JME and JME Trust

Journal of Moral Education

The JME was founded in 1971. Its breadth of concern is highlighted by its sub-title * Development * Ethics * Society. It provides a unique interdisciplinary forum for the discussion and analysis of moral education and development throughout the lifespan. It encourages submissions across the human sciences and humanities that use a range of methodological approaches and address aspects of moral reasoning, moral emotions, motivation and moral action in various contexts (e.g., cultural, gender, family, schooling, community, leisure, work) and roles (e.g., parent, teacher, student, civic, professional).

JME Trust and Trustees 

The JME Trust is a UK-based Charitable Company (Limited by Guarantee) whose revenue is entirely derived from income from the Journal of Moral Education, which it owns. Its present trustees are Jim Conroy (chair), Neil Ferguson (treasurer), Brian Gates, Janet Orchard, Michael Reiss, Doret de Ruyter, and Monica Taylor. They maintain a reciprocal link with both AME and APNME:

AME/JMET Representatives 
JMET representative to AME: Janet Orchard – University of Bristol, UK 
AME representative to JMET:  Kaye V Cook - Gordon College, USA

JMET/APNME Representatives:

JMET to APNME: Monica Taylor, former JME Editor 
APNME to JMET:  Maosen Li, Remnin University, China

JME Editor, Associate Editors and Editorial Board 

Editor
Kristján Kristjánsson – University of Birmingham, UK      k.kristjansson@bham.ac.uk

Associate Editors
Tobias Krettenauer – Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada 
Susana Frisancho - Pontificia Universidad  Catolica del Peru, Peru
Wiel Veugelers – University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands

Editorial Administrator
Gemma Banks  –  moraleducation@outlook.com 

Editorial Board Members
Michael Reiss (Chair) – University College London, UK 
Wolfgang Althof – University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA 
Ulisses Araujo – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 
Alicia Barreiro - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Heather Battaly – University of Connecticut, USA 
Jan Boom – Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Yen-Hsin Chen - National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan 
Kendall Cotton Bronk – Claremont Graduate University, USA                  
Anne Colby– University of Stanford, USA 
Jim Conroy – University of Glasgow, UK 
Randall Curren– University of Rochester, USA 
Isolde de Groot – University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands  
Neil Ferguson – Liverpool Hope University College, UK 
Blaine J. Fowers – University of Miami, USA 
Liz Gulliford, University of Birmingham, UK 
Hyemin Han – University of Alabama, USA
David Hansen – Columbia University, New York, USA 
Yan Huo, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China
Fanli Jia– Seton Hall University, USA 
Elina Kuusisto - Tampere University, Finland
Maosen Li – Renmin University, People’s Republic of China  
Bruce Maxwell – University of Montreal, Canada 
Jessica McKenzie, California State University, USA 
Allegra Midgette, Texas A & M University, USA
Gerhard Minnameier – University of Frankfurt, Germany
Janet Orchard, University of Bristol, UK
Andrew Peterson– Canterbury Christ Church University, UK 
Anders Schinkel - Vu University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jason Stephens - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Steve Thoma – University of Alabama, USA 
Kirsi Tirri– University of Helsinki, Finland 
Marie Silvia Vaccarezza, University of Genoa, Italy
David I. Walker – University of Alabama, USA  
Yayoi Watanabe – Hosei University, Japan 
Jennifer Wright – College of Charleston, USA 
Meiyao Wu – National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan 
Xu Zhao - University of Calgary, Canada

Honorary Associates
Dwight Boyd – Professor of Theory and Policy Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada
Don Locke – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK
Monica Taylor – Honorary President Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education, former Editor JME 1976-2011

JME PUBLISHERS

The JME publishers are Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group.

They maintain the dedicated journal website, with its searchable access to all the articles published along with advice and specifications for intending contributors: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjme20/current#.U-3ZO7l0yaE.
A descriptive analysis of the subject matter, academic discipline and author frequency of articles published 1971 – 2011 is accessible in the December 2013 42:4 issue of the journal: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057240.2013.832666#.U_IrQ7l0yaE

JME ACCESS

For institutional subscriptions and artlcle downloads, go to the T&F site.

Annual AME membership subscription includes direct access to JME plus 5 other ME-related journals registered link. Use link on page of www.moraleducation.info

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE JME TRUST

The JME trustees also engages in other initiatives to promote Moral Education globally, including this website www.moraleducation.info

This research portal is designed to provide ready access to all aspects of moral education throughout the world. Its continuing strength depends upon the readiness of its users to take part in checking content and feeding in additional material and links. The trustees understand it to be a collaborative development, academically independent and passionately impartial. They acknowledge its imperfections and extend an open invitation to others to improve and enrich it.

Research and Development 

In the years ahead, from its quite limited resources, the Trust will continue to support research and development in Moral Education as an international priority area. 

An Inaugural JMET Project was advertised in 2014, encouraging submissions from across the human sciences and humanities that address aspects of moral development, moral education, moral reasoning, moral emotions, motivation and moral action in various contexts and roles. The successful proposal came from Dr Sharlene Schwartz; it was completed by the end of 2016. Its focus was on how students in four different African countries understand the notion of privilege, locate themselves with regard to past or current injustices, and respond to the notion of 'making restitution' as an appropriate response.  For a summary report + details of the book arising from the project can be found at Moral eyes : youth and justice in Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and South Africa in SearchWorks catalog

A new (2026): A research grant on the implications for moral education of digital technologies
JMET) is intending to fund a research project on the implications for moral education of digital technologies, with a grant of up to £10,000. The project should start on or after 1 June 2027 and last between six and 24 months.

"Applications may be made by independent scholars and those in employment, in which case approval for the application needs to have been obtained from their employer(s) by the lead applicant and any co-applicants. Lead and co-applicants can be of any nationality.

Applications should be single-spaced of up to three A4 pages (including any references), type size 12, with default Word margins and written in English. In addition, each lead applicant and co-applicant (if applicable) should provide a c.v. of no more than two pages within the same document. No appendices or other supporting information are permitted. Each lead applicant or co-applicant may submit only one application.

Applicants are advised to provide a title, an abstract of no more than 200 words and to state clearly the aims of the project and how it addresses issues concerning the implications for moral education of digital technologies, to indicate the research methodology and intended outcomes and outputs and to provide a timeline. Both conceptual and empirical applications are permitted. There is no expectation that ethical approval will have been obtained for empirical projects at the time of application. There are no restrictions as to how funds may be spent though institutional overheads are not paid.

Applications will be judged on their fit to this call, their overall quality and their value for money. Early career applicants and co-applicants will neither be favoured nor discriminated against.

The successful lead applicant is expected to submit a manuscript (which may be co-authored) to Journal of Moral Education within six months of the ending of the project.

Applications should be made by e-mail as a single pdf document to m.reiss@ucl.ac.uk by midnight (London time) 31 December 2026. The lead applicant must provide their ORCID number and an e-mail address. We anticipate notifying all lead applicants of our decision by 1 April 2027. We reserve the right to make no award."

British Academy 

In 2016 a collaborative scholarship scheme with the British Academy was launched. The awards are for up to £10,000 and tenable for up to 2 years. The scheme is funded by the trust and promoted and administered by the BA. It supports research in the fields of moral education, moral psychology, moral philosophy and ethics, civics and citizenship education and subjects bearing on our understanding of how human beings engage or disengage with moral life. A succession of small scale projects have been funded collaboratively in this way as follows:

James McAllister  Discussion and Moral Education        

2015-16
Marianne Bruins  The Effect of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families on Children’s Outcomes.   
David Lundie  The Influence of Securitization on Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development in England’s Schools. 
Alpha Parma  Black, Asian and White Minority Ethnic Offending: Unravelling the Mechanisms at the Level of Agency, Structure and Culture.  

2016-17
Suraj Lakhani  ‘Prevent Duty’: Understanding the Effects of Counter-Terrorism Policy within Secondary and Further Education Institutions. 
Sylvia Terbach  Moral behaviour in Immersive Virtual Reality.    
Kathryn Wheeler Educating Young People as Sustainable Citizen-consumers.

2018-19 
Ruth Armstrong (Cambridge) Following Learning Together: Transitioning beyond prison and university walls
Amelia DeFalco (Leeds) The Ethics and Aesthetics of Intimate Robot Care

2019 -20
Christopher Woodward (Nottingham) Civic Virtues and Vices 
Kevin McDonald  Deradicalization: towards a sociology of an experience 
Christine Winter  Is the Geography GCSE curriculum in England white?

2020-21 
Rosalie Jones McVey (Cambridge) Morality and Mental Well-being within Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning Programs for British Young People

50th Anniversary Conference

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, this was delayed by a year to  20-23 July 2022: