Tim Smartt

Dr. Tim Smartt is a Lecturer and Research Associate in Philosophy at the Institute for Ethics & Society, University of Notre Dame Australia in Sydney. He co-convenes the Moral Philosophy & Ethics Education research program. His expertise spans epistemology, ethics, decision theory, and social/political philosophy. He holds a PhD from the University of Sydney (2025), with earlier degrees from the same institution, and has held visiting research positions at Princeton University, King’s College London, and the University of Chicago. His work bridges contemporary analytical philosophy with historical traditions, emphasizing practical rationality and ethical accountability.

• PhD: University of Sydney (2025)
• MPhil: University of Sydney (2011, High Distinction)
• BA: University of Sydney (2008, First Class Honours)

Research interests focus on epistemic blame, probabilistic knowledge, temporal discounting critiques, and conspiracy theory dynamics. He has published in Philosophical Studies, Episteme, and Australasian Philosophical Review. He co-edits a Synthese topical collection on epistemic responsibility and teaches courses in ethics, decision theory, and philosophy as a way of life.

Awards

• Dean’s Teaching Award (2019)
• Paulette Isabel Jones Scholarship (2023)
• David Harold Tribe Research Fellowship (2021)

His grants include leading projects on virtue ethics education and moral development. Collaborations include work on conspiracy theories with Utrecht University and character development initiatives with The Scots College.