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
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Declan Fahy (2025) 'Sensemaking: How interpretive journalism shapes news coverage of climate change' In: Routledge Handbook on Climate Crisis Communication. Abingdon : Routledge. [DOI] | |
| 2025 | Declan Fahy (2025) 'Innovation, Science, and Its Public Expression' In: A Cultural History of Fame in the Modern Age. London : Bloomsbury Academic. | |
| 2021 | Fahy, D. and Lewenstein, B.V (2021) 'Scientists in popular culture: The making of celebrity' In: Routledge Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology, 3rd edition. London : Routledge. | |
| 2020 | Fahy, D. (2020) 'Ecological Modernisation, Irish-style: Explaining Ireland’s slow transition to low-carbon society' In: Ireland and the Climate Crisis. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Fahy, D. (2019) 'What studies of expertise and experience offer science communication training' In: Theory and Best Practices in Science Communication Training. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Nisbet, M.C and Fahy, D. (2017) 'New models of (knowledge) journalism' In: The Science of Science Communication. New York : Oxford University Press. | |
| 2017 | Fahy, D and Nisbet, M.C (2017) 'The ecomodernists: Journalists reimagining a sustainable future' In: Sustainable Journalism. Bern : Peter Lang. | |
| 2015 | Fahy, D. and Nisbet M.C (2015) 'The science journalist online: Shifting roles and emerging practices' In: Trench, B and Bucchi, M(Eds.). Critical Concepts in Sociology: Public Communication of Science. London : Routledge. | |
| 2014 | Fahy, D. and Lewenstein, B (2014) 'Scientists in popular culture: The making of celebrity' In: Trench, B. and Bucchi, M(Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology. New York : Routledge. | |
| 2014 | Fahy, D (2014) 'Journalism, politics, and the Celtic Tiger' In: O'Brien, M. and O Beachain, D(Eds.). Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press. | |
| 2013 | Fahy, D (2013) 'The chemist as anti-hero: Walter White and Sherlock Holmes as case studies' In: Nelson, D., Grazier, K.R., Paglia, J., and Perkowitz, S(Eds.). Hollywood Chemistry: When Science Met Entertainment. Washington, D.C : The American Chemical Society. |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2024 | Declan Fahy (2024) 'The Laureate as Public Intellectual: Paul Crutzen and the Politics of the Environment'. Notes and Records of the Royal Society, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Fahy, Declan (2022) 'Caricatures and Omissions: Representations of the News Media in 'Don't Look Up''. JCOM-JOURNAL OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION, 21 (5). [Link] https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21050307 | |
| 2022 | Fahy, Declan (2022) 'Ireland's Covid-19 response: Perspectives from science communication'. Administration, 70 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Fahy, D. (2018) 'The laureate as celebrity genius: How Scientific American’s John Horgan profiled Nobel Prize winners'. Public Understanding of Science, 27 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Fahy, D. (2017) 'Historical moments in public understanding of science: 1977, The Visible Scientists identifies a new scientist for the mass media age'. Public Understanding of Science, 26 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Caulfield, Timothy; Fahy, Declan (2016) 'Science, Celebrities, and Public Engagement'. Issues in Science and Technology, 32 (4). | |
| 2015 | Nisbet, M.C and Fahy, D (2015) 'The need for knowledge-based journalism in politicized science debates'. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 658 :223-234. | |
| 2013 | Nisbet, M.C and Fahy, D (2013) 'Bioethics in popular science: Evaluating the media impact of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on the biobank debate'. BMC Medical Ethics, 14 :1-9. | |
| 2011 | Fahy, D. and Nisbet, M.C (2011) 'The science journalist online: Shifting roles and emerging practices'. 12 :778-793. | |
| 2011 | Hartings, M.R. and Fahy, D (2011) 'Communicating chemistry for public engagement'. Nature Chemistry, 3 :674-677. | |
| 2010 | Fahy, D., O'Brien, M., and Poti, V (2010) 'From boom to bust: A post-Celtic Tiger analysis of the norms, values and roles of Irish financial journalists'. Irish Communications Review, 12 :5-20. | |
| 2009 | Fahy, D; Trench, B; Clancy, L (2009) 'Communicating contentious health policy: lessons from Ireland's workplace smoking ban'. Health promotion practice, 13 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2009 | Fahy, D (2009) 'The Irish punditocracy as contrarian voice: Opinion coverage of the workplace smoking ban'. Irish Communications Review, 11 :50-62. | |
| 2009 | Corcoran, F.; Fahy, D. (2009) 'Exploring the european elite sphere: The role of the financial times'. Journalism Studies, 10 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2009 | Miller, S., Fahy, D., and the ESCONET team (2009) 'Can science communication workshops train scientists for reflexive public engagement? The ESCOnet experience'. PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE (PRINT), 31 :116-126. | |
| 2003 | Miller, S; Smallman, M; Gopfert, W; Jurdant, B; Russell, N; de Semir, V; Thomas, J; Trench, B; Poupardin, E; Lemkuhl, M; Lederbogen, U; Fahy, D; Barbagallo, F; Reveulta, G; Bassedas, I; Junyent, C; Gregory, J; Turney, J; Stokes, C; Leach, J; Edwards, C; Holliman, R; Junker, K (2003) 'ENSCOT: The European network of science communication teachers'. Public Understanding of Science, 12 (2). |
Encyclopedia Entry
Book Review
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | (2025) Criticizing Science: Stephen Jay Gould and the Struggle for American Democracy. [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Declan Fahy (2023) Atomic Bill: A journalist's dangerous ambition in the shadow of the bomb. https://doi-org.dcu.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/09636625221140253 | |
| 2022 | Declan Fahy (2022) The modern myths: Adventures in the machinery of the popular imagination. [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Declan Fahy (2021) Stephen Hawking, celebrity scientist. [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Declan Fahy (2020) Energy humanities: Insights for environmental communication. [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Declan Fahy (2019) The scientific sublime: Popular science unravels the mysteries of the universe. [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Declan Fahy (2017) Making Marie Curie: Intellectual property and celebrity culture in an age of information. [DOI] |
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Research Interests
Dr. Fahy welcomes inquiries from students who wish to undertake masters or doctoral work in the areas of health, science, environmental, and technology journalism; scientists as celebrities and public intellectuals; and science and scientists in popular culture.