The formation of temporality

How is a relation to time formed? What justifications are there for influencing someone’s relation to time? How do the different stages of life, from early childhood to old age, deal with the relations between experience of the present, and concern for the future?

This project establishes an interdisciplinary forum for encounter, dialogue and exchange between practitioners and academics across education, philosophy, theology, healthcare, and psychology. The forum will convene 3 international colloquia alongside public lectures, colloquium presentations and discussions, blogs, publications, and a website.

Time is precious and gives meaning to life. Investigations into our relations to time have neglected educational insights into the nature of ‘temporal influence’. Understanding this influence in childhood and old age can transform how we go about helping people to prepare for unknown futures. Rooted in educational philosophy, this project will deliver a theory of the formation of human temporality, through leading publications, conferences and a website. The impact of this project will be to establish an informed theory of temporal influence that can assist a range of professions, particularly education and healthcare, in understanding the nature and ethics of temporal influence.