Natalia Pecherskaya

St Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy

Project title:

The Religious Basis of Contemporary Problems in the Natural Sciences and Humanities.

Short biography:

Dr. Natalia A. Pecherskaya is Rector of one of the first Russian non-state educational institutions in St.Petersburg, the School of Religion and Philosophy (SRPh) founded in 1990 under the aegis of St.Petersburg Association of Scholars and Scientists. She has coordinated projects on philosophical issues in cooperation with German, Italian, and Spanish scholars. She has also served as Administrator of CTNS, LSI/Metanexus projects and organized international conferences on the issues dealing with human beings in science and theology (Templeton), on inter-confessional relations among Christians, Jews and Muslims (ICCJ) and on religious higher education in Russia (IAPCHE).