Public Spirit

公共精神是一个新的在线公共论坛，主要研究，分析和辩论宗教和公共政策。公共精神将为来自志愿，社区和信仰组织的学者，政策制定者，政治家和从业者提供一个空间，以参与当前关于宗教和公共政策的研究和辩论，在一个跨越政治派别和宗教传统的论坛中，由定期的离线活动支持。这个在线公共论坛的提议来自“穆斯林参与当代治理”项目，该项目由澳大利亚人权委员会和经济、社会和文化权利委员会通过宗教和社会方案共同资助。在线论坛将提供一个机制，通过一系列关于研究具体方面的短文，向政策、从业人员和民间社会受众进一步传播项目的研究结果。它将这些调查结果与更广泛的当代关于宗教和公共政策的辩论联系起来，通过主持积极参与这些辩论的广泛公共行为者的贡献。最近，与宗教和公共政策有关的问题引起了相当大的兴趣-新工党和目前的联合政府都在关于凝聚力、融合、平等、福利、积极的公民身份和安全以及反恐的政策中特别重视宗教和信仰团体。公共精神的预期受众包括政策制定者、从业人员、民间社会组织（如智囊团、压力团体、社区组织和宗教机构）和学者。根据我们与44个此类行为者协商的反馈意见，论坛将：提供关于MPCG研究结果的无障碍文章;将这一研究与一系列行为者的观点和观点联系起来;提供对相关研究的无障碍分析和思考;突出地方领域的证据和分析，为全国辩论提供信息;举办辩论，使学者、决策者、智囊团、压力团体和宗教机构聚集一堂，相互交流和通报情况。公共精神将由项目小组所在地布里斯托大学的种族和公民中心主办。该论坛将与一个编辑委员会合作，其成员来自学术界、出版界和政界。编辑委员会将开会确定和委托公共精神的内容，并讨论影响战略。为了在更广泛的受众中最大限度地发挥公共精神的相关性和影响力，我们与最近成立的信仰与社会全党议会小组（APPG）及其秘书处FaithAction达成了一项协议。这种伙伴关系将使公共精神与参与APPG和FaithAction的演员和观众建立联系，同时为辩论提供额外的论坛，并对APPG工作中提出的问题进行深思熟虑的反思。目前在联合王国（国家和地方一级）还没有一个博客或论坛关注宗教和公共政策，其特点是学术研究是通俗易懂的，并与政策，从业者和民间社会的讨论者和贡献者进行接触。公共精神将为知识交流提供一个独特的论坛。使用数字媒体，它将使MPCG项目的研究结果很容易获得学术界以外的个人和团体谁通常不能很容易地访问传统的学术来源。它将大大增加用户对MPCG项目以及其他相关研究的参与，并使关注宗教和公共政策问题的各种行为者之间能够进行知识交流。

Public Spirit is a proposed new on-line public forum featuring research, analysis and debate on religion and public policy. Public Spirit will provide a space for academics, policymakers, politicians and practitioners from voluntary, community and faith-based organisations to engage with current research and debates on religion and public policy, in a forum that crosses political affiliations and religious traditions, supported by regular off-line events. The proposal for this online public forum emerges from the project 'Muslim Participation in Contemporary Governance' (MPCG) that is jointly funded by the AHRC and ESRC through the Religion and Society Programme. The online forum will provide a mechanism for further disseminating the project's findings to a range of policy, practitioner and civil society audiences, through a series of short articles on specific aspects of the research. It will connect these findings to broader contemporary debates about religion and public policy, by hosting contributions from a wide range of public actors who are actively engaged in these debates. Issues relating to religion and public policy have generated considerable interest in recent times - with both New Labour and the present Coalition government according particular significance to religion and faith groups in policies on cohesion, integration, equalities, welfare, active citizenship and security and counter-terrorism. The anticipated audiences for Public Spirit include policy-makers, practitioners, civil society organisations (e.g. think-tanks, pressure groups, community organisations and religious institutions) and academics. Guided by feedback from our consultation with 44 such actors, the forum will: provide accessible articles on the findings from the MPCG research; connect this research with views and perspectives from a range of actors; provide accessible analysis and reflections on related research; feature spotlights on evidence and analysis on local areas to inform national debates; host debates that bring together academics, policy-makers, think-tanks, pressure groups and religious institutions to engage with and inform one another. Public Spirit will be hosted by the Centre for Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, where the project team will be based. The forum will work with an Editorial Board with a membership from the fields of academia, publishing and politics. The Editorial Board will meet to determine and commission the content for Public Spirit and discuss strategies for impact. In order to maximise the relevance and influence of Public Spirit among wider audiences, we have formed an agreement to partner with the recently formed All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Faith and Society and its Secretariat, FaithAction. This partnership will allow Public Spirit to connect with the actors and audiences engaged with the APPG and FaithAction, whilst providing an additional forum for debate and considered reflection on the issues raised in the work of the APPG. There is at present no blog or forum that focuses on religion and public policy in the UK (at national and local levels), featuring academic research that is presented accessibly and which is engaged with policy, practitioner and civil society discussants and contributors. Public Spirit will provide a unique forum for Knowledge Exchange. Using digital media, it will make the findings of the MPCG project easily accessible to individuals and groups outside of academia who cannot normally easily access conventional scholarly sources. It will significantly increase user engagement with the MPCG project, as well as other related research, and enable Knowledge Exchange among a diverse range of actors concerned with issues relating to religion and public policy.