Professional competence areas:
- Quantitative methods
- Religious change
- Social attitudes and values
- Social identity
- Sociology
- Sociology of religion
- Survey data
I am a professor of Sociology, with an emphasis on religion and society. My main interests are in religious change and the impact of religion on social attitudes and behaviour. I am also interested in the relationship between insecurity and religious identity. The majority of my work uses quantitative research methods with large scale survey data, and I have taught methods courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. I recently worked on a large EU-funded international project about inequality and youth radicalisation, and completed a three year British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship researching the relationship between financial insecurity and religion in Europe. I started working at MF in December 2022, and was previously a lecturer at the University of Birmingham and research fellow at the University of Manchester. I teach foundational social scientific theory and methods, as well as more specialised courses in sociology of religion. I am Chair of the Department of Education, Religion and Society, and programme lead for BA Society, Politics and Religion.
Latest academic publications
- Storm, I. (2024). Reactive religiosity? The longitudinal relationship between ethnic harassment, religious identity and wellbeing in the UK, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, ISSN: 0141-9870
- Pavlovic, T. & Franc, R. & Storm, I. (2024). Group relative deprivation and different forms of political actions: The role of the target outgroup, European Journal of Political Research, European Journal of Political Research, ISSN: 0304-4130
- Voas, D. & Storm, I. (2021). National Context, Parental Socialization and the Varying Relationship Between Religious Belief and Practice, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, s. 189 - 197. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, ISSN: 0021-8294
- Voas, D. & Storm, I. (2021). The Transmission of Religious Values, Reflections on European Values: Honouring Loek Halman's Contribution to the European Values Study,, s. 166 - 177. ISBN: 9789403658773
- Storm, I. & Rutjens, B. T. & van Harreveld, F. (2020). Personal experience or cultural tradition: the difference between Christian identity in the Netherlands and Denmark, Religion, Brain and Behavior, s. 428 - 443. Religion, Brain and Behavior, ISSN: 2153-599X
- Pavlovic, T. & Storm, I. (2020). Machiavellianism, Islamism, and Deprivations as Predictors of Support for Daesh Among Muslims, International Review of Social Psychology, International Review of Social Psychology
- Storm, I. (2019). Interrelations between Social Capital and Religion, Individualisation, marketisation and social capital in a cultural institution: the case of the Danish Folk Church,, s. 273 - 291. Syddansk Universitetsforlag, ISBN: 978-87-408-3232-7
- Storm, I. (2018). When does religiosity matter for attitudes to immigration? The impact of economic insecurity and religious norms in Europe, European Societies, s. 595 - 620. European Societies, ISSN: 1461-6696
- Storm, I. (2017). Does security increase secularity? Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey on the relationship between income and religious service attendance, Journal of Religion in Europe, s. 328 - 349. Journal of Religion in Europe, ISSN: 1874-8910
- Storm, I. & Sobolewska, M. & Ford, R. (2017). Is ethnic prejudice declining in Britain? Change in social distance among ethnic majority and minority Britons. , British Journal of Sociology, s. 410 - 434. British Journal of Sociology, ISSN: 0007-1315
- Storm, I. (2017). Does economic insecurity predict religiosity? Evidence from the European Social Survey 2002-2014, Sociology of religion, s. 146 - 172. Sociology of religion, ISSN: 1069-4404
- Storm, I. (2016). Morality in Context: A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship between Religion and Values in Europe. , Politics and Religion, s. 111 - 138. Politics and Religion, ISSN: 1755-0483
- Storm, I. (2015). Religion, inclusive individualism and volunteering in Europe, Journal of Contemporary Religion, s. 213 - 229. Journal of Contemporary Religion, ISSN: 1353-7903
- Storm, I. (2015). Civic Engagement in Britain: The Role of Religion and Inclusive Values, European Sociological Review, s. 14 - 29. European Sociological Review, ISSN: 0266-7215
- Voas, D. & McAndrew, S. & Storm, I. (2013). Modernisation and the gender gap in religiosity: Evidence from cross-national European surveys, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, s. 259 - 283. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, ISSN: 0023-2653
- Purdam, K. & Storm, I. (2013). Secular Values, Religious Beliefs and Civic Life, Religion and Civil Society in Europe,, s. 146 - 167. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., ISBN: 978-94-007-6815-4
- Bakken, P. & Storm, I. (2013). Academic Drift and Diversity: Institutional Dynamics in Norwegian Higher Education, Resilient universities : confronting changes in a challenging world,, s. 262 - 282. Peter Lang Publishing Group, ISBN: 978-3-0343-1716-0
- Storm, I. (2013). “Christianity is not just about religion” Religious and National identities in a Northern English town, Secularism and Nonreligion, s. 21 - 38. Secularism and Nonreligion, ISSN: 2053-6712
- Storm, I. & Voas, D. (2012). The Intergenerational Transmisison of Religious Service Attendance, Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, s. 19 - 38. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, ISSN: 0809-7291
- Storm, I. (2012). Säkulares Christentum als nationale Identität: Religion und Anti-Immigrationseinstellungen in vier westeuropäischen Ländern, Religiöser Pluralismus im Fokus quantitativer Religionsforschung,, s. 331 - 369. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-531-18696-2
- Voas, D. & Storm, I. (2012). The Inter-generational Transmission of Churchgoing in England and Australia, Review of religious research, s. 377 - 399. Review of religious research, ISSN: 0034-673X
- Storm, I. (2011). “Christian nations”? Ethnic Christianity and Anti-immigration Attitudes in four Western European Countries, Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, s. 75 - 96. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, ISSN: 0809-7291
- Storm, I. (2011). Ethnic Nominalism and Civic Religiosity: Christianity and National Identity in Britain, Sociological Review, s. 828 - 846. Sociological Review, ISSN: 0038-0261
- Storm, I. & Wilson, D. S. (2009). Liberal and Conservative Protestant Denominations as Different Socioecological Strategies, Human Nature. An interdisciplinary biosocial perspective, s. 1 - 24. Human Nature. An interdisciplinary biosocial perspective, ISSN: 1045-6767
- Storm, I. (2009). Halfway to Heaven: Four Types of Fuzzy Fidelity in Europe, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, s. 702 - 718. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, ISSN: 0021-8294
Education and practice
2018 - 2022
Birmingham Fellow (Lecturer and Researcher), University of Birmingham
2015 - 2017
British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, University of Manchester
2014
Research Associate, Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE), Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, University of Manchester
2012 - 2014
Research Associate, Religious and Secular Morality in Europe, Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester
2011 - 2012
Rådgiver, Avdeling for evaluering og analyse, NOKUT
2008 - 2011
PhD Social Change, University of Manchester
2007 - 2008
MSc Social Research Methods and Statistics, University of Manchester
2005 - 2007
MA Anthropology, Binghamton University (State University of New York)
2002 - 2005
BA Religionshistorie, Universitetet i Oslo
Voluntary position
2024 - d.d.
Deputy Council Member, Nordic Association for the Sociology of Religion
2021 - d.d.
Council Member, SCORE (The Social Consequences of Religion) Initiative
2020 - 2022
Council Member, International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR).
2012 - 2017
British correspondent for EUREL network of sociological and legal information on religion in Europe