I am Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at Strathclyde University. With a background in Theology and Religious Studies, as well as a brief but significant career in Computer Science, my work engages with topics at the intersections between philosophy of education, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of technology. My current research focuses on notions of didactical and pedagogical representation and reduction. I co-lead the ‘Experiments in Educational Theory’ research group based at the University of Strathclyde (www.exet.org).

I teach across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within the School of Education. I am the Course Leader for Joint Honours Education, and students on that programme are welcome to contact me at any time by email. My office is also on the 2nd floor of Lord Hope and students are also welcome to come along to talk with me (best to make an appointment in case I am out).

David has published around 50 articles, chapters and books on such interdisciplinary notions as ‘Silence and Attention’, ‘The Pharmacological nature of Educational Technology,’ and ‘Post-secularism’ as well as on figures such as Meister Eckhart, Martin Heidegger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Paul Ricoeur. David is the sole author of two books: Technology and the Philosophy of Religion (Cambridge Scholars, 2011) and Educational Philosophy for a Post-secular Age (Routledge, 2016). David’s current research focuses on notions of didactical and pedagogical representation and reduction (see: After World Religions Discussion)

David co-leads the ‘Experiments in Educational Theory’ research group based at the University of Strathclyde (www.exet.org).

• Professional Activities:
  • General Secretary of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
  • Secretary for the Strathclyde branch of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
  • Editorial Board Member: Medieval Mystical Theology: The Journal of the Eckhart Society
  • Review Board Member: Educational Theory
  • Associate Editor: Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Education
  • Editorial Board Member: Journal of Belief and Values: studies in religion and education
  • Editorial Board Member: Transformations in Higher Education

• Review work (Journals):
  • Reviewer for British Educational Research Association, Philosophy of Education Special Interest Group
  • Reviewer for The Journal of the Philosophy of Education
  • Reviewer for Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • Reviewer for Journal of Education and Christian Belief
  • Reviewer for Angelaki: The Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
  • Book Review Editor for Medieval Mystical Theology: The Journal of the Eckhart Society

• Review work (books):
  • Routledge (Philosophy of Technology)
  • Routledge (Philosophy of Education)

My primary expertise is in conceptual and philosophical research. As part of my work, I supervise a number of Masters and PhD students in different fields of conceptual research. Those fields include for example:

• Mindfulness in Education
• Religion and Education
• Philosophy and Education
• Spirituality and Mysticism
• Comparative religious traditions
• Philosophy of Technology
• Conceptual issues in the use of technology in education
• Martin Heidegger
• Paul Ricoeur