--- title: Religion Data Commons | Project Team & Partners description: The Religion Data Commons initiative is a multi-year effort to build the standards, capacity, and infrastructure needed to make data on religion more open, findable, and reusable. image: https://www.cos.io/hubfs/RDC_website.png --- - Our sites: - [OSF](https://osf.io) - [TOP Guidelines](https://www.cos.io/initiatives/top-guidelines?hsLang=en) - [* *Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/cos.io)[* *Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@CenterforOpenScience)[* *Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-open-science/)[* *YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@CenterforOpenScience) - [**  Shop](https://www.redbubble.com/people/OpenScience/shop) - [**  Donate](https://www.cos.io/support-cos?hsLang=en) [![Center for Open Science](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/COS%202024/cos-full-tag-h.png?width=2000&height=293&name=cos-full-tag-h.png "Center for Open Science")](https://www.cos.io?hsLang=en) ** ** ![Religion Data Commons](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/RDC_tall.png) ![Religion Data Commons](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/RDC_tall.png) - [Overview](https://www.cos.io/rdc?hsLang=en) - [Activities & Outputs](https://www.cos.io/rdc-activities?hsLang=en) - [Project Team & Partners](https://www.cos.io/rdc-partners?hsLang=en) - [Get Involved](https://www.cos.io/rdc-involved?hsLang=en) ## Leadership **![nick headshot](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/nick%20headshot.png?width=200&height=200&name=nick%20headshot.png)** [**Nicholas Gibson**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-j-s-gibson/) ResearchWell **![nici headshot](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/nici%20headshot.png?width=200&height=200&name=nici%20headshot.png)** [**Nici Pfeiffer**](https://www.cos.io/team/nici-pfeiffer?hsLang=en) Center for Open Science ## Project Members (Phases 1 & 2) - [**Tim Errington**](https://www.cos.io/team/tim-errington?hsLang=en) Center for Open Science - **[Dominic Johnson](https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/dominic-johnson)** University of Oxford - [**Hillary Lenfesty**](https://search.asu.edu/profile/2514091) Arizona State University - **[David Mellor](https://www.cos.io/team/david-mellor?hsLang=en)** Center for Open Science - **[Gizem Solmaz-Ratzlaff](https://osf.io/user/vj7kd)** Center for Open Science - [**Crystal Steltenpohl**](https://www.cos.io/team/crystal-steltenpohl?hsLang=en) Center for Open Science - **[Andrew Tyner](https://osf.io/user/sy6ch)** Center for Open Science - other members of COS staff as needed ## Advisory Board (Phases 1 & 2) - [**Christopher Bader**](https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/christopher-bader) Chapman University / ARDA - [**Michelle Barker**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelledbarker/) Research Software Alliance - [**Justin Barrett**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-barrett-45a5b6173/) Blueprint 1543 - **[Conrad Hackett](https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/conrad-hackett/)** Pew Research Center - [**Dominic Johnson**](https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/dominic-johnson) University of Oxford - [**Melissa Kline Struhl**](https://www.melissaklinestruhl.com/) MIT / Children Helping Science - [**Hillary Lenfesty**](https://search.asu.edu/profile/2514091) Arizona State University - [**Susanna-Assunta Sansone**](https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-susanna-assunta-sansone-0) University of Oxford - **[Greg Tananbaum](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gtananbaum/) ** Open Research Community Accelerator  ## Partners ### We are grateful for the support of [Templeton Religion Trust](https://templetonreligiontrust.org/) (grants TRT-2023-32821, TRT-2024-34037, and TRT-2024-34128) for this work, as well as for our partnership with the [Association of Religion Data Archives](https://www.thearda.com/) (ARDA) and the Social Consequences of Religions (SCORE) Hub at the University of Oxford. ![TRT-logo](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/TRT-logo.png?width=1492&height=1004&name=TRT-logo.png)   ![arda logo](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/arda%20logo.png?width=599&height=200&name=arda%20logo.png)   [![Overview](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/6723653/b9ae037f-f7ac-4dfe-bd20-a510bc5876c9.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/6723653/b9ae037f-f7ac-4dfe-bd20-a510bc5876c9)[![Activities & outputs](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/6723653/7b3bf102-401b-4af2-a26d-3f2c85735c58.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/6723653/7b3bf102-401b-4af2-a26d-3f2c85735c58)[![Get involved](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/6723653/06a27238-f4ed-4272-86f0-25af1c65444c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/6723653/06a27238-f4ed-4272-86f0-25af1c65444c) Interested in learning more? 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