1. Impacting the World with Data: From a million data points to maps that tell the story OR Translating academic rigor into public information Brian J. Grim, Ph.D. Senior Researcher Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life Washington, DC Visiting Researcher Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs (CURA) Boston University

2. A peek at this presentation’s conclusion, which was made possible by a database: – a finding involving the work of more than 50 demographers and social scientists around the globe – released at IUSSP in Marrakech, Morocco – later covered by all major news outlets (with differing slants), including the comedic ‘news’ show the Colbert Report – here’s the Fox headline ...

3. First, the database ... and a related publication ...

5. Province-level data on religious affiliation ...

7. Province-level data on religious violence ...

8. The Price of Freedom Denied: Religious Persecution and Conflict in the 21st Century (Fall 2010) Series: Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics ... and a less data-heavy related publication drawing on data from the ARDA as well ...

9. Now, the exciting part – managing and selecting the data that went into the Muslim population report (with the help of a web interface over an Access-type relational database) ...

15. ◄ Back to country page

16. ◄ Archiving religion-specific TFR, age-structure, migration & religiosity

19. WRD Best Estimate vs. Range of Estimates vs. Pew 89.60% 90.74% 88.70% 88.71% Muslims Other: (Census) Range Max: (DHS) Range Min: (Pew GAP) WRD estimate: Bangladesh

22. The Pew Forum Report

23. Limited Interactive Maps & Tables

28. Impacting the World with Data

29. On the horizon with geo-coded religion-related violence data ...