Current Editor of Studies: Dermot Roantree is the tenth editor of ‘Studies’ since its foundation in 1912, and its first lay editor. He has a PhD in Modern History from University College, Dublin. His doctoral thesis concerned 19th century church-state relations, especially in the Irish context, John Henry Newman, and liberal Catholicism in Britain and Europe. Dermot was a secondary school teacher for the Irish Leaving Certificate before he worked first on eLearning projects and then in communications. He continues to work as a content editor for Irish Jesuit Communications.

Political correspondent of the Irish Times: Stephen Collins is the political editor of the Irish Times. He has been a political journalist for over 25 years and was formerly the political editor of the Sunday Tribune and the Sunday Press, having started work as a journalist with the Irish Press Group. He has written a number of books on Irish politics, the most recent being ‘Ireland’s Call: Navigating Brexit’ (2022). His other books include ‘People Politics and Power: From O’Connell to Ahern’ (2007) and ‘Breaking the Mould: How the PDs changed Irish Politics’ (2005). He has a BA in History and Politics and an MA in Politics from University College Dublin.

Director and Social Theologian at Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice: Dr Kevin Hargaden is Director of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, as well as the Centre’s social theologian. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. His primary research interest concerns how Christian ethics intersects with economic questions, which was the subject of his 2018 publication ‘Theological Ethics in a Neoliberal Age: Confronting the Christian Problem with Wealth’.