Gerard Ryan is the Assistant Professor for Political Theology at Regis College, Toronto School of Theology, at the University of Toronto and Regis St. Michael's Faculty of Theology. He completed his doctoral studies in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. His thesis was supervised by Professors Werner G. Jeanrond and Graham Ward. Prior to arriving at Regis, Gerard was a Visiting Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. His current research explores recognition theories and vulnerability studies as resources for a theological understanding of mutual accompaniment. His current research explores science and religion through ecological accompaniment.