Paul Weller

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.