Gladys Ganiel

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Gladys Ganiel

Professor

• Professor, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
• The Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9894-033X

• EmailG.Ganiel@qub.ac.uk

• Room 02.004 - 1 College Park East

United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am open to PhD applications in the fields of:\ - Religion, Conflict and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland\ - Religion, Conflict and Reconciliation in Sub-Saharan Africa\ - The Emerging Church Movement\ - Catholicism on the island of Ireland\ - Evangelicalism\ - Secularisation and Religious ‘Nones’\ - Dealing with the past in Northern Ireland

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Projects

• 1 Finished

• 1 Active

• R1395SES: The Changing Role of Religion in Societies Emerging from COVID-19

Ganiel, G. (PI)

06/05/2022 → …

Project: Research - ### R6463SES: Reconciliation through Dealing with the Past: Learning from Presbyterian Responses to the Troubles

Ganiel, G. (PI)

15/03/2017 → …

Project: Research - ### R2035SES: The Changing Role of Religion in Societies Emerging from Covid-19: The Island of Ireland

Ganiel, G. (PI)

30/05/2023 → 31/03/2025

Project: Research - ### R1321SES: Unity Pilgrims: Creating and Sustaining Impact

Ganiel, G. (PI)

23/01/2020 → 31/03/2022

Project: Research

Research output

• 22 Article
• 11 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 8 Other contribution
• 4 Book

• 14 More

• 5 Other report

• 5 Chapter
• 4 Paper
• 3 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 3 Special issue
• 2 Edited book
• 2 Working paper
• 1 Commissioned report
• 1 Other chapter contribution
• 1 Comment/debate

• 1 Editorial

• The changing role of religion in societies emerging from covid-19. research project methodology

Radde-Antweiler, K., Lefebvre, S. & Ganiel, G., 02 Feb 2026, University of Bremen, 93 p. (ZeMKI Working Paper; no. 55).

Research output: Working paper

Open Access

• Religious Groups
• COVID-19
• Research Project
• UK
• Diseases

• Covid-19 and Perceptions of Digital Religious Options on the Island of Ireland – Promoting Faith, or Hastening Secularization?

Ganiel, G., 16 Jul 2025.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Digital
• COVID-19
• Secularization
• Ireland
• Religious Groups

• Faith in a time of climate chaos: Religion and attitudes to climate change

Hanson, J., Ganiel, G. & Soye, E., 01 Sept 2025, Access Research Knowledge (ARK). 7 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access

File

68 Downloads (Pure) - ### Ireland is post-Catholic, but religion still matters

Ganiel, G., 01 Mar 2025, In: Current History. 124, 860, p. 89-94

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

File

• UK
• Ireland
• Economic Growth
• Referendum
• Brexit

606 Downloads (Pure) - ### Religion on the island of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic: piety in the public sphere?

Ganiel, G. & Ni Dhonaill, C., 2025, In: Religion, State and Society. 53, 1, p. 4-24 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

File

• Freedom of Religion
• Religious Institution

154 Downloads (Pure)

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Prizes

• Distinguished Book Award

Ganiel, G. (Recipient), 2015

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Books
• Christianity
• Study of religion

• Election to the Royal Irish Academy

Ganiel, G. (Recipient), 16 Mar 2022

Prize: Election to learned society

• Elections
• Irish Gaelic
• Religions
• Academy
• Education

• Queen's Students' Union Module of the Year Award 2018-2019

Ganiel, G. (Recipient), 03 May 2019

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Queen
• Awards
• Student Union
• Transformation
• Conflict

Activities

• 27 Public lecture/debate/seminar
• 24 Participation in conference
• 21 Invited talk
• 8 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference

• 27 More

• 13 Oral presentation

• 10 Research and Teaching at External Organisation
• 9 Other
• 4 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
• 4 Membership of board
• 3 Membership of national or international committees and working groups
• 2 Participation in Festival/Exhibition
• 2 PhD external examination
• 2 Other examination
• 2 PGT external examination
• 1 Editorial activity
• 1 UG external examination

• 1 Hosting of external, non-academic visitor

• Catholic Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland

Ganiel, G. (Speaker)

09 Mar 2026

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation - ### Christianity, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland

Ganiel, G. (Invited speaker)

03 Feb 2026

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk - ### Launch of Veronique Altglas’ Judaizing Christianity and Christian Zionism in Northern Ireland: For God, Israel and Ulster

Ganiel, G. (Contributor)

19 Jan 2026

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar - ### Not Worth Much: Reflections on Fr Gerry Reynolds 10 years after his death

Ganiel, G. (Invited speaker)

19 Nov 2025

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk - ### Of Things Visible and Invisible: Religion on the Island of Ireland after Covid-19

Ganiel, G. (Invited speaker)

14 Nov 2025

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

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Press/Media

• BBC Radio Ulster Thought for the Day – Saidie Patterson

Ganiel, G.

22/02/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities - ### Thought for the Day: Back to the Future

Ganiel, G.

15/02/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities - ### Mary Ann McCracken and Racial Justice Sunday

Ganiel, G.

08/02/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities - ### Saint Brigid: a bridge between two Irelands or a symbol of secularization?

Ganiel, G.

02/02/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment - ### St Brigid's Day

Ganiel, G.

01/02/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities

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