Conferences

A problem with character education studies

Below you’ll find an abstract that I submitted for presentation at the Association for Moral Education’s 2025 annual conference. It didn’t really fit with the conference theme, but it was accepted for a poster presentation. I will include the poster below once I have made it. I submitted the same abstract for the European Character […]

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Phronesis and the gappiness problem

Below you’ll find one of two abstracts submitted for presentation at the Phronesis in Theory and Practice conference at the University of Gdańsk. Both were accepted. I chose to present this one, as it drew explicitly on my proposed PhD research. This abstract essentially offers a critical book review. In Phronesis: Retrieving Practical Wisdom in Psychology, Philosophy, and

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Phronesis and virtue internalisation

Below you’ll find one of two abstracts submitted for presentation at the Phronesis in Theory and Practice conference at the University of Gdańsk. Both were accepted. I chose to present this one, as it drew explicitly on my proposed PhD research. You can find my presentation slides below, too. (You can read the other accepted

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Cultivating radical hope

Below you’ll find one of three abstracts submitted for presentation at the Society for Educational Studies 2024 annual conference in Oxford. All three were accepted. I chose to present this one, as it aligned most closely with my current line of research. You can find the other accepted abstract here. The same abstracts were submitted for the Jubilee Centre’s 2025

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Rewards and justice

Below you’ll find an abstract based on the sixth essay I wrote for my MA in Character Education (2022-25). The abstract was accepted for presentation at the European Character and Virtue Association’s (ECVA) 2024 annual conference in Rome. Alas, due to teaching commitments, I was unable to attend. However, I later submitted it as one

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Ideal leaders as collective phronimoi

Below you’ll find the first abstract that I submitted for presentation at a conference – the Jubilee Centre’s 2024 annual conference on the theme of leadership. The abstract was shortlisted, though ultimately not accepted. Still, I consider that a good result for a first attempt! A phronimos is someone who possesses phronesis or “practical wisdom”

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