Transverse Projects

Uncovering Gender The transverse project Uncovering Gender wants to focus attention on gender as a fundamental social category and to use it as a possible research perspective and as a relevant category for the research projects participating in the NRP 58. Prof. Dr. Janine Dahinden Maison d'analyse des processus sociaux - MAPS, Université de Neuchâtel Details... Religion and integration: a conflictual relationship from the legal point of view Meeting within the framework of the NRP 58 The legal questions in relation to the theme “ Religion and integration” are the subject of the meeting. Some issues must be solved in this field, which includes actual conflicts fields, in which urgent solutions must be developed. Professor Dr René Pahud de Mortanges Law History and ecclesiastical law Chair, University of Fribourg Details... Synthesis Project I: “Religions, the State, and Society” All National Research Programmes are required to publish the results of funded projects. To fulfil this requirement, the Research Committee of PNR 58 presented, during the session for intermediate reports in November 2009, the two synthesis projects that will conclude the research programme. Synthesis Project I, “Religions, the State, and Society”, which will be published in Fall 2011 in book form, proposes a transversal vision of PNR 58 and the scientific results that were obtained. Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger, President of the Steering Committee Chair for Religious Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany Details... Synthesis Project II: The Role of Religions in the Establishment of Values in Switzerland Synthesis Project II, “The Role of Religions in the Establishment of Values in Switzerland” which will be published in book form in the first half of 2012, has as its goal an explanation of the connection between religion and values, if such a connection exists. Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger, President of the Steering Committee Chair for Religious Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany Details...