Person

Doctoral Student

Church and Mission Studies
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies

Contact information

E-mail ryszard.bobrowiczctr.luse

Room B407

Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund

Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund

Internal post code 30

I study religion in the public sphere to improve policy-making and support harmonious coexistence in diverse societies.

Over the last few decades, the religious landscape in Europe changed significantly due to a number of factors, from migration to the development of new religious and non-religious movements. Such change demands the development of new solutions and innovative policies within law, education or spatial design to effectively manage religious diversity. To support the development of specific solutions, I am studying when and why diversity results in disagreements and conflicts, and which allow it to be transformed into a constructive force.

In my dissertation project, I focus on the so-called "multi-faith spaces", both as actual rooms one can encounter within the public institutions such as hospitals, universities or airports, and as a conceptual term, which helps us think about and analyse the current diversity management policies in Northern Europe.

Research

My profile in Lund University research portal

Keeping Religion in the Closet? Adapting to the Changing Religious Landscape in Sweden and Denmark

Relevance of Religious Social Teachings in the Urban Spaces

Beyond secular/religious division. The role of religion in the public sphere in the polarized Europe (research leader)
Many Guises of European Catholicism (research leader)
"Know, Think, Perform" – Communication About Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University (research leader)

I study religion in the public sphere to improve law and policy-making, and support harmonious coexistence in diverse societies.

Over the last few decades the religious landscape in Europe changed significantly. However, the existing policies mostly failed to adequately address the growing pluralism, especially within the public space. In my research I am studying the ways in which different religions interact with each other, offer help in understanding their primary needs and propose solutions for transforming spiritual diversity into a constructive force in society.

In my PhD project I claim that the current approach to the "secular/religious" division is untenable as it creates growing polarisation. It also deprives law of its necessary mediatory and balancing position, reducing rule of law into rule by law. Instead, I plan to propose a renewed Multi-Faith Paradigm based on the notions of encounter and "necessary coaltions", facilitated through religious literacy and translation.

Administrative

Member, Academic Appointments Board, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Member, Forskningsnämnden, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology