Healing Through Knowledge
The DULLES RESEARCH INSTITUTE exists to contribute to the prevention of sexual abuse and harassment in the Catholic Church and to foster healthy, effective priestly life and ministry among Catholic priests, by engaging in rigorous, multidisciplinary independent, scholarly research, publication, and dialogue focused on the causes and effects of the abuse and harassment crisis and other challenges facing Catholic priesthood.
Our Three-Pronged Approach
To accomplish its mission, the Dulles Research Institute takes a three-pronged approach. We are:
1. A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS, working individually and collectively, who are
2. EMPOWERING A NEW GENERATION OF THINKERS through research grants for doctoral and postdoctoral students, as we make available
3. A FORUM FOR CUTTING-EDGE SCHOLARSHIP on this important topic in the form of a scholarly journal.
A Community of Scholars
Independent Scholars
The core of the Dulles Research Institute is the community of scholars who serve as the Institute's senior fellows, working in an environment that enables them to contribute their best insights, free from institutional bias.
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Multidisciplinary Approach
The complexity of the issues of sexual abuse and healthy priesthood in the Catholic Church demands the insights of multiple fields of research, from psychology, sociology, criminology, and public policy to history, organizational development, organizational leadership, theology, and religious studies.
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Shared Research
While engaged in their own independent research, the Institute's senior fellows have access to the Dulles Research Institute's proprietary data and engage with one another in shared, multidisciplinary research.
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Open Dialogue
In order to welcome the broadest range of insight, the Dulles Research Institute invites qualified scholars from an array of disciplines to share in its work as Institute members.
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Empowering A New Generation of Thinkers
Planting the seeds of future insight, the Dulles Research Institute offers research grants for doctoral- and post-doctoral-level studies in a variety of fields relevant to the topics of sexual abuse and healthy priesthood in the Catholic Church.
The Institute's Journal
A Forum for Cutting-Edge Scholarship
As a forum for high-quality publication and dialogue, the Institute founded the Journal of the Dulles Research Institute as an interdisciplinary journal for the study of sexual abuse and healthy priesthood in the Catholic Church. With a high standard for peer-reviewed original scholarship, the JDRI is a platform for evidence-based insights from multiple disciplines, contributing to policy makers and others who seek to understand this crisis and chart a course for a healthier future. The JDRI is published on a rolling basis as an open-source digital journal in order to make its scholarly content available, free of charge, to the widest possible readership worldwide. The JDRI aspires to be the premier English-language journal for scholarship on sexual abuse and healthy priesthood in the Catholic Church.
