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| Formation | 1988 |
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| Founder | Prof. Eileen Barker |
| Type | Non-profit charity |
| Headquarters | Department of Theology & Religious Studies, King's College London, United Kingdom |
Membership | religious, secular |
Honorary Director | Suzanne Newcombe |
Chair of the Board of Governors | Prof. Kim Knott |
Treasurer | Dr Edward Graham-Hyde |
Chair of the Management Committee | George Chryssides |
| Website | http://www.inform.ac |
INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements) is an independent registered charity[1] located in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College, London;[2] from 1988-2018 it was based at the London School of Economics. It was founded by the sociologist of religion, Eileen Barker, with start-up funding from the British Home Office and Britain's mainstream churches.[3] Its stated aims are to "prevent harm based on misinformation about minority religions and sects by bringing the insights and methods of academic research into the public domain" and to provide "information about minority religions and sects which is as accurate, up-to-date and as evidence-based as possible."[4]