Qualifications:BEd (secondary), GradDipTh (theology), MA (philosophy), PhD (philosophy)
 
ORCID ID #: 0000-0001-5900-0329
 
Brief Overview:
Steven Stolz, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer (Teaching & Research), and former Program Director (Master of Teaching) at the University of Adelaide. In addition to being an academic, he has a popular podcast show titled, "Deep Thinking with Dr Steven Stolz: Where Academic Rigor Meets Real Life".
 
Before becoming an academic, Dr Stolz completed a Bachelor of Education (BEd), and then taught for 10 as a secondary school teacher across a diverse array of curriculum areas in various jurisdictions in Australia. Whilst teaching, he completed a Graduate Diploma of Theology (GradDipTh), a Master of Arts (MA), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) [latter two in philosophy]. Since becoming an academic, he has received a number of notable academic awards and distinctions, and accepted various invitations to be a visiting scholar in the US, UK and Australia, as well as other accolades. Dr Stolz has over a decade of experience as an academic in the tertiary sector. During this time, he has taught different courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, supervised postgraduate research students to completion, held various informal and formal leadership roles, demonstrated an active research agenda (e.g., 50+ publications), been awarded assorted grants, engaged in extensive service to the community, academic disciplines, professional associations, and also worked at other higher education institutions in Australia (i.e., Melbourne). He is still a fully registered secondary school teacher, and is passionate about education and philosophy.
 
His scholarship is best described as interdisciplinary in nature because it is located at the intersection between philosophy and education. He is passionate about philosophy and education, and hence why he is interested in, and also an expert in the area of educational philosophy and theory. He has a particular interest in the works of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Nietzsche, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Ryle, Wittgenstein, Dreyfus, Nagel, Kaufmann, R. S. Peters, P. H. Hirst, MacIntyre, and other influential thinkers. 
 
Dr Stolz is the former Convener (2013-2023) of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) “Educational Philosophy & Theory” special interest group, and currently associate staff member of the Philosophy Department at the University of Adelaide. In addition, he is a regular reviewer for a range of academic journals, and currently an editorial board member for the following academic journals: "Educational Philosophy and Theory", and "Educational Theory". 
Research: Main Field of Research (FoR) area: FoR code 3902 (i.e., “Education policy, sociology and philosophy”), particularly FoR code 390202 (i.e., “History and philosophy of education”). Other areas of research and interest, include:
 
- epistemology/educational epistemology;
- phenomenology/applied phenomenology;
- embodiment/embodied cognition/embodied learning;
- narrative/narrative inquiry;
- ethics/applied ethics;
- social justice/justice/jurisprudence;
- curriculum studies/teaching/secondary education;
- educational policy and practice;
- theology/religious education;
- qualitative approaches to research;
- psychology/psychology of learning/learning sciences;
- moral education; &,
- virtue and character development, particularly the Bildung tradition.
Supervision: Dr Stolz supervises HDR students in the following broad areas:
 
- philosophy of education;
- philosophy;
- education/educational studies;
- epistemology;
- phenomenology;
- embodied cognition;
- ethics or applied ethics;
- curriculum studies/secondary education;
- educational policy and practice;
- pedagogy/teaching;
- psychology of learning;
- theology/religious education;
- moral education;
- narrative inquiry; &,
- other areas relevant to the field of education, philosophy and theology.