David Bridges has been a leading contributor to philosophy of education for several decades. He served as Chair of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and was subsequently elected as an Honorary Vice President. In his efforts to build bridges to the mainstream educational research communities he co-founded and for several years convened the philosophy of education network of the European Education Research Association and the philosophy of education Special Interest Group of the British Education Research Association. He has published extensively in philosophical journals including the Journal of Philosophy of Education, Educational Theory, and Ethics and Education.
In parallel with this philosophical work he has developed a substantial programme of empirical and multidisciplinary research, has directed or codirected some 28 research and/or evaluation projects over the last thirty years, including several international collaborations and was
