Robert Gibbs

Robert Gibbs

University of Toronto

Robert Gibbs is a professor of philosophy and religion and was the inaugural director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. His latest book is What Could a University Be? (University of British Columbia Press, 2025). 

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Upside-down toy house

Why universities should be turned upside down

Reversing the flow of knowledge – so students, rather than established professors, drive enquiry – could help the next generation of scholars prepare society, and themselves, for the future, writes Robert Gibbs

Robert Gibbs

University of Toronto