Bee Scherer

Bee Scherer (born Burkhard Scherer, May 21, 1971) is a professor of Buddhist studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Previously, Scherer was professor of gender studies and religious studies at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Scherer is the director of INCISE (Intersectional Centre for Inclusion and Social Justice), which facilitates social justice research, and founded Queering Paradigms.

Scherer studied classics (Greek and Latin) and Indian Religions (Hinduism and Buddhism) at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.

They received their doctorate in 2002 from the Dutch University of Groningen with a study on ancient literature and mythology.

Relevant publications on Buddhism and world religions followed.

From 2003 Scherer has been working at Canterbury Christ Church University in Great Britain as professor of comparative religion and gender and sexuality studies.

Main research interests are contemporary Buddhist movements between tradition and modernity.

Bee's interest specializes in controversial, charismatic and/or radical forms of Buddhism.

Bee has published considerably in the field of Buddhism, Gender and Sexuality.

Scherer is a practicing Buddhist and serves as the vice-chair of the International Lay Buddhist Forum.

As Gender Studies scholar, Bee's research has focused on areas of intersectional Social Justice and Critical Theory.

As well as the founder of the interdisciplinary Queering Paradigms, Bee is also the editor of QP in Focus book series.

Scherer is also co-editor of the academic journal Religion & Gender .