#ESRS2610989AChanges to the Institute for the Study of Religions and Secularism at the École Pratique des Hautes Études
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This order updates the mission, governance and wording of the Institute for the Study of Religions and Secularism within the École pratique des hautes études. It broadens the institute’s focus to include secularism more clearly, research on the relationship between the state, schools and religions, and the place of religious facts in society. The changes mainly affect the institute, its leadership, academic partners and teacher-training networks. They also adjust the composition and role of its governing council, including more members and a clearer role in setting scientific priorities.
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Key Changes
- Expands the institute’s mission to cover secularism and the role of religious facts in society more clearly.
- Updates references to teacher-training institutions to match current terminology.
- Increases and adjusts the composition of the institute’s governing council and clarifies its role in scientific priorities.
Obligations
What this law requires
The Institute for the Study of Religions and Secularism within the École pratique des hautes études must include secularism alongside religious facts within its institutional mission and activities.
The institute’s research activities must cover, in France and Europe, relations between the State, schools and religions, and the place of religious facts in society.
References to teacher-training partners must be updated from university teacher-training institutes to national higher institutes for teaching and education.
The institute may develop a European network of scientific partners capable of assisting it with the international dimensions of its mission.
The president of the École pratique des hautes études, or their representative, must be included as a member of the institute’s governing council.