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Iona Ramsay, alumna of the UCSIA Summer School 2024, recently successfully defended her PhD and has now started a postdoctoral position at Cardiff University. Her doctoral dissertation, defended in April, is titled “From Anti-Communism to Illiberalism: Romanian...

Stéphanie Machabée, who participated in the UCSIA Summer School programme in 2019 and returned for the UCSIA alumni workshop in 2023, has recently started a new role as International Engagement Manager at the British Library in London. In this position, Stéphanie will...

On Monday 29 September 2025, Jens Van Rompaey (alumnus of the 2024 UCSIA Summer School) successfully defended his FWO-funded research project on synodality in the Catholic Church, thereby obtaining his PhD in Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies,...

Arisy Abror Dzukroni, participant in the most recent UCSIA Summer School, has recently shared news of both a conference presentation and a new publication. In September 2025, Arisy took part in the Association of Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS) Conference, held at St...

Ann Gillian Chu, alumna of the UCSIA Summer Schools in 2019 and 2013, has recently shared a series of scholarly and public-facing activities reflecting her ongoing engagement with religion, identity, migration, and social change in Hong Kong. Among her forthcoming...

Marion Burkimsher, alumna of the UCSIA Summer School 2009, recently published a new journal article examining trends in religiosity among young adults in contemporary Europe. Co-authored with José Pereira Coutinho and Ben Clements, the article—Secularization or...

Amy Adamczyk, alumna of the UCSIA Summer School 2009 cohort, recently shared news of a major scholarly achievement. In 2025, she published her book Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion with Oxford University Press. The book...

Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, alumnus of the UCSIA Summer School 2009 cohort, has recently been promoted to Full Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, a university currently ranked 12th worldwide in the QS World...