Research Fellow in Religion and Society at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, where he is an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion; and a Visiting Professor in the Centre for Peace and Security at Coventry University
Paul Weller lives in both Germany and the UK. He originally read undergraduate Theology at Regent’s Park College, Oxford in 1974-77. He holds an Oxford University MA; an MPhil in Social and Pastoral Theology (University of Manchester); a PhD in Religious Studies (University of Leeds); and a DLitt on the basis of published works in relation to “a distinguished contribution to inter-religious dialogue and pluralism in the changing religious landscape of the United Kingdom” (University of Derby). On his retirement from full-time employment at the University of Derby he was conferred as an Emeritus Professor, following a career there during which, among other roles, he was variously Director of the Religious Resource and Research Centre; Head of Religious Studies; Head of the Humanities and Social Sciences Subject Group; Head of Research and Commercial Development in the Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences; Reader in Religious Studies; Professor of Inter-Religious Relations; and University Acting Head of Research. He is now also a Research Fellow in Religion and Society at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, where he is an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion; and a Visiting Professor in the Centre for Peace and Security at Coventry University.
