Academic biography

I am Associate Professor in Philosophy and Education at the IOE and Chair of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education. My original undergraduate/postgraduate work in Philosophy and Politics was at University College, Dublin and my PhD at University of Warwick, England. More recently, I have held a Visiting Professorship at the Faculty of Education, University of Catania, Italy, 2022-23, and 2023/24 am Visiting Fellow in Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Hertfordshire, England. I am also Subject Leader at DCU for Philosophy on the Open Education programme. From 2015-2019, I was seconded as Project Officer on the first state curriculum in values and multi-belief education for primary schools in Ireland (there are currently 29 such Community National Schools). In 2023/24, this will connect with the CHANGEMAKER programme at DCU and its network of schools (with a particular connection to the multi-denominational and pluralist sector of schools). I have co-supervised with colleagues at the Institute ten doctoral students to graduation in recent years in areas of education, philosophy and pluralism, and currently have five doctoral students working in related areas. New teaching work for 2023/24 is as module co-ordinator of both the Disciplines Specialism in 4TH BEd and Transformative Leadership Across Diverse Contexts module as part of the new PG Certificate in RSE/SPHE. I am also taking up a new role in the Centre for Educational Disadvantage as Thematic Co-Ordinator for Critical Theory and Community Development.