Research Project The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Global Modernities. Global Catholicism in a Danish & Transnational Context
The research project includes the first comparative, in-depth study of the growing Catholic population groups in Denmark and their ties to the wider world. The study is based on five case studies of Polish, Middle Eastern, Nigerian, Filipino and Spanish / Mexican minority groups and their national and transnational networks.

Funding
The VELUX FOUNDATION has granted DKK 6 mill DKK for the project "The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Global Modernities". Since 2008, the VELUX FOUNDATION has focused on supporting basic research in the humanities at the highest level in close collaboration with the humanities departments of the universities.
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Contact
Project leader Bjørn Thomassen, professor, bthomas@ruc.dk
Researchers
Researchers from Roskilde University:
Bjørn Thomassen, professor, bthomas@ruc.dk
Astrid Krabbe Trolle, postdoc, astridt@ruc.dk
Maja Balle, PhD student, mballe@ruc.dk
Michael Johan Brixtofte Petersen, PhD student, michaelj@ruc.dk
External researchers:
Andreas Bandak, associate professor, University of Copenhagen, bandak@hum.ku.dk
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Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University
Maya Mayblin, University of Edinburgh
Matthew Engelke, Columbia University in the City of New York
Kristen Norget, McGill UniversitySimon Coleman, University of Toronto
Collaboration
Department for the Study of Religion at University of Toronto will host the PhD students for a semester-long stay.

Base at Roskilde University
The project is based at Department of Social Sciences and Business
Participating research Units: Global Political Sociology Research group
PhD programmes: Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Business
Bachelor and masters programmes: Global and Development Studies // Cultutal Encounters // International Bachelor in Social Sciences
Research at Roskilde University

More information
Additional information about the project at:

Contact
Project leader
Bjørn Thomassen
Professor
Phone +45 4674 3268
bthomas@ruc.dk