Biography

Dr Harriet Crabtree has worked since 1990 for the Inter Faith Network for the UK. She became its Director in September 2007.

The Network links faith community representative bodies and inter faith bodies in the UK and works with them to promote good inter faith relations. Her work for it has included several projects with a youth focus, such as helping organise the Golden Jubilee young people’s faith forum and co-writing Different Faiths. Shared Values: A Youth Inter Faith Action Guide.

Before coming to work for the Network she studied and worked in the States from 1981, living at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School (from which she received her doctorate in theology) and teaching there and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. In a personal capacity, she has been serving during 2007/08 as a member of the Commission for Integration and Cohesion.

Harriet was elected to the Board of Trustees in July 2007.