Child Poverty and Education: Philosophical Reflections seminar series
Seminar 1: Philosophical Reflections
Date: Thursday 11th February, 2021
The first seminar, in the form of a roundtable, aimed to set out the main philosophical and normative questions underpinning the topic and to outline themes and ideas which were revisited and developed in the subsequent events.
Nicolás Brando
Nicolás Brando is Newton International Fellow at the Centre for Children’s Rights at Queen’s University, Belfast. He is a Colombian philosopher, working on ethics, moral and political philosophy.
Nicolás’s research studies the treatment of vulnerable and marginalised populations in liberal societies, with a particular focus on issues of discrimination and the protection of the rights of children. He is currently a Derby Fellow at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool.
Nicolás Brando, Breaking the poverty cycle: schooling, child work and the incentives deficit
Relebohile Moletsane
Relebohile Moletsane is Professor and John Langalibalele Dube Chair in Rural Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. She is the 2012 Winner of the Distinguished Women in Science: Social Sciences and Humanities Award (South African National Department of Science and Technology).
Relebohile’s research interests include:
- Rurality
- Gender
- Sexuality
- Sexual Violence
- Participatory Visual Methods
Relebohile Moletsane, Gender and poverty as intersecting sources of educational inequality in rural South Africa
Gemma Moss
Gemma Moss is Professor of Literacy, and Director of the International Literacy Centre at UCL Institute of Education. She has an international reputation for her research on literacy.
Gemma is interested in the shifting relationships between policymakers, practitioners and stakeholders that are reshaping the literacy curriculum, and the use of research evidence to support policy and practice.She was President of the British Educational Research Association between 2015 and 2017.
Gemma Moss, Why the COVID pandemic has reset the terms of the conversation around poverty and education in England: the primary school story
James Wilson
James Wilson is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at UCL. He is a philosopher and ethicist. His research integrates philosophy with other relevant disciplines, such as epidemiology, economics and political theory, to explore conceptual and practical challenges in the sustainable and equitable improvement of human wellbeing.
James focuses particularly on public health ethics, and the ownership and governance of ideas and information.