"Religion in Education: Findings from the Religion and Society Programme"

The conference, organized by the AHRC/ESRC religion & society programme and the Warwick Religions & Education Research Unit (WRERU) brings together research teams which have been awarded grants within the youth call of the Progamme in order to discuss their approaches and findings, including international perspective. EWC's R&D coordinator Claudia Lenz participates in the conference, stating that working for interreligious understanding as an element of intercultural education has been proofed to be of most fundamental importance by the events in Norway last Friday. Educating young people in a spirit of mutual respect and dialog must be the best way to prevent group related hate and fanaticism.

Also Conference co-organizer, Prof Robert Jackson/University of Warwick related the conference to these events. In his opening address, he stated:

"I know that the conference will wish to send its warmest support and care to all Norwegian friends and colleagues, and an encouragement to keep addressing the issues raised by the tragedy, which are so close to our concerns at this conference - helping young people to cultivate democratic values and respect for human dignity, to live positively with religious diversity and to maintain dialogue and communication within society. It is tragic that so many young Norwegians holding these values died last Friday. Our hearts go out to their families and to the Norwegian people."

 Read Prof Robert Jackson's opening address