William Storrar

Honorary Professor

Yunus Centre

The common thread in Will’s varied career is lifelong learning about the power of collaboration for the common good. As a student in the 1970s, he learned the power of the open forum to bring diverse voices into dialogue, while working for the Rector of Edinburgh University. As a parish minister in the 1980s, he learned the power of local leaders to mobilize communities facing the end of the industrial era in the West of Scotland. As a university lecturer and civic activist in the 1990s, he learned the power of civil society to organize for the public good in the campaign for the Scottish Parliament. As director of Edinburgh University’s Centre for Theology and Public Issues in the 2000s, he led research on the potential of global civil society and digital democracy. He directs the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, where visiting researchers harness the power of transdisciplinary thinking on global concerns. His publications include A World for All? on global civil society, and Yours the Power on faith-based organizing in the USA. Will is an Honorary Professor of Edinburgh University.