On June 12, the Brazilian RSSD team hosted the seminar Pluralism in Everyday Life: Practices of Coexistence in Contexts of Diversity at Cebrap, presenting preliminary research findings on everyday practices of coexistence in contexts of religious, ethnic, and social diversity.

The Center for Research on Religion in Contemporary Society at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap) will host a seminar on June 12 at 5:00 PM (Brasília Time, UTC−3) to present and discuss preliminary findings from the Repairing Sociality, Safeguarding Democracy (RSSD) Project.

Next Wednesday!

We joined @flipthestreets.bsky.social for another mural painting day with Fresh Creative, this time at #SwanseaUniversity to paint a mural that the students designed. Loads of students joined in with the painting and we had lots of positive comments from passersby who loved the design.

Join us for our upcoming online seminar with Professor Vivek Venkatesh on “Social Pedagogy for Building Sustainable Resilience with Dispossessed Communities” on Wednesday, 27 May 2026. 3pm South Africa / 9am Canada (Eastern) / 10am Brazil (São Paulo) / 2pm UK

We joined @flipthestreets.bsky.social and Fresh Creative at #SwanseaMosque for a day of painting with the students. Everyone had a go with a can of spray paint and the results are stunning! The girls and boys each designed murals about being Muslim in Swansea - what do you think?

The Wales UK team were again with @flipthestreets.bsky.social last week, this time working with the young people of #SwanseaMosque designing a mural for their reception area. They came up with some excellent ideas of representations in mural form of how it feels to belong at Swansea Mosque.

We had a brilliant time painting our new graffiti mural with Fresh Creative yesterday at Swansea Uni! Loads of students joined us and we had lots of positive comments from passersby. We really feel that this captures the vibrancy and diversity of life at Swansea. Who doesn't love a beach party?!

Our Wales UK team has been working with @flipthestreets.bsky.social in activities involving young people in designing a mural for #MumblesSkatepark in Mumbles, Swansea. Young people shared what their skatepark means to them and came up with ideas for a mural that would represent this.

Join us for our upcoming online seminar with Dr Adriano Godoy on “Ecological and Political Aesthetics in Brazilian Catholic Environments” on Tuesday, 24 March 2026. 4pm South Africa / 10am Canada (Eastern) / 11am Brazil (São Paulo) / 2pm UK Link: swanseauniversity.zoom.us/j/9673347895... / 886627

Our second UK case study evaluates the impact of Flip the Streets, a community empowerment project based in Swansea. You can read all about it on our website here 👇 www.social-repair.org/uk-research

We have a new blog from one of our researchers: Dr Guilherme Borges has developed an analytical, non-normative perspective on deep equality and has written on his experience of teaching this in Brazil. You can read here 👇 www.social-repair.org/research-blo...

Our latest Masterclass is now online. Watch Ethnography Beyond Method: Writing, Theory, and Conceptual Invention by Prof. Paula Montero on our YouTube channel. Also watch our other events there! Watch here: youtu.be/FmxcOIOaLoc?...

Join us on Monday for our masterclass "Ethnography Beyond Method" with Professor Paula Montero. 3pm South Africa / 8am Canada / 10am Brazil / 1pm UK You can read more here: www.social-repair.org/february-mas...

How do common causes help to build community? Our Canadian research team is analyzing how diverse people came together to mobilize and oppose the development of shale gas extraction in New Brunswick. Learn more about this case study on our website: www.social-repair.org/canadian-res...

Join us for our upcoming online masterclass with Professor Paula Montero on “Ethnography Beyond Method: Writing, Theory, and Conceptual Invention” on Monday, 2 February 2026. 3pm South Africa / 8am Canada / 10am Brazil / 1pm UK

At the Haskell Library, you can grab a book in Quebec, find a spot to read in Vermont, then head home to Canada – all under the same roof. Our Canadian team is exploring how people here live well together across borders. Learn more about this case study on our website: tinyurl.com/2s47fzd2

Our first case study in the UK looks at anti-oppression activist groups in south Wales and grassroots approaches to equality and anti-racism. You can read all about it on our website here 👇 www.social-repair.org/uk-research

Dr Morgane Reina’s new blog "Rethinking Race and Religion in Brazil" is now available. Dr Reina reflects on Prof Paula Montero’s work analysing how race and religion are historically formulated in Brazil and the implications of this for Social Repair. www.social-repair.org/research-blo...

Our latest seminar with @giazilo.bsky.social is now online and available to watch on our YouTube! Dr Ibhawoh discussed how the crises in democracy and human rights stem from possessive individualism. Watch here👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=k299...

Our next event with Dr Bonny Ibhawoh (@giazilo.bsky.social) is just over a week away! Join us to hear Dr Ibhawoh talk about Democracy and the Tyranny of Possessive Individualism: Reclaiming the Collective in Human Rights. November 27th, 3pm GMT | 10am Canada (Eastern)

November 27th - save the date! Read more at: www.social-repair.org/november-sem... swanseauniversity.zoom.us/j/9904982832...

Our recent masterclass with Prof Lori G Beaman of @nonreligioncf.bsky.social is now available to watch on YouTube! Prof Beaman presented her work on 'deep equality' as an alternative to tolerance and accommodation in diverse societies. Watch here👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAy...

We're excited to announce the publication of Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (co-edited by Lori Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy), the first in our open-access book series with De Gruyter. Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Event Announcement! We are hosting an online seminar with Dr Bonny Ibhawoh (@giazilo.bsky.social) on Democracy and the Tyranny of Possessive Individualism: Reclaiming the Collective in Human Rights Thurs 27 Nov 10:00 ET / 17:00 BRT / 17:00 SAST / 15:00 GMT Zoom ID: 990 4982 8324 Passcode: 929359

Dr Guilherme Borges and Dr Morgane Reina presented yesterday on deep equality and religious diversity to a well-attended in-person seminar that was co-hosted by the Social Repair project and the Sociology department at UWC. The event was attended by students and professors alike.

The team met at Walter Sisulu University, Zamokulungisa Campus in Mthatha last week. We had three excellent days of rigorous discussion on the case studies that are underway and the concepts that underpin our work. Stay tuned for our blogs exploring our progress!🎉

Masterclass announcement! Lori Beaman of @nonreligioncf.bsky.social will be talking to us on "Exploring Deep Equality" next week on Thursday 16th October. 3pm South Africa / 9am Canada / 10am Brazil / 2pm UK Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8160513998... Access code: 108926

Read the latest article from NCF team members Ryan Cragun, Hugo Rabbia, Sivert Skålvoll Urstad, and Peter Beyer. In this article, the authors draw on research from the NCF's Social and Cultural Values Survey to re-think how to best measure nonreligion. secularismandnonreligion.org/articles/10....

Our most recent webinar is now available on YouTube! In this webinar, Sarah Kathleen Johnson presented her new book, Occasional Religious Practice: Valuing a Very Ordinary Religious Experience (Oxford University Press, 2025). Watch here: youtu.be/9bB7vl135Dc?...

Just under a week to go til our next seminar! We're really excited to be hosting @tariqmodood.bsky.social to be talking to us about global racisms. 2pm BST Wednesday 1st October (next Wednesday!) You can join us here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8174893023... with the access code 546157

Happening next week: A webinar from the @socialrepair.bsky.social project, co-led by Lori Beaman. "Understanding Global Racisms: Beyond Euro-American Centricity," Tariq Modood October 1, 2025 9am ET Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8174893023... Access code: 546157

We are pleased to share our new website where we will be keeping a repository of our research, as well as providing updates about upcoming events related to our project, is now live. Check it out! www.social-repair.org

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We are delighted to announce our upcoming seminar with @tariqmodood.bsky.social on global racisms and euro-americentricity. You can join the seminar with this link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8174893023... , passcode: 546157.

One of our team members, @ninianjames.bsky.social has recently had a blog published on the @vox-pol.bsky.social blog! In it, he discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to studying social media in 2025 voxpol.eu/accessing-so...

Still time to register for our next #IdentitiesEvent! 'Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers​' 23 Sep, 1-2.30pm (Online) @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk...

How latest seminar "To the Right, the Feminine: Religious Women and the Struggles Over the Public Policy Repertoire in Health in Brazil" is now available to watch online from our YouTube! @lellanouri.bsky.social @cmillerphd.bsky.social @ninianjames.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5R8...

This is in just an hour! @ninianjames.bsky.social @cmillerphd.bsky.social @nathgalexander.bsky.social @nonreligioncf.bsky.social

📣Event Announcement!📣 Upcoming online seminar: To the right, the feminine: Religious women and the struggles over the public policy repertoire in health in Brazil Tuesday, 22 July 2025 16:00 – 17:00 / South Africa; 10:00 – 11:00 / Ottawa; 11:00 – 12:00 / São Paulo; 15:00 – 16:00 / United Kingdom

Our most recent seminar is now online via our YouTube channel! You can watch Undisciplinarity: Towards Decolonial Critical Dialogue Between the North and the South in the University in Africa with Dr William Jethro Mpofu here. Our July seminar will be live streamed www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LvC...