Sophie Gilliat-Ray | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Wales, Lampeter |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Religious studies; Islamic studies |
Institutions | University of Cardiff |
Sophie Gilliat-Ray, OBE FLSW is professor of Religious and Theological Studies and Director for the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK at Cardiff University. [1]
Gilliat-Ray studied Religious studies and interfaith studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where she completed her PhD 'Perspectives on the Religious Identity of Muslims in Britain' in 1994. [2] From 1994 until 1997 she was a research fellow in the department of sociology at the University of Warwick, and in 1998 at the University of Exeter. [3] Since 1998 she has worked at Cardiff University, where she was promoted to professor in 2013. [3] She is the director of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK.
She was the principal investigator on the AHRC-funded project 'Leadership and Capacity Building in the British Muslim Community: the case of 'Muslim Chaplains' (2008–12), [4] [5] [6] She has also been the co-investigator on numerous other projects, including 'Understanding Religion and Law: Muslims, Fatwas and Muftis in the UK’ (with Robert Gleave and Mustafa Baig, 2016–17), [7] 'Religion in multi-ethnic contexts: a multidisciplinary case study of global seafaring' (with Helen Anne Sampson, 2017–20) [8]
Sophie Gilliat-Ray | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Wales, Lampeter |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Religious studies; Islamic studies |
Institutions | University of Cardiff |
Sophie Gilliat-Ray, OBE FLSW is professor of Religious and Theological Studies and Director for the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK at Cardiff University. [1]
Gilliat-Ray studied Religious studies and interfaith studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where she completed her PhD 'Perspectives on the Religious Identity of Muslims in Britain' in 1994. [2] From 1994 until 1997 she was a research fellow in the department of sociology at the University of Warwick, and in 1998 at the University of Exeter. [3] Since 1998 she has worked at Cardiff University, where she was promoted to professor in 2013. [3] She is the director of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK.
She was the principal investigator on the AHRC-funded project 'Leadership and Capacity Building in the British Muslim Community: the case of 'Muslim Chaplains' (2008–12), [4] [5] [6] She has also been the co-investigator on numerous other projects, including 'Understanding Religion and Law: Muslims, Fatwas and Muftis in the UK’ (with Robert Gleave and Mustafa Baig, 2016–17), [7] 'Religion in multi-ethnic contexts: a multidisciplinary case study of global seafaring' (with Helen Anne Sampson, 2017–20) [8]