Christine Quarfood is Professor of History of Ideas at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her publications include
Condillac la statue et l’enfant: Philosophie et pédagogie au siècle des Lumières (2002) and
Positivism med mänskligt ansikte: Montessoripedagogikens idéhistoriska grunder (2005). Her research focuses on the intersection between science, politics and educational ideas.