Editors

About the Editor

Dr Sean Whittle is a Visiting Research Fellow at St Mary’s University, London, United Kingdom, and a Research Associate with the Centre for Research and Development in Catholic Education. Alongside these academic roles he works part-time as a secondary-school Religious Education (RE) teacher at Gumley House FCJ Catholic School in West London, United Kingdom. His book, ‘A Theory of Catholic Education’ (Bloomsbury 2014), presents a robust philosophy of Catholic education that draws heavily on insights from Karl Rahner. He has also edited six books on Catholic education. In recent years, he has been collaborating with other academics working in the field of Catholic education in order to create the Network for Researchers in Catholic Education (NfRCE). He is also a visiting lecturer at Newman University, and serves as the secretary for the NfRCE and the Chair of the academic Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education (AULRE). He is also on the Editorial Board of the journal International Studies in Catholic Education.Quentin Wodon works for an international development agency. Previously, he worked at the World Bank, including as Lead Economist, Lead Poverty Specialist, and manager of the unit on values and development. Before that, he taught with tenure at the University of Namur (Belgium). He has also taught at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), American University (USA), and Georgetown University (USA). A business engineering graduate, after an assignment in Asia as Laureate of a Prize, he worked in brand management for Procter & Gamble. He then shifted career to join a nonprofit working with the extreme poor. This led him to pursue a career in international development. Quentin holds four PhDs, has over 700 publications, and has worked on policy issues across sectors in more than 60 countries. As part of his volunteer work, he has held multiple leadership positions with nonprofits. His research has been covered by leading news media globally.