Upcoming Events

  • Workshop on Science and Spirituality, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, University of Cambridge, June 2-4, 2025
  • Sbalchiero Stefano, Benedetta Nicoli, and Brandon Vaidyanathan. “The Spiritual Dimension of Science: Exploring the Surplus of Meaning and Yearning.” SISR-ISSR conference (International Society for the Sociology of Religion), Kaunas, Lithuania, June 30 - July 4, 2025
  • Panel on "Science and the Search for Meaning", Rimini Meeting, Italy, Aug 24, 2025
  • “Science as a Vocation in an Era of Precarity.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August 9, 2025
  • "Is Innovation a Productive Concept for the Sociology of Religion?" Annual Meeting for the Sociology of Religion, Chicago, Aug 9-11, 2025
  • “The future of the US Catholic priesthood: Results from a longitudinal study.” Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 9-11, 2025
  • “Success and Failure in Religious/Spiritual Innovations,” Annual Meeting for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion,” Minneapolis MN, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2025
  • “Enchantment after Disenchantment? Scientific Practice and the Persistence of the Sacred in a Secular Age.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Minneapolis MN, October 31-Nov 2, 2025
  • “Pluralisms Without Freedom? Innovations in State-Managed Tolerance and Constraint in the Arabian Gulf” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Nov 22, 2025

Past Events

 

2025

  • Workshop in Innovation in Interfaith Studies, Al Amana Centre, Oman, Jan 18-19, 2025
  • Lecture and workshop on Beauty in Science, University of Notre Dame, Feb 6-7, 2025
  • Workshop on Innovation in Religion, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, March 7, 2025
  • Workshop on Innovation in Religion, Ian Ramsey Centre, March 10, 2025
  • "An Enchanted Quest: Meaning and Mystery in Science," Magdalen College, University of Oxford, March 11, 2025
  • "A Bridge Between Worlds: Science, Spirituality, and the Search for Meaning," NeueHouse Manhattan, New York City, April 3, 2025
  • "Beyond Branded Tolerance: Rethinking Religious Pluralism in the Arabian Gulf,” Rice University Global Paris Center, April 30, 2025
  • Panel on "Spiritual Intelligence", The Tangier Festival, House of Beautiful Business, Tangier, Morocco, May 16, 2025

2024

  • "Yearning for Enchantment in a Spiritual World", The Catholic University of America, January 16th, 2024
  • Well-being, Trust, and Policy in a Time of Crisis: Highlights from the National Study of Catholic Priests," Invited lecture at the Child & Youth Protection Catholic Leadership Conference, St. Louis, MO, April 2024
  • Sbalchiero Stefano, Benedetta Nicoli, and Brandon Vaidyanathan. “Scienza, estetica e spiritualità: l’incanto negli scienziati”, Convegno AIS – Religione, «Secolarizzazione e Carisma», Università di Trento, April 11-12, 2024
  • Human Flourishing Forum, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City, May 23-24, 2024
  • "Spiritual Yearning in Science", Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, May 27, 2024
  • Panel on "The Bible and Mental Health", Museum of the Bible, June 12, 2024
  • Roundtable on Social Science Research and the Church, Regent University, Norfolk VA, June 26, 2024
  • "The Beauty of Understanding", Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation, Washington DC, July 29, 2024
  • “Innovation in Religion and Spirituality: Conceptualization and Measurement,” Montreal, QC, Aug 9-11, 2024
  • The PolyOpportunity Gathering, Acosta Institute and House of Beautiful Business, New York City, September 19-20, 2024
  • "The Power of Culture: How Institutions Flourish or Fail", John Templeton Foundation, Conshohocken PA, October 8, 2024
  • "Innovation in Religion and Spirituality: Contexts and Conditions," Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 18-20, 2024
  • “Institutional Trust and Well-Being among Catholic Clergy,” Annual Meeting for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 18-20
  • International Symposium on Spiritual Yearning in a Disenchanted Age, McGill University, Montreal QC, Nov 11, 2024
  • "The Beauty of Understanding", University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, Nov 14, 2024
  • Workshop on Conceptualizing Innovation in Religion, University of Siena, Dec 5-6, 2024
2023
  • International Symposium on Beauty at Work, May 26-27, 2023
  • “Why Does Beauty Matter in Science?" Presentation at the National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India, Sep 15, 2023
  • “Well-being in Science,” Presentation and Workshop, Indian Institute of Science, Sep 20, 2023, Bangalore, India, Sep 20, 2023
  • “Well-being in Science,” Presentation and Workshop, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Sep 21, 2023, Bangalore, India
  • Keynote address, 85th Annual Canon Law Society of America Convention, Oct 9, 2023
  • “Aesthetic Experience, Religiosity, and Spirituality in Science: A Four-Country Study,” Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association, Salt Lake City UT, October 2023
  • “Transforming Beauty: Examining US Catholic Priests’ Aesthetic Experiences at Work.” Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association, Salt Lake City UT, October 2023
  • "Fragile Neighborhoods", The Catholic University of America, November 1, 2023
  • “Aesthetics and Well-Being in Science: An Empirical Assessment,” Paper accepted for presentation at the Social Science History Association, Washington DC, November 18, 2023