The professor from the Faculty of Communication and the Institute of Philosophy of the Universidad Austral He was incorporated into an institution of the Holy See dedicated to promoting the study of the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Professor Ignacio Silva was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. The appointment, made official on September 8, 2026, by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, recognizes his academic career and his research on the dialogue between philosophy, science, and religion.
Founded in 1879 by Pope Leo XIII, the Academy promotes the study of the doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas and his contribution to contemporary philosophical and theological debates. Its members are specialists from universities around the world.
Silva is a tenured professor of Theology and Sciences at the Institute of Philosophy and of Introduction to Philosophy at the Faculty of Communication of the Universidad AustralHe holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he worked as a researcher for almost a decade. Ian Ramsey Center for Science and Religion and as a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion. He is currently an associate member of Ian Ramsey Centre y Fellow from the International Society for Science and Religion.
Her research focuses on the dialogue between science and religion, particularly on understanding divine providence from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, and science, with a Thomistic approach. In 2012, her doctoral dissertation received the Veritas et Amor prize , awarded by the Circolo San Tommaso d'Aquino in Italy.
Among his publications, the following stand out:
His induction into the Academy adds further recognition to a career dedicated to exploring the links between faith, reason and science, and the relevance of Thomistic thought in the face of the questions of the contemporary world.
