About the ACWR
The Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research is a diverse and multidisciplinary community of established and emerging scholars united by a desire to foster and promote research and scholarship from a Wesleyan perspective and to connect scholars across disciplines and theological divides.
The ACWR is a working partnership formed by a number of theological institutions, denominational partners, and libraries.
What We Do
Make the resources of the ACWR available to affiliated research centres.
Collect Wesleyan resources and make them available to researchers, including the development of electronic databases and links.
Attract and support research students working at accredited higher education providers on subjects related to the Centre’s purpose.
Give scholars from accredited institutions the chance to conduct research in areas linked to the Centre’s purpose.
Provide a means of linking leading scholars from accredited institutions.
Offer study space and a focal point for scholars from accredited institutions who want to take advantage of available resources.
Develop, oversee and co-ordinate significant scholarly events to enhance the work of the Centre and disseminate the results of ACWR research.
Publish Aldersgate Papers, which is the official scholarly journal of the ACWR. It is a peer reviewed journal which publishes the research of Fellows and other related material.
The ACWR organises an annual conference featuring leading international and local scholars in the field of Wesleyan Studies, as well as papers from the Members and Research Fellows of the Centre.
The current ACWR Executive Committee is: Rob Fringer, Joseph Wood, Glen O'Brien, Arseny Ermakov, Pam Reed, Caroline Jewkes, Tony Franklin-Ross and David Wilson.
Who We Are
People and Partnerships
Research Fellows are research degree supervisors from accredited institutions institutions who are active in research pertinent to the interests of the Centre.
Members are persons with a research interest in the work of the centre, this may include post-grad students, teaching staff, independent scholars, and others.
Students are any persons currently enrolled in a program of higher education with interest in the work of the centre who wish to learn about and participate in our activities.
Honorary Fellows are retired scholars who have made a significant contribution to Wesleyan scholarship and who maintain an ongoing interest in the work of the ACWR.
Partnerships. The ACWR is a working partnership formed by a number of theological institutions, denominational partners, and libraries.
Research and REsources
The Journal
Aldersgate Papers is the official scholarly journal of the ACWR. It is a peer reviewed journal which publishes the research of Fellows, members and other related material.
Open access research
The Open Access Research page provides free online access to a variety of the valuable research undertaken ACWR members and fellows.