---
title: "About the Project"
description: "This report was produced by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. The Pew Forum delivers timely, impartial information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Pew Forum is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy organization and does not take positions on policy debates. Based in Washington, D.C., the Pew Forum […]"
date: "2011-08-09"
authors:
  - name: "Joseph Liu"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2011/08/09/rising-restrictions-on-religion-about/"
---

# About the Project

This report was produced by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. The Pew Forum delivers timely, impartial information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Pew Forum is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy organization and does not take positions on policy debates. Based in Washington, D.C., the Pew Forum is a project of the Pew Research Center, which is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

This report is part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which is jointly and generously funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation. The project analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world.

The report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals:

**Primary Researcher** Brian J. Grim, *Senior Researcher and Director of Cross-National Data, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life*

**Pew Forum** Luis Lugo, *Director*

*Research* Alan Cooperman, *Associate Director, Research* Peter Henne, Research Analyst Andrew J. Gully, Noble Kuriakose, Elizabeth A. Lawton and Elizabeth Podrebarac, *Research Assistants* Charles Joyce, Thomas Kearney, Anastasia Kolivas, Lewis McCrary, Megan Neville, David Nicol, Mariella Regh and Ryan Sprouls, *Coders*

*Editorial* Sandra Stencel, *Associate Director, Editorial* Diana Yoo, *Graphic Designer* Tracy Miller,* Editor* Hilary Ramp and Sara Tisdale, *Assistant Editors*

*Communications and Web Publishing* Erin O’Connell, *Associate Director, Communications* Stacy Rosenberg, *Digital Project Manager* Mary Schultz, *Communications Manager* Liga Plaveniece and Jemila Woodson, *Communications Associates* Joseph Liu, *Web Associate*

**Pew Research Center** Andrew Kohut, *President* Paul Taylor,* Executive Vice President* Elizabeth Mueller Gross, *Vice President* Scott Keeter, *Director of Survey Research*