Richard Weaver joined Cardiff Baptist College as a tutor in September 2022, having previously been a research associate at the college. Alongside his college ro9le, he is a community organiser with Citizens Cymru Wales, the Welsh chapter of Citizens UK. He graduated in December 2024 with a PhD awarded by the Graduate School of Religion and Theology, Vrije Universiteit (VU), having studied through the VU and the International Baptist Theological Study Centre in Amsterdam. Richard’s doctoral thesis focused on developing a stronger Baptist theological ethic for the practice of social justice.