Jagbir Jhutti Johal

Jagbir Jhutti Johal OBE is a British professor of religion, author and media commentator.

Career Jagbir Jhutti Johal is professor of Sikh Studies in the department of theology and religion at the University of Birmingham.

She is a co-author of The changing nature of Sikh activism research paper looking at second generation Sikh activism published by the UK government in 2019 and also has been a contributor to the UKs ‘New Settlement’ for Religion and Belief which produced the Living with Difference report.

Jagbir is also regularly featured on the BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day sharing views on Sikhism and contemporary issues.

She is a steering group member on the UK Freedom of Religion or Belief Forum and in 2022 was appointed to the Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief by the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe)/ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights).

In 2022, she was appointed to the Race Equality Foundation Board.

Awards She was awarded an OBE in the 2019 Queen's New Honours List for services to Higher Education, Faith Communities and to the Voluntary Sector

Selected publications

Impact of 'cost-of-living ‘tsunami’ on the Sikh community, published within the British Sikh Report (2022)

Mental Health -The Sikh Dharam (Faith) And Punjabi Cultural Perspectives, published within the British Sikh Report (2019) Chapter on Sikh Dharma in Chapter on How Parties to Sikh Marriages use and are influenced by the Norms of their religion and culture when engaging with mediation in Chapter on Sikhism and mental illness: negotiating competing cultures in Chapter on Sikh Women’s Voices in