June
Professor Tom Harrison
- Professor Tom Harrison delivered an online session on ‘Character Education in the Age of AI: Cultivating Virtue for Ethical Engagement with Emerging Technologies’ at Ethics and Character in the Age of AI hosted by NIE on 2nd June 2025.
- Professor Tom Harrison delivered a keynote Seminar titled ‘Character Education Taught, Sought and Caught; Insights into the Latest Research’ at TCEF2025, Singapore, 3rd June 2025.
- Professor Tom Harrison delivered a keynote address titled ‘Character Education in the Digital Age: The Importance of Cultivating Digital Wisdom’ at TCEF2025, Singapore, 5th June 2025.
- Professor Tom Harrison delivered a keynote seminar titled ‘An integrated approach to developing cyber wisdom in children and young people’ at TCEF2025, Singapore, 5th June 2025.
- 10th June: Professor Tom Harrison delivered a Presentation titled ‘How to Cultivate Character so your children can Thrive Online’ to the Parents Network, University of Birmingham, 10th June 2025.
- Professor Tom Harrison delivered a keynote titled ‘The Importance of Character for Employability in the Digital Age’ at the Social Policies and the Role of the Family Conference hosted by the Facultés libres de philosophie et de psychologie (Paris) and IFFD, 12th June 2025.
Professor Kristján Kristjánsson
- Professor Kristján Kristjánsson gave a keynote presentation at a memorial conference to honour Páll Skúlason, Icelandic philosopher and former Rector of U. of Iceland, at the U. of Iceland on June 4th 2025. The presentation was entitled “Páll Skúlason’s Ethics” (in Icelandic).
Centre Conferences
- Jubilee Centre Co-Hosts 2025 ECVA Conference in Vienna- View more here.
May
Professor Kristján Kristjánsson
- Professor Kristján Kristjánsson gave a keynote lecture entitled ‘Phronesis: New Developments in Theory and Measurement’, at a conference on Phronesis in Theory and Practice, Institute of Philosophy, University of Gdansk, on May 8th.
Professor Tom Harrison
- Professor Tom Harrison featured on an episode of the Leadership Learned Podcast. The episode, entitled ‘Leading with Character: Why Integrity, Judgement and Courage still Matter’, is available to view here.
April
Professor Kristján Kristjánsson
- Professor Kristján Kristjánsson gave an invited honorary lecture on March 27th. “Character, Virtue and Character Education: Overview of the Latest Development”, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Slovenian Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana.
Michael Fullard
- Michael Fullard gave an online lecture, An Introduction to Character Education in Schools, to students and faculty members from the Civic Education Department at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, at Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia
March
Professor James Arthur
- Professor James Arthur delivered a Keynote at the Independent Schools Religious Studies Association’s Annual Conference Deeper and meaningful: Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Thursday 20th March 2025.
- Professor James Arthur delivered a keynote at the Virtues and Vocations Conference, entitled Character Education and Universities at Notre Dame University on Thursday 27th March 2025.
Centre Conferences
- View the Character, Sport, and Personal Development Conference with Birmingham City Football Club here.
February
Professor Kristján Kristjánsson
- Professor Kristján Kristjánsson gave a presentation to the Philosophy of Education Society (GB) on 11th February, entitled ‘Neo-Aristotelian Insights on Flourishing’. The presentation was delivered in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
- Professor Kristján Kristjánsson gave three open lectures on recent trends in character education, phronesis and flourishing research at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV) in Madrid between 20th – 21st February. His co-presenter was Professor Blaine Fowers, University of Miami.
Dr Liz Gulliford
- On Wednesday February 12th Dr Liz Gulliford gave an online presentation on the Jubilee Centre’s Framework for Character Education to senior leadership at the University of Jordan’s Leadership Forum in Aqaba. She was invited by Professor Ashraf Abukaraky, Vice President of the University of Jordan, who had attended the APSUP Rectors Conference in Islamabad at which Liz presented the Framework in person last month.
January
Centre Conferences
- View the 13th annual Jubilee Centre conference here.
