Pew’s call and associated release of the Global Religious Futures datasets (Global Restrictions 2007–2022, 2010/2020 religious composition, Spring 2024 survey) plus funding to reuse them will produce a wave of reproducible, quantitative studies on religion’s political effects, restrictions, and demographic change across ~200 countries. The combination of cumulative restriction indices, multi‑year composition estimates, and a recent cross‑national survey creates a uniquely combinable resource for robust causal and comparative work.
— Availability and subsidized reuse of these datasets will change what empirical claims about religion and politics can be reliably tested and publicized, shifting debates from anecdote to verifiable cross‑national evidence.
Rebecca Leppert
2026.09.29
60% relevant
This newsletter item draws directly on the Pew Research Center's Religious Landscape Study (2023–24) and related Asian American survey results, illustrating how a major religion dataset provides specific measures (1% of adults identify as Hindu; 79% of Asian American Hindus have a home shrine; 33% say religion is very important) that can reframe research and public discussion about minority religious practice and political behavior.
Jcoleman
2026.01.16
100% relevant
Pew Research Center invitation for proposals and the three named GRF datasets (Global Restrictions 2007–2022; Spring 2024 Survey; Global Religious Composition estimates 2010 & 2020) with $3,000 support per selected researcher.
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