Fenner Stewart is an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary and an acclaimed teacher and scholar. His research focuses on the intersection of law and political philosophy, public and private law, and natural resource governance.

He examines the challenges facing natural resource governance, including decarbonization, federalism, obligations to Indigenous peoples, risk management, innovation and regulation, and public trust. His work spans the public dimensions of natural resource regulation (e.g. energy federalism), private dimensions (e.g. corporate responsibility), and public-private interfaces (e.g. the role of firms, governments and civil society in risk governance networks).

Dr. Stewart's recently published work and current research deals with topics including carbon pricing in Canada; jurisdictional disputes overregulating natural resource issues; environmental risk management and energy innovation; risk governance networks; and the extractive industries.