Gordon Lynch joined the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh in September 2024, having previously worked at the University of Kent where he held the Michael Ramsey Chair in Modern Theology. Over his career he has won numerous fellowships, grants and funded studentships for projects exploring forms of meaning and value in contemporary societies, with a particular interest in the social uses and consequences of sacred moral commitments. Over the past ten years, he has also undertaken a range of work on historic institutional abuse, with his work on UK child migration schemes including a national museum exhibition and substantial expert witness work for both the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
