Dr Brandon Reece Taylorian is a Research Fellow at the University of Lancashire leading the 2026 project Heritage and History in Practice: Enhancing Research Culture through Co-production and Public Participation. Brandon previously taught on the Religion, Culture and Society programme as an Associate Lecturer and in 2023 worked as an Associate Lecturer at Lancaster University teaching the history of human rights and public law. Brandon completed his PhD in 2025 specialising in recognition and registration issues impacting conditions of religious freedom, especially for new religious movements and minority religions. Brandon's other research interests include early Quakerism and Mormonism in England, the history of the Society of Saint Pius X, antique photographs, as well as education and social issues in the Victorian period. Working as a Research Associate under Professor Candice Satchwell in 2025, Brandon hosted focus groups, conducted analysis and developed a project report for a research project commissioned by the Department for Transport called Barriers to Rail Travel and Careers in the Rail Industry for Diverse Communities in Lancashire. Brandon continues to work with Professor Satchwell on the project Lancaster and Morecambe: Who Are We? Brandon has presented his research at higher education institutions in the UK and abroad, including at Durham University as well as at conferences held in Cape Town, Brigham Young University and Bordeaux Montaigne University. Brandon works closely with the International Center for Law and Religion Studies based in Provo, Utah, on various religious freedom issues and after completing the Young Scholars Fellowship on Religion and the Rule of Law at Oxford in 2024, Brandon was invited back to Oxford as a guest lecturer on registration issues for the 2025 cohort.

University of Lancashire (2021-2025) Doctor of Philosophy in Freedom of Religion or Belief. Thesis, ‘Religious Freedom and State Recognition of Belief'. Joint supervisors: Dr Carl Morris (Research Director of Studies), Dr Carolyn King (Research Second Supervisor), Dr Philip Constable (Research Degree Tutor), Dr Mahmood Chandia (Referee for Registration). University of Central Lancashire (2019-2020) MA with Distinction Religion, Culture and Society (77.56%). Modules included Religion and Society, Religions of Asia, Interfaith Dialogue, Technology and Pluralism. Masters dissertation, ‘Astronomy in the Origins of Religion’ (87%). MA Course Representative, September 2019 to September 2020. University of Central Lancashire (2016-2019) First Class BA with Honours Business and Marketing (74.2%). Member of the Business and Marketing Society. Cardinal Newman College (2014-2016) 3 A-levels: English Language (C), English Literature (B), Media Studies (B). Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School (2009-2014) 9 GCSEs: Mathematics (B), Science (A), Additional Science (B), English Language (B), English Literature (A), History (B), Geography (C), German (C), Religious Studies (A).