He studied law at Trinity College Dublin, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Balliol College, Oxford, and The Honorable Society of King’s Inns. His principal areas of research are Employment Law and Tort Law and he has published widely in these areas in leading international peer-reviewed journals. Dr Ryan was formerly a Visiting Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford and he has held visiting positions at the University of Melbourne and the University of San Francisco. Dr Ryan is the Convenor for Ireland of the Society of Legal Scholars. He was awarded a Provost’s Teaching Award in 2011.