Welcome to our Research Project
Across the world, religious people have more children than their secular counterparts. In modern environments, the number of children in a family is inversely related to child success. Yet children born to religious parents often flourish. Why?
We are an international team investigating how religion impacts family size, child health and child success. Our research involves interviewing 8,500 participants about family, religion, support and health from across Bangladesh, India, Malawi, the Gambia, and the United States. This research is part of the ‘John Templeton Foundation’, ‘Templeton World Charity Foundation’, and ‘Templeton Religion Trust’ funded project “The Evolutionary Dynamics of Religion, Family Size, and Child Success. Find more details about how the project is pre-registered on our Open Science Framework page.
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The Unwanted Natural Experiment: Reflections on Fieldwork while Waiting out a Pandemic
The Unwanted Natural Experiment: Reflections on Fieldwork while Waiting out a PandemicBy Richard SosisConducting ethnographic research consists of living and engaging with a community. It involves...
My Neighbors are Nicer Than I Am
My Neighbors are Nicer Than I AmBy Richard SosisRivka opened our front door, walked up the stairs into our living room and announced “My mother said I had to come over for a timeout.” We knew this...
Now Hiring Three Postdoc Positions
Now Hiring Three Postdoc PositionsWe are now advertising the following three postdoc positions:Primarily working with PI Dr John Shaver with fieldwork in West Kiang, The Gambia. To those interested...
Funding & Collaborations
The project is a collaboration between anthropologists and demographers from five universities: Baylor University, University of Otago, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Connecticut. The project is funded by the John Templeton Foundation, the Templeton Religion Trust, and the Templeton World Charity Foundation.
The Evolutionary Dynamics of Religion, Family Size, and Child Success
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