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17 Jan 2019: VHI Senior Research Associate

12 Dec 2019: The Von Hügel Institute is saddened to learn of the death of Father Frank McHugh, who was the institute's Director from 1990 to 2000.

12 Dec 2019: An insightful piece by Dr Catherine Osbourne on the VHI research project '

23 Sep 2019: VHI Research Associate Vladimir Kmec's response to Johathan Chaplin's chapter 'From Inspiration to Implementation: Laudato Si, Public Theology and the Demands of Energy Policy' has been published in the volume In Search of Good Energy Policy

14 Feb 2019: Former VHI Director and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund's College, Professor John Loughlin is the editor of Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Perspectives (Bloomsbury, 2019).

2 Jul 2019: The VHI is delighted to welcome Rev Professor Greg Peters who has been appointed as Visiting Scholar of St Edmund's College and the Von Hügel Institute for the academical year 2019-2020.

6 Nov 2019: Dr Sara Silvestri were invited speakers at the Cambridge RESPOND conference: 'Unpacking the Challenges and Possibilities for Migration Governance', which took place on 17-19 October at Newnham College, Cambridge.

23 Sep 2019: The VHI is planning a 3-year interdisciplinary research project on Clericalism and Sexuality. The goal of this project is to collect reliable data and analyze it from the viewpoint of the relation between clericalism and sexuality.

25 Feb 2019: The VHI is delighted to welcome visiting student

15 Nov 2019: The 2020 Von Hügel Lecture delivered by Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald: Christians in the Arab World: The Present Situation This lecture will offer a survey of the present situation of Christians in the Arab World, ie. MENA: Middle East and North

3 Oct 2019: 2019. The 2019 Colloquium 'Caring for Persons with Compromised Agency: Navigating Complexity' focussed on ethical issues arising from health care decision making by, with or for people with intellectual and developmental

14 Feb 2019: On Friday 8 February Fr Thomas Rosica delivered the 2019 Annual Von Hügel Lecture on the topic: '

19 Jun 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sara Silvestri hosts a discussion seminar for Refugee Week at St Paul's Cathedral. VHI's Sara Silvestri has organised the seminar Why Bother About Refugee Week? which discussed the

19 Dec 2019: VHI Research Associate Professor Maria Burke was recently awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

4 Oct 2019: VHI Research Associate Clericalism and Sexuality. Link to the article Full text  

11 Nov 2019: On 31 October ABOUT THE PRESENTATION Aporophobia is a neologism formulated by the Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina that means 'rejection of the poor'.

6 Nov 2019: The new volume Patents on Life: Religious, Moral, and Social Justice Aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property, edited by Thomas C. Berg (University of St Thomas, Minnesota), Simon Ravenscroft (Magdalene College, and St Edmund's College,

8 Aug 2019: The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI) is looking for a dynamic and innovative Development Officer to support its fundraising campaign along with the VHI Director, VHI development collaborators and the College’s Development

15 Nov 2019: UPDATE - PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CAMBRIDGE LAUNCH OF THE PATENTS ON LIFE BOOK ON FRIDAY 13 MARCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SIMILAR EVENT IS TAKING PLACE IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 12 MARCH AT 6PM AND WILL BE BROADCAST AS A WEBINAR.

28 May 2019: VHI's Research Associate Dr Çetin has been appointed as a Visiting Scholar at the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute (Florence, Italy), where she is conducting research for her upcoming book on migration politics in UK and