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Welcome
Welcome to my sitе, which encompasses my blog posts and projects. I am a social scientist interested in liberal arts education, professional development, learning sciences and moral philosophy. I am passionate about fostering practical wisdom, authenticity and reflective thinking in an era of complexity, superficiality and moral division. Through my research and consulting practice, I…
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“Learning from Alasdair MacIntyre”: ISME’s annual conference
On July morning, over 60 philosophers, theologians, students and humble fans gathered for the twelfth consecutive year to celebrate and learn from the work of Alasdair MacIntyre. Unlike many other conferences, the International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry has managed to attract people from both sides of the spectrum – Thomists and Marxists, theologists and lawyers,…
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The Business of Teaching
Aspen Undergrad Consortium 2018, Featuring the Business of Teaching In June 2018, The Aspen Institute and Copenhagen Business School jointly designed and hosted the Aspen Undergraduate Consortium, featuring the Business of Teaching. Over 3 days, they mobilised and inspired teaching faculty and deans of international business schools to innovate in their classroom by sharing practical,…
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Reviving ethical framework in professional practice
The repeated scandals and continuing financial malfeasance, such as the case of Carillion, Volkswagen, and famous Enron and WorldCom, have implicated accounting professionals and challenged their attributed role as ‘gatekeepers’ and the trustworthiness that legitimates their professional status. In order to mitigate this, corporate codes of conduct have proliferated among firms and university accounting programmes…
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Inspiring the love of wisdom in accounting students
This is a short documentary about our pilot programme Philosophy for Accountancy – part of the pioneering work of AuditFutures project at the Institute for Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. Philosophy for Accountancy is a pioneering university initiative, which envisions accounting as a rigorous academic field of study, as it introduces the breadth of…
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“Re-Designing (business) Education” – CPD workshops
As part of ICAEW’s AuditFutures University project, I have collaborated with Martin Martinoff to design and lead a number of innovative and interactive workshops for educators and faculties within leading business schools in the country. Over the past three years, we have engaged and mobilised progressive academics in an inquiry to discuss the future of business and…
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Reviving the notion of telos in teaching ethics in accounting
(*This blog was initially published in the ICAEW academic community – https://ion.icaew.com/academia/b/blog/posts/reviving-the-notion-of-telos-purpose-in-teaching-ethics-in-accounting) Recently, the AuditFutures programme launched the “Future Professional” report, which envisions the ‘professional’ as someone more than an excellent technician but an individual who is genuinely engaged and holds a moral compass. As a reflection on the publication, I will attempt to alleviate the…
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Repurposing Philosophy for democratising education
50th Anniversary Conference of PESGB This weekend 28th March 2015, the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain celebrated its 50th Anniversary, with conference bathed in exuberance at New College, Oxford. The stars were shining, the wine was sparkling and philosophers were buzzing in the gothic halls… a proliferation of famous white beards, but also…
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Inspiring the love of wisdom
This blog was originally posted on the AuditFutures website, as part of the AuditFutures University programme. Would a philosopher make a better banker? – an unexpected question for the fifty first-year students who just began their first week at Manchester Business School. “Well, I personally believe that philosophy strongly helps you become a banker who can make…
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Battle of Ideas 2014
Shaping the Future Through Debate and Why Philosophy matters more than ever The Battle of Ideas festival was set up 10 years ago, by the Institute of Ideas and a range of partners, to encourage free thinking and open public discussion. While the connotation of ‘free’ thinking has changed to ‘serious’ thinking about global issues,…
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