Elected Officers (Elected 2026)
Senior Lecturer Ruth Flanagan r.flanagan@exeter.ac.uk (Chair)
Prof. Sally Elton-Chalcraft (Vice Chair)
Dr. Pat Hannam (Exec Chair)
Elaine Arundell: e.arundell@outlook.com and Chris May: chris.may@hants.gov.uk (Secretary/Membership)
Dr. Sean Whittle sean.whittle@stmarys.ac.uk (Treasurer)
The Annual General Meeting of AULRE is held during the association’s annual conference. Members are encouraged to take an active role in the governance and development of the Association. The day-to-day responsibility for administering the Association is held by the Elected Officers of the Executive Committee.
Coopted committee members:
Dr. Linda Whitworth (Primary)
Dr. Stephen Parker (Journal)
Dr Norman Richardson (Northern Ireland)
Lynda Maddock and Dr Tania Ap Sion (Wales)
Dr. Stephen C Scholes (Scotland)
Prof Stephen McKinney (Publications Officer)
Dr Rachel Jackson Royal rjackson110@hotmail.com (NATRE link)
Prof Bob Bowie (Website)
Alexis Stones
Dr Rhiannon Love
Dr Janet Orchard
Dr. Kate Christopher (AULRE/AREIAC conference planning group)
Dr. Kathryn Wright (Culham St Gabriel’s link)
Dr. Jo Fraser-Pearce
Prof Farid Panjwani
AULRE members are available to provide comment, analysis and advice to the press and media on issues of local, national and international significance at the interface of religion and education. Our membership is made up of academics and professionals with a variety of research interests and expertise in religion and education.