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Emma Williams is an Associate Professor in the Education Studies Department at the University of Warwick, where she joined in 2015. She serves as Director of Research Impact for the Education Studies department and is Co-Editor for Regular Issues of the Journal of Philosophy of Education. Williams is also a member of the Centre for Research in Post-Kantian Continental Philosophy at Warwick.
Her educational background includes:
- BA (1st Class) in Philosophy from the University of Warwick
- MA (with Distinction) in Continental Philosophy from the University of Warwick
- MRes and PhD in Philosophy of Education from the UCL Institute of Education (funded by ESRC)
Williams' research focuses on philosophical approaches to education, with particular emphasis on mental health education, critical thinking, and the value of humanities in educational contexts. Her work bridges different philosophical traditions including phenomenology, post-structuralism, ordinary language philosophy, and psychoanalysis. She explores the productive tensions between these traditions and takes seriously philosophy's relation to neighboring fields like literature and psychoanalysis. At Warwick, she teaches 'Introduction to Philosophy of Education' at the undergraduate level and 'Rethinking Wellbeing and Education' at the postgraduate level.
Her recent publications reveal a strong focus on mental health and education, with many articles examining the philosophical dimensions of mental health crises in educational settings. There's also a consistent thread exploring the relationship between literature and philosophy in educational contexts, particularly through the works of J.M. Coetzee. Her scholarship demonstrates an interdisciplinary approach that connects philosophy of education with psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and political theory.
Williams has received research funding from several prestigious organizations:
- British Academy
- Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
- Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
- UN-Women
She currently supervises four PhD students working on diverse topics including managerial rationality in education, educational justice, global citizenship education, and philosophy in prison settings. Williams also leads impactful engagement activities including the 'Disquieted Life' podcast series and the annual 'Thinking Philosophically' workshop for A Level students.
Her current research projects include 'Political Education for Living with the Other' (collaboration with scholars in Japan, France, and Finland) and a UN-Women funded project on 'education and violence against women and girls.' She is working on two monographs: 'Education Without Cure' (on mental health) and 'J.M. Coetzee and the Fiction of Education.'
