---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and […]"
date: "2021-09-30"
authors:
  - name: "Samirah Majumdar"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/samirah-majumdar/"
  - name: "Virginia Villa"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/virginia-villa/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/09/30/acknowledgments-57-2/"
categories:
  - "International Religious Freedom & Restrictions"
  - "Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project"
datasets:
  - name: "Dataset: Global Restrictions on Religion 2007-2022"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/dataset-global-restrictions-on-religion-2007-2022/"
---

# Acknowledgments

This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation.

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

**Primary Researcher**

Samirah Majumdar, *Research Associate *

**Research Team**

Virginia Villa, *Research Analyst *Alan Cooperman, *Director of Religion Research *Anne Fengyan Shi, *Senior Researcher *

**Coders**

Andrea L. Tillotson, Dana Popky, Jennifer Jun, Ricki Wood and Zoe Shadan

**Editorial and Graphic Design**

Jeff Diamant, *Senior Writer/Editor *Michael Lipka, *Editorial Manager *David Kent, *Senior Copy Editor *Rebecca Leppert, *Editorial Assistant *Bill Webster, *Senior Information Graphics Designer*

**Communications and Web Publishing**

Stacy Rosenberg, *Associate Director,* *Digital *Travis Mitchell, *Digital Producer *Chris Baronavski*, Senior Developer *Anna Schiller, *Senior Communications Manager *Kelsey Beveridge, *Communications Associate*

Research Assistants Aidan Connaughton, Jacob Ausubel and Manolo Corichi provided valuable assistance with fact checking and number checking for this report.

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