Careers & Alumni
Where could RRE take you?
Our graduates have gone into research, teaching, public administration, NGOs, integration work, religious organisations and the private sector. Their paths reflect different interests and backgrounds, connected by an understanding of religion, history and culture.
What you take with you
UNDERSTAND RELIGION IN CONTEXT
Knowledge on how Judaism, Christianity and Islam developed, interacted and shaped societies. Bring historical depth to questions about religion’s place in the world today.
LEARN TO INVESTIGATE
Expertise with original sources, comparing interpretations and assessing evidence. Develop your own research questions and build arguments you can explain and defend.
COMMUNICATE ACROSS BORDERS
Present complex ideas clearly, in writing and discussion. Study across three universities and learn alongside people with different academic, cultural and religious backgrounds.
Career Paths
Understanding religion matters wherever people work with culture, (geo-)politics, identity and the relationships between communities.
RRE can provide a foundation for further research, including PhD study, and contribute to careers in education, public administration, NGOs, integration work, religious organisations and the private sector. Your previous qualifications and experience will also shape the opportunities you pursue.
Follow your own interest
Your interests can help shape your studies from the start. Use your thesis to explore a subject you want to pursue, seek relevant experience alongside the programme and talk to teachers about possible next steps.
The knowledge and methods you develop through RRE become part of what you bring to research, organisations and working life.
RRE and what came next
RRE graduates have taken their interests in different directions, from ancient texts and doctoral research to international law and work on religious freedom. Here are three examples.
Magnus Arvid Boes Lorenzen
PhD candidate · University of Bergen
Magnus took his interest in ancient Hebrew literature into doctoral research. His work explores Ezekiel traditions and Second Temple Judaism, examining how ancient texts in their writing express religious commitment.
Valentin Jeutner
Professor of International Law · Lund University
A former RRE student, Valentin was appointed Professor of International Law at Lund in 2026. His research explores international law’s foundations and its connections with theology, history, art and technology.
Ayan Oryntay
Religious freedom, research & project coordination
An RRE graduate from Copenhagen, Ayan has worked on religious freedom in Kazakhstan, including project coordination for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. He also co-authored a study of Kazakhstan’s religious policy in 2026.
By January 2022, 141 had students graduated. And here is the list of places where 32 RRE-graduates have been or are doing PhD-studies:
Further study after
MIT
Lund University
University of Ghana
Aarhus University
Odense University
University of Heidelberg
Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo
Faculty of Theology, Oslo
University of Helsinki
Texas A&M University
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Martin Luther Universität, Halle, Wittenberg
Humboldt Universität, Berlin
University of Sheffield
University of Edinburgh
Yale University
Oxford University
International Islamic University of Malaysia
Saint Petersburg University
Lvov University
University of Michigan
Bergen University
University of Exeter
Gumilyov Eurasian National University
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