Our Work

The God and the Machine Project

Frontier Interactions between AI Science and Theology

The Quantum Worldview Project

The Ian Ramsey Centre has been awarded a major grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to support The Quantum Worldviews Project. The aim of the project will be to explore the implications of quantum science for human meaning and purpose.

Rethinking Science and Religion 101: Ian Ramsey Centre 2026 Conference

Scholars at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion are beginning to cast around for ways to test and revise Science and Religion 101 in Majority World contexts. We are looking to establish a network of partners (individuals, university groups, churches, etc) from many different cultural contexts, who are similarly interested and concerned to push the envelope of Science and Religion 101.
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Oxford Collaboration on Theology and Artificial Intelligence

The Oxford Collaboration on Theology and Artificial Intelligence (OCTAI) is a global, interdisciplinary initiative hosted by the Ian Ramsey Centre. It seeks to address the ethical and vocational challenges of AI development through a diverse network of experts and the creation of the transformative “Oxford Oath for AI Engineering.”

What's New

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Priest - Existentialism and Metaphysics

Mr Stephen Priest, 19 May 2022
Book launch

Briggs & Reiss - Human Flourishing Book Launch

Andrew Briggs & Michael J. Reiss, 26 October 2021
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William Simpson wins the 2021 Cardinal Mercier Prize

IRC Associate Dr William Simpson has been awarded the Cardinal Mercier Prize 2021 for his thesis, 'What's the matter? Toward a neo-Aristotelian Ontology of Nature'.
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The 2021 Roger Scruton Philosophy Symposium

The Ian Ramsey Centre (IRC) held a symposium in the UK in August 2021, offering a ten-day immersion experience in the philosophy and outlook of Sir Roger Scruton.