Here you can find the latest news from Trust & Society – The Global Network on Trust, as well as updates from our members.
Announcing Our New Trust & Society Academic Network Leader
01 July 2026
Announcing Our New Trust & Society Academic Network Leader Dr. Armel Otabela holds a PhD in Biblical Theology from KU Leuven, where he is also a collaborating visiting Professor. Since September 2025, Dr. Otabela has been working as a researcher within Trust & Society – The Global Network and since June 2026, we welcome him as the new Academic Network Leader.
Director of the LSRS, Jean Ehret, Appointed Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Theology in Trier
18 May 2026
Professor Jean Ehret, Director of the LSRS, has been appointed Honorary Professor of Dogmatics and the History of Dogma within the Faculty of Theology in Trier. With this distinction, the Faculty recognizes his scholarly commitment and his contribution to Catholic theology.
Towards a global cooperation: T&S seminar welcomes two rectors
05 February 2026
Towards a global cooperation: T&S seminar welcomes two rectors The Rector of the Catholic University of Central Africa (UCAC), Thomas Bienvenu Tchoungui, paid an official visit to the theological transdisciplinary seminar on Trust, taught by the Trust & Society – The Global Network on Trust team under the direction of Jean Ehret at UCAC. He was accompanied by the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin, Mirosław Kalinowski, together with his delegation.
Subject: Trust, Theology.
Étudier la confiance: Séminaire doctoral transdisciplinaire à l’Université catholique d’Afrique centrale
05 February 2026
Le directeur de la Luxembourg School of Religion & Society, Jean Ehret, et de Trust & Society – The Global Network on Trust dirige le séminaire de l’école doctorale de la Faculté de théologie de l’Université catholique de Yaoundé : « Pour une approche proprement théologique et transdisciplinaire de la confiance ».
Subject: Trust, Theology.
T&S Trust & Church LAB 2024-2025
20 November 2025
News from Trust and Society – The Global Network on Trust Over the last year, Trust and Society – The Global Network on Trust has been running its inaugural T&S Lab on Trust & Church. This experience brought together a cross-disciplinary selection of academics along with practitioners from different sectors to work together on issues related to trust and the Catholic Church. This lab has piloted a unique, structured collaboration process where lab members have worked together over the course of the year as well as in smaller Impact Groups to develop targeted projects on specific areas related to the lab's theme.
Subject: Trust.
T&S Sponsors FINT Impact Hub
Trust & Society is Partnering with the FINT Impact Hub: Bridging Trust Research and Practice
21 June 2025
Trust & Society – The Global Network on Trust is partnering with the First International Network on Trust’s (FINT) new Impact Hub to sponsor an event on bridging trust research and practice. This event will take place at this year’s FINT Conference in Genoa, Italy on June 21. Led by Craig Crossley (University of Central Florida), Simon Schafheitle (University of Twente), and Matthew Pawlak (Luxembourg School of Religion & Society), this event will bring together leading voices from academia and industry to discuss best practices in research partnerships with practitioners and translating research insights into practice.
Dr. Matthew Pawlak Wins Award for Sarcasm in Paul’s Letters
02 July 2024
Matthew Pawlak, our Academic Network Leader has just won the Beare Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS) for his book Sarcasm in Paul’s Letters (Cambridge University Press, 2023). Named for renowned Canadian biblical scholar Francis W. Beare, the Beare Award recognizes one outstanding book per year in the areas of Christian Origins, Post-Biblical Judaism, and/or Graeco-Roman Religions.
The LSRS is an affiliate institute of the University of Bonn!
25 September 2023
The University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) and the Luxembourg School of Religion & Society (LSRS) have signed a cooperation agreement that establishes the LSRS as an affiliate institute of the University of Bonn. A ceremony followed by a reception took place on September 25, 2023 in the ballroom of the University of Bonn to mark the implementation of this collaboration agreement, which represents a very important milestone for the LSRS since its founding in 2015...
The Trust & Society Conference 2023
20 July 2023
On July 19-20 2023, the Trust & Society network held its first international conference in Luxembourg. The Trust & Society Conference connected interdisciplinary researchers with practitioners facing a range of challenges related to the crises of trust that society is currently facing...