Influenced by meeting families of South Asian background in Coventry from 1972, Jackson began ethnographic research on Hindu families in Britain. He was joined in this work by Eleanor Nesbitt, and a report of their research was published in 1993.Jackson, R. and Nesbitt, E. (1993) Hindu Children in Britain. Stoke on Trent: Trentham. Following the formation of the Institute of EducationThe Institute's website at the University of Warwick in 1994, Jackson established and became Director of the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU) until his retirement from full-time work in 2012. He remains an active member of WRERU. Jackson led WRERU's contribution to the REDCo (Religion, Education, Dialogue, Conflict) Project, a European research project on religious education involving researchers, teachers and students from eight countries, funded by the European Commission.About REDCo WRERU has continued with a range of externally funded studies with funding from sources including the UK Research Councils and charitable bodies.
