Danny Wardle
Research
Areas of Specialisation
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Social Ontology
Areas of Competence
Philosophy of Physics
Education
Doctor of Philosophy2024–
Australian National University
- –Supervisor: Nicholas Southwood
Doctor of Philosophy (Withdrawn)2021–2024
Australian Catholic University (Dianoia Institute of Philosophy)
- –Withdrew from the program after the disestablishment of the Dianoia Institute
- –Supervisors: John Hawthorne and Sam Baron
Master of Philosophy2019–2021
University of Adelaide
- –Thesis: Opening a Can of Spacetime Worms: The Metaphysics of Persistence
- –Awarded without revisions in May 2021
- –Supervisors: Antony Eagle and Jordi Fernández
Bachelor of Arts (Advanced)2016–2018
University of Adelaide
- –Majors: Philosophy and Politics/International Relations
Presentations
Invited Talks
‘Location and Mereology in Quantum Theory’
- –Time and Emergence, University of Western Australia, December 2019.
Conference Presentations
‘Making Sense of Temporary Memberlessness’
- –Social Ontology, Trinity College Dublin, August 2025.
- –Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference, University of Queensland, July 2025.
‘Locating Groups’
- –Social Ontology, Duke University, July 2024.
- –Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference (APPC), University of Western Australia, December 2023.
- –Space, Time, and Location, University of Adelaide, July 2023.
‘Social Plenitude’
- –SANU, Macquarie University, November 2024.
- –Social Ontology & Collective Intentionality, University of Vienna, August 2022.
- –Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference, University of Waikato, July 2022.
‘Social Essences and Personal Identity’
- –Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference, University of Western Australia, July 2024.
‘What’s so ‘Universal’ About Universal Welfare, Anyway?’
- –Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference, Australian Catholic University, July 2023.
‘Making Sense of Memberless Groups’
- –Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference (APPC), University of Sydney, November 2022.
‘Don’t count your stages!’
- –Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference (APPC), University of Wollongong, November 2021.
‘How (Quantum) Things Persist’
- –Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference, University of Waikato, July 2021.
- –Victorian Postgraduate Philosophy Workshop, University of Melbourne, November 2020.
‘Counting for Worm Theorists’
- –11th Meeting of the International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT), Yamaguchi University, July 2026.
- –New Zealand Association of Philosophers (NZAP) Conference, University of Auckland, December 2019.
- –Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference (APPC), Victoria University of Wellington, December 2019.
- –Time and Other Matters, University of Adelaide, July 2019.
Grants and Scholarships
RTP Stipend Scholarship (ANU), Australian Government2024–2028
RTP Stipend Scholarship (ACU), Australian Government2021–2024
MPhil (No Honours) Scholarship, University of Adelaide2019–2021
Teaching
At the Australian National University
Tutor
Topics in Analytic Philosophy: Philosophy of Language2026
At the Australian Catholic University
Guest Lecture
‘Personal Identity and the Self’, Philosophy: The Big Questions2022
Tutor
Introduction to Ethics2022
Philosophy: The Big Questions2022
Theories of Human Nature2021 & 2023
At the University of Adelaide
Tutor
Mind and World2021
Introduction to Logic2020
Grader
God, Faith and Infinity2020
Service
Committees
Convenor, AAP Postgraduate Committee2020 & 2025
Member, AAP Postgraduate Committee2020–2026
Reviewing
Synthese, Philosophia, Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Australasia
Conference Organising
Organiser, Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference
- –Online, November 2024.
- –University of Sydney (Online), November 2022.
- –University of Wollongong (Online), November 2021.
- –University of Adelaide (Online), September 2020.
Popular Writing and Media
Writer, Plurality of Words2023–
Editor and Web Developer, Sagacity Magazine2022–
Podcast Appearances
‘Bonus Episode! What’s the Most Underrated Part of Doing a PhD?’
- –Philosopher’s Nest, May 2024.
‘Danny Wardle on the Proposed Redundancies at ACU, Social Ontology, and Research Masters’
- –Philosopher’s Nest, October 2023.
Public Talks
‘On the Persistence of Social Groups’
- –University of the Third Age (U3A) Philosophy Group, September 2020.
‘Persistence and Paradoxes of Coincidence’
- –Philosophy Club, University of Adelaide, August 2020.
Schools
Judge and Moderator, TKEthics Global Olympiad2025
Judge and Moderator, Ethics Olympiad2023–
Research project interviewee for multiple Year 11 and Year 12 students in South Australia.
Professional Memberships
International Social Ontology Society2022–
Australasian Association of Philosophy2019–