Active Projects
The Quantum Worldviews 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.
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.”
Past Projects
Philosothon Expansion in the UK
A philosothon is a competitive event for schools that is designed to give training and experience of communities of inquiry into big questions.
New Horizons For Science And Religion In Central And Eastern Europe (CEE)
The project (2019-2024) enhanced engagement with Big Questions in science and religion within the region and in dialogue with researchers elsewhere in the world, focussing principally, on a suite of questions within the broad themes of (a) Science and Religion in the CEE Context; (b) Reason and Faith; and (c) Persons, Mind, and Cosmos.
New Horizons for Science and Religion in Latin America
The Ian Ramsey Centre led two projects over 2011-2017 to expand research and outreach in Science and Religion across Latin America, a vast region of 20 countries and 8.4% of the world's population.
Materials for Schools
Materials for schools developed by Andrew Pinsent (Former Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre) and Julie Arliss (Director of Academy Conferences).
The “PhysPhil” conferences on physics and philosophy
In September 2012 and May 2014, the Physics and Philosophy Society of St Andrews, chaired by Dr William Simpson, were pleased to host the first two international Philosophy and Physics conferences at the University of St Andrews, with the support of Dr Andrew Pinsent and the Ian Ramsey Centre.