On the Necessity of Reflexivity in Global Research By Pablo Vega and Gustavo Hernández Lima, Peru · September 2026 At the Sixteenth International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society, held in Lima in June 2026, RelEX presented reflections on their research progress concerning the interplay between religion and social exclusion. Drawing on fieldwork experience…
Decolonizing International Research — a Catch-22? By Peter Nynäs In this blog post, Peter Nynäs, the RelEx project director, reflects on the practice of decolonizing international research and how the RelEx project engages in that paradox. The text was presented as part of the RelEx session at the Research Conference in Theology and Religion (TUTP…
“I don’t want to speak in tongues, I want to talk about human rights” – Young Adults Between Religion and Worldviews By Peter Nynäs In this blog post, Peter Nynäs, Project Director of the RelEx Centre of Excellence, explores insights from the international YARG project on young adults’ religiosity and worldviews, which addresses some of…
Religion and Social Exclusion in Prisons By Karoliina Dahl Project researcher Karoliina Dahl writes in the Finnish Katsomukset blog about the background research related to the topic of social exclusion and religion in prisons. Katsomukset is a platform that communicates and addresses scientific issues and topics about religions, life-views, and nonreligion in Finland and around the world. For…
RelEx is a Centre of Excellence at Åbo Akademi University, funded by the Åbo Akademi University Foundation during 2024–2028.
