Religion, Education and Human Rights

Anders Sjöborg is Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion at the Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre, Department of Theology, Uppsala University (Sweden). He is active as researcher and coordinator in the research program The Impact of Religion - Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy, which is established as a Centre of excellence by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) and Uppsala University, 2008-2018. He is one of the editors of YOUNG - Nordic Journal of Youth Research . He has recently published in journals such as British Journal of Religious Education , Nordic Journal of Religion and Society , and Journal of Religious Education .

Hans-Georg Ziebertz is Professor of Practical Theology / Religious Education at the University of Würzburg (Germany). Since 2012, he is the leader of the international empirical research program Religion and Human Rights. Recent books: together with J. A. van der Ven, Human Rights and the Impact of Religion (2013), together with Gordan Crpic, Religion and Human Rights. An international perspectiv e (2015) and recently, Religionsfreiheit (2015).