Religious pluralism in Switzerland’s prisons
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| Switzerland’s prisons are among those state institutions in which growing religious pluralism is an especially sensitive issue. This project will grapple with the migration-related moral, social and political changes currently taking place inside these institutions. |
Dr Irene Becci
École d'études sociales et pédagogiques Lausanne, Haute école de travail social et de la santé HES-SO
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The costs and benefits of churches in Switzerland
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| The services provided by religious communities benefit not only private individuals, but society as a whole as well. The Church Finances Analysis Project (Finanzanalyse Kirchen or FAKIR) is studying the costs and benefits of the services provided by selected religious communities as well as the ways in which these services are funded. |
Dr. Michael Marti
Ecoplan
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Religion and health behaviour of the elderly
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| The religious beliefs of elderly people significantly affect their acceptance of medical services and attitudes to care. This project aims to study how religious belief and health behaviour are interrelated and to make this knowledge available to care-givers. |
Prof. Dr. Mike Martin
Zentrum für Gerontologie, Universität Zürich
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Social work driven by the divine spirit?
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| Religious motives such as the injunction to do charitable works were an important factor in the creation of institutions for the provision of social services. After a long period during which denominationally defined role models and maxims were in decline, these institutions now seem to be experiencing a resurgence of the religious spirit. This project examines the opportunities and risks associated with this development. |
Dr. Peter Schallberger
Institut für Soziale Arbeit IFSA, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, FHS St. Gallen
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Teacher training – a job or a vocation?
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| This research project asks whether the latest reforms that placed teacher training on a more professional footing are tantamount to a new wave of secularization in the teaching profession. This question has arisen against the backdrop of recent discussion of the religious roots of education. Although there is certainly some awareness, and has been some scrutiny, of these roots within the profession itself, it has never fully broken free of them. This project will focus in particular on the problem of conflicting aims being faced by students of a decidedly religious orientation. |
Dr. Angela Stienen
Institut Vorschulstufe und Primarstufe, Pädagogische Hochschule Bern
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