Dr Edward Brooks

Dr Edward Brooks is the Executive Director of the Oxford Character Project. His research lies at the intersection of virtue ethics, character and leadership development. Particular interests include the virtue of hope, the relationship between character and culture in commercial organisations, leadership for human flourishing, and exemplarist moral theory. Edward heads the research and programmes of the Oxford Character Project and has designed and delivered character and leadership development programmes for universities and commercial organisations around the world. He is currently working on a book on the virtue of hope and an edited volume on The Arts of Leading: Perspectives from the Humanities and Liberal Arts.