Laura D’Olimpio

Dr Laura D'Olimpio is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Birmingham, UK, and adjunct at the Institute for Ethics and Society at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She is co-founder and co-editor of the pen access Journal of Philosophy in Schools and regularly contributes to public philosophy outlets such as The Conversation, Philosophy Now magazine, The Ethics Centre and ABC Radio National's The Philosopher's Zone and The Minefield.


Laura's first book, Media and Moral Education: a philosophy of critical engagement (Routledge, 2018) won the 2018 PESA (Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia) Annual Book Award. She is currently working on The Necessity of Aesthetic Education: The Place of the Arts on the Curriculum, which is due to be published by Bloomsbury in 2023. You can follow Laura on Twitter @Lauradol4.