issues in Diversity and Pedagogy (2004) was selected by the American Academy of Religion for discussion at its conference in San Antonio, Texas. Bob Jackson was awarded a higher doctorate (DLitt) by the Universiy of Wales for his contribution to international research in religions and education, and received the William Rainey Harper Award in 2013 from the Religious Education Association (USA) He belongs to a number of research networks in Europe and beyond, including: International Seminar on Religious Education and Values; European Network for Religious Education through Contextual Approaches; European Association for World Religions in Education; Interntional Research Symposium on Inter-Religious and Inter-Cultural Education; Co-ordinating Group for Religious Education in Europe (CoGREE) He speaks regularly at international conferences on religious education and related fields. He was Editor of the British Journjal of Reglious Education (1996-2011), the main English Language international research journal in the field and he serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, including: Religion and Education (USA); International Journal of Children's Spirituality (UK); Journal of Religious Education (Australia); Panorama: International Journal of Comparative Religious Education and Values (Germany); Fieldwork in Religion (UK)

Title Funder Award start Award end
Teaching about Religious Diversity in Inclusive Schools: dissemination of research through collaborative practice Westhill Endowment Trust 01 Jan 2018 31 Dec 2018
Livskunskap (Life Competences) in Swedish Schools and its equivalent in the curriculum of English schools - Phase Four Stockholm University 29 Jan 2014 28 Feb 2014
Livskunskap (Life Competences) in Swedish Schools and its equivalent in the curriculum of English schools - Phase Three Stockholm University 24 Jul 2012 30 Sept 2012
AHRC Full Bid: Young Peoples Attitudes to Religious Diversity (prev outline = 20750) AHRC 01 Oct 2009 30 Sept 2012
Face to Faith phase 3 Tony Blair Faith Foundation 01 Jul 2011 30 Jun 2012
Livskunskap (Life Competences) in Swedish Schools and its equivalent in the curriculum of English schools Stockholm University 01 Apr 2011 31 Jul 2011
Evaluation of the Impact of the Tools 4 Trialogue ADDITIONAL FUNDING (26413 & 29723) The British and Foreign Bible Society 07 Apr 2011 30 Jun 2011
Supplement to 26413 Evaluation of the impact of the Tools 4 Trialogue The British and Foreign Bible Society 27 Jan 2011 30 Jun 2011
Face to Faith continuation Tony Blair Faith Foundation 18 Jan 2011 30 Jun 2011
Evaluation of Tools 4 Trialogue x-ref 26413 Three Faiths Forum 01 Sept 2010 30 Jun 2011
Evaluation of the impact of the Tools 4 Trialogue inter faith dialogue programme on the understanding, attitudes and learning of 15-18 year old students The British and Foreign Bible Society 01 Sept 2010 30 Jun 2011
Face to Faith project: Evaluation Research Tony Blair Faith Foundation 01 Jun 2009 31 May 2010
Materials used in schools to teach world religions Department for Children, Schools and Families 01 Jul 2008 30 Sept 2009
Religion in Education. A contribution to Dialogue or a factor of Conflict in stransforming societies of European Countries (REDCo) - Extension European Commission 01 Mar 2006 31 Mar 2009
Religion in Education, A Contribution to Dialogue or a Factor of Conflict in Transforming Societies of European Countries EU 01 Jan 2006 31 Dec 2008
Developing the Interpretive Approach to Religious Education through Action Research within A Community of Practice Westhill Endowment Trust 01 Apr 2007 31 Mar 2008
Teaching about Religious Diversity in Schools the Use of Action Research to Apply and Develop the Interpretive Approach The Farmington Trust Limited 01 Apr 2006 30 Sept 2006
Patrick V Saxton research Fellowship: Mary Hayward -An investigation into the place and future of Christianity in RE with particular reference to KS3 in maintained community schools All Saints Educational Trust 01 Oct 2003 30 Sept 2006
Evaluation of building E-bridges - interfaith dialogue using ICT in primary schools Westhill Endowment Trust 01 Sept 2003 31 Dec 2005
The dimension of religious diversity in intercultural education St Peters Saltley Trust 01 Sept 2003 31 Dec 2005
Evaluation of building E-bridges - interfaith dialogue using ICT in primary schools Westhill Endowment Trust 01 Sept 2003 31 Aug 2004
Assessing the approach of Sathya Sai Babas Followers to Young Peoples Spiritual and Moral Development AHRC 03 Dec 2003 31 Jul 2004
The Dimensions of Religious Diversity in Intercultural Education The Gaydon Trust 01 Sept 2003 30 Apr 2004
The dimension of religious diversity in intercultural education St Peters Saltley Trust 01 Sept 2003 30 Apr 2004