Thomas Aechtner

Tom Aechtner is the Lecturer in Religion and Science at the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry. His primary interests lie in contemporary religion-science discourse, with a focus on religiously motivated antievolutionism, antivaccinationism, mass persuasion, and public perceptions of science. Tom earned his doctorate at the University of Oxford, he holds an MA in religious studies from the University of Calgary, and a BSc in biological sciences from the University of Alberta.