Tom Harrison

Tom Harrison is deputy pro vice chancellor education and learning innovation and director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham. He is internationally recognised for his research on character education, virtue ethics, and the ethical challenges of digital life, including online behaviour, digital-wisdom, and emerging technologies such as AI and virtual reality. He has published extensively in leading journals and books, including THRIVE: How to Cultivate Character in the Digital Age, and has contributed to major international volumes on character development.

He played a central role in developing the Jubilee Centre’s theoretical and practical approaches to character education, which has influenced education policy in the UK and internationally. He has partnered with and advised governments, ministries of education, NGOs and other organisations across Europe, US, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Tom is a National Teaching Fellow and HE Principal Fellow. Beyond academia, he is a co-founder of the Association for Character Education, European Character Virtues Association and the Global Character Association.  He is also Deputy Chair of the Society for Educational Studies.