Jörg Stolz is a professor of sociology of religion at the University of Lausanne. Under his direction, the first representative study of local religious groups in Switzerland (NCS 1) was conducted in 2008. He is currently leading the second wave (NCS 2). Jörg Stolz is the former president of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion and the author of several books and journal articles on the transformation of religion and secularization in Switzerland and around the world. He is the lead author of the book « Religion and Spirituality in the Age of the Ego« .
Christophe Monnot is a lecturer in the sociology of Protestantism at the University of Strasbourg. A recognized specialist in religious communities and their diversity, he is also a scientific collaborator at the University of Lausanne within the framework of NCS 2. Between 2008 and 2011, he completed his doctoral thesis on the first representative study of religious communities in Switzerland (NCS 1). The book resulting from this thesis is available here. With Jörg Stolz, he has published numerous analyses of these survey data in international journals and edited the volume « Congregations in Europe » (2018).
Jens Köhrsen is a professor of « Religion and Society ». He works at the University of Oslo and at the Center for Religion, Economy, and Politics (ZRWP) at the University of Basel. Currently, he leads the research project « Are Religions Becoming Green? » as well as the project « Ecovillages as Incubators of Sustainability Transitions ». Both projects are supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. In his research, he is interested in sustainable change as well as the relationship between religion and social development.
Fabian Huber is a scientific collaborator in the SNSF project « Are Religions Becoming Green » at the Center for Religion, Economy, and Politics (ZRWP) at the University of Basel, which collaborates with NCS2. His research focuses particularly on religion and sustainability, religion and media, as well as empirical social research. He is preparing a doctoral thesis at the University of Fribourg on the interaction between media and non-media forms of religious communion.
Jeremy Senn is currently pursuing his doctoral thesis at the University of Lausanne within the NCS 2 project. He is particularly interested in religious diversity and quantitative methods. In 2020, he received the award for the best sociology master’s thesis from the University of Neuchâtel.
Ann-Lea Buzzi (BA) studies sociology at the University of Bern and works as a scientific assistant in the research project « Are Religions Becoming Green? » at the University of Basel. Her research interests focus on environmental sociology issues, processes of social change, and quantitative methods.
Anabel Da Pra studies at the Center for Religion, Economics and Politics (ZRWP) and works as a research assistant for the SNSF-funded research project “Are Religions Becoming Green”.