Dr Ruth Wareham

Dr Ruth Wareham

School of Education
Lecturer in Philosophy of Education

Contact details

Email
r.j.wareham@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Education
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Ruth Wareham is a Lecturer in Philosophy of Education who joined the School of Education in September 2021. Prior to that, she was Education Campaigns Manager for , where she continues to work as an Education Policy Researcher.   

Ruth’s primary research interests sit at the intersection between religion and education and she previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Faith Schooling: Principles and Policy project at the University of Warwick. She is the co-author of (2018) with Matthew Clayton (University Warwick), Andrew Mason (University Warwick), and Adam Swift (UCL).

Before entering academia, Ruth qualified as a primary school teacher and worked in schools across Birmingham and the West Midlands for six years. 

Ruth is on the Editorial Board for the pamphlet series and the Executive Committee of the . She is a trustee of . 

Qualifications

  • PhD Philosophy of Education, University 麻豆精选, 2018
  • PGCE Primary Education, National SCITT in Outstanding Primary Schools, University of Nottingham, 2005
  • MPhil Philosophy, University 麻豆精选, 2004
  • BA (Hons) Philosophy, University 麻豆精选, 2002

Biography

Dr Ruth Wareham is a Lecturer in Philosophy of Education who joined the Department for Education and Social Justice in September 2021. Prior to that, she was Education Campaigns Manager for , where she continues to work as an Education Policy Researcher. 聽

Ruth鈥檚 primary research interests sit at the intersection between religion and education and she previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Faith Schooling: Principles and Policy project at the University of Warwick. She is the co-author of (2018) with Matthew Clayton (University Warwick), Andrew Mason (University Warwick), and Adam Swift (UCL).

Before entering academia, Ruth qualified as a primary school teacher and worked in schools across Birmingham and the West Midlands for six years.

Ruth is on the Editorial Board for the pamphlet series and the Executive Committee of the . She is a trustee of .听

Teaching

BA Education 

  • Module Lead, Philosophy of Education (LC)
  • Course Lecturer, Ethics in Education (LI)
  • Course Lecturer, Equality & Diversity (LC)

Research

Ruth鈥檚 research predominantly focuses on philosophical issues at the intersection between religion, belief, and education, including how such issues should be approached by policy-makers.

Ruth also works as Education Policy Researcher for Humanists UK, where she has led on education policy since 2018.

Other activities

Ruth is an Executive Committee Member and Annual Conference Organiser for the . She was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of the pamphlet series and is a trustee of the  

Ruth regularly speaks on issues relating to religion and education in the media. Highlights include appearances on Sunday Morning Live on BBC One, Radio 4’s Beyond Belief and Sunday programmes, and Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine show. Ruth is also frequently quoted in national and local newspapers, as well as in the education press. Recent examples include , , , , and .

Publications

Recent publications

Book

D'Olimpio, L, Gatley, J & Wareham, R 2025, . Palgrave Philosophy Today, 1 edn, Palgrave Macmillan.

Clayton, M, Mason, A, Swift, A & Wareham, R 2024, . Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Article

Wareham, R 2025, '', Educational Theory.

Wareham, R 2024, '', Journal of Philosophy of Education, vol. 58, no. 1, qhae008, pp. 108-119.

Wareham, RJ 2023, '', Journal of Religious Education, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 225-238.

Wareham, RJ 2022, '', British Journal of Religious Education, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 455-471.

Wareham, R 2022, '', Journal of Philosophy of Education.

Clayton, M, Mason, A, Swift, A & Wareham, R 2021, '', British Journal of Political Science, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 827-844.

Wareham, R 2019, '', Theory and Research in Education, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 40-61.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Wareham, R 2024, in J Gatley & C Norefalk (eds), Conceptual Engineering in Education: Philosophical Analysis for Educational Problems. Philosophy of Education. Debates and Constellations, Brill Mentis, Paderborn, Germany, pp. 178-207.

Chapter

Wareham, R 2024, . in S Whittle & S Henry (eds), Queer Thriving in Catholic Education: Going Beyond the Pastoral Paradigm for LGBTQ+ Inclusion. 1 edn, Springer, pp. 123-145.

Other report

Foley, E, Gordon, T, Harman, J & Wareham, R 2021, . Humanists UK. <>

Clayton, M, Mason, A, Swift, A & Wareham, R 2018, . IMPACT: Philosophical Perspectives on Education Policy, vol. 2018, 25 edn, Wiley-Blackwell.

Special issue

Mason, A & Wareham, R 2018, '', Theory and Research in Education, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 137-40.