Conrad Hackett

Demographer
Pew Research Center

Conrad Hackett

Conrad Hackett is an expert on international religious demography and how religion influences population growth. Before joining the Pew Research Center, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the University of Texas at Austin’s Population Research Center. Hackett received his doctorate from Princeton University’s Department of Sociology and Office of Population Research. He also earned two graduate degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is an author of The Global Religious Landscape, Global Christianity, The Global Catholic Population and various other studies of religious demography. He has discussed global religion with numerous media outlets, including BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, New York Times and Wall Street Journal.