Academic biography

Dr. Declan Fahy is Head of the School of Communications. He is an Associate Professor who researches the public communication of science, health, environment, and technology. He is currently chair of the MSc in Science and Health Communication and the co-chair of the MSc in Climate Change: Policy, Media, and Society. He is the author of The New Celebrity Scientists: Out of the Lab and Into the Limelight (2015), and his articles, commentaries, and reviews have been published in journals including Public Understanding of Science, Environmental Communication, Journalism, Nature Chemistry, and Science. He is currently on the scientific committee of PCST, the global network for science communication research and practice, and is on the editorial board of Environmental Communication, and is Book Review Editor at Public Understanding of Science