Details of a research project by Lia Dong Shimada and Christopher Stephens looking at how demographic data is collected for monitoring purposes and seeking to develop more relevant and culturally sensitive approaches.
Discover the research projects that SWF engages in.
Resources project related to diversity
Information about SWF’s project to compile a library of statements, publications and resources addressing questions of diversity.
Cultural diversity and Methodist circuit ministry
A research project by Ermal Kirby identifying how cultural background influences ministry and relationships in circuits.
Church and organisation
PhD student Keith Elford presents an overview of his doctoral research into the role that organisational theory does and could play in the Church.
Methodism, ministers and management
A paper by Yvonne Guerrier and Christopher Bond looking at how far presbyters think of themselves as managers – research which pre-dated the formation of the Foundation and has influenced its development.
SMT Report
The Susanna Wesley Foundation (SWF) is funded by Southlands Methodist Trust (SMT). Download an extract from SMT’s Charity Commission Report 2014-15, which outlines SWF’s work alongside other activities of the Trust.
Women and Leadership: a review of literature from the education sector
This paper by Anthony Thorpe draws on a large body of literature from education settings and highlights some findings around women’s representation and the exercise of leadership.