Applications close Friday 24th April.

Funding is available for travelers within the UK.

www.multispeciescollective.com/event-detail...

But I don't want all the other parents to hate me.

... internalised social norms, and we need to try and see beyond these norms to how things COULD be, and at least give fathers the opportunity to be involved and take on more mental load. Oh and down with the patriarchy."

"Stop the self-oppression! Please desist from contributing to the reproduction of pernicious social norms that are harmful to women (and probably men too). You may *think* that you'd prefer to talk to other women about this, but this is a classic case of adaptive preferences ...

"If at all possible, can we try and post admin chat on the main group, as it's really useful for the guys on there to know what the children are wearing to school, for cricket etc.
At least gives the dads a chance to get involved!"

The message I wrote vs the message I wanted to write:

This is seriously cool! (Well, judged by the standard of someone who isn't cool.)

@pesgb.bsky.social - please could you re-post to the philosophy of education community?

*Workshop on tolerance and education*
2-4 September, Manchester, UK
Call for papers is here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Tolerance and Education: Concepts, Justifications, and Limits (MANCEPT Panel 2026) Tolerance and Education: Concepts, Justifications, and Limits  Panel at the 2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 2-4 September 2026 “Toleration” has long been a central concept...

🎺 Call for papers 🎺

Workshop on tolerance and education

2-4 Sep 2026, University of Manchester

philevents.org/event/show/1...

Royal Institute of Philosophy lectures

This time next week I am giving the Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture at the University of Keele. If you're in the area, do please come along.

It's on the uneven, gendered distribution of mental load in parenting, a subject close to my heart!

www.keele.ac.uk/research/our...

Think Essay Prize - Royal Institute of Philosophy The Think Essay Prize is an annual philosophy essay competition for 15-18 year olds, supported by Think journal. Find out more and enter.

Philosophy writing prize for 15-18 year olds

royalinstitutephilosophy.org/think-essay-...

This evening I was a judge for the Philosothon hosted at King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham. Honestly, that young people from diverse backgrounds could talk and listen together so intelligently, compassionately and responsively fills me with hope for the future.

From lunch to lessons: The case for promoting plant-based diets in schools Join this event to hear Christina Easton and Andrew Walton defend the view that schools ought to guide student behaviour and beliefs towards plant-based diets.

Talk tomorrow in London
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

*London talk, this Wednesday evening*

"From Lunch to Lessons: The Case for Promoting Plant-Based Diets in Schools"

With thanks to @ioe.bsky.social and @pesgb.bsky.social for hosting.

University of Birmingham Scholarships in Arts, Humanities and Law at University of Birmingham Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH703/u...

PhD scholarships at the University of Birmingham.
Application deadline: 27 February 2026. ⬇️

How to write a grant application? Tell a story, but analyse too Close reading of ERC Starting Grant proposals finds secrets to success and raises concerns about smoke and mirrors from narrative CVs

"complex writing with longer sentences" and "more jargon" were linked to higher scoring applications for the ERC’s Starting Grant!

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/how-wri...

Teaching evolution in schools: a thin comprehensive liberal approach Abstract. Comprehensive liberals and political liberals disagree over the extent to which the compulsory school curriculum must be ‘neutral’, in the sense

doi.org/10.1093/jope...

Also at this link, a video abstract, where I talk about what the point of the article is and isn't.

It's open access, so do check it out!

*Published today*, in the Journal of Philosophy of Education, my article "Teaching evolution in schools: A thin comprehensive liberal approach".

It gives a taster of the view I defend in my forthcoming book. doi.org/10.1093/jope...

Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.

Meanwhile, the government published this report today. Among its conclusions is that "Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse."
www.gov.uk/government/p...

This is in my daughter's school newsletter. I really hope she doesn't take it too literally as I feel like the requirement to be "inspiring" each time you speak sets expectations a little high. Also now pondering what constitutes "necessary" speech.

It exists in physical form! 🎉

""individual freedom will always be as much a social matter as an individual matter ... it is on the bedrock of social toleration that free speech stands tall as an individual privilege."

psyche.co/ideas/tolera...

What a job title!

Lol I'm often to be heard saying that; reassuring to hear that the more seasoned writers have that problem too!

"Morally as well as physically, there is only
one world, and we all have to live in it."

Mary Midgley

My son (11yo) likes to be given LEGO tasks. Yesterday, I told him to 'make me a philosopher in the style of The School of Athens for my office at the university.' I love how he even captured some Diogenes-like too-cool-for-school. And of course a couple of really excellent NPUs going on.
#philosophy