Research Clusters : Science and Environmental Communication

Cluster Director	Cluster Members
Dr. Pat Brereton	Brian Trench	Dr. Padraig Murphy	Dr. Roddy Flynn

Member biogs and publications

Dr. Pat Brereton is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Communications and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is author of:
- Poverty and Environment in Films set in Africa, Media Development, 2, 2009.
- Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema, Intellect Press, 2004

Brian Trench is founder of the MSc. in Science Communication and Chair of the DCU Research Ethics Committee. He is author or co-author of:
- Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology (Routledge, 2008)
- Towards an analytical framework of science communication models, in Science Communication in Social Contexts (Springer, 2008)

Dr. Pádraig Murphy is a Research Fellow in the School of Communications, DCU and member of the CELSIUS research group. His recent work has focused on deliberative and participatory dialogue models for biotechnology, nanotechnology, and sustainable technologies. Pádraig is (co)author of:
- Nanotechnology, environment and society (in press). Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology.
- The challenges of upstream communication and public engagement for Irish nanotechnology in Technoscience in Progress - Managing the Uncertainty of Nanotechnology, 2009.
- ‘Come on, be serious: positioning and framing in the power play of classroom-based reproductive and genetic technology debates’ in Science and Its Publics, 2007.

Dr. Roddy Flynn is a Lecturer in the School of Communications and Chair of MA in Film & Television. He was previously Chairperson of the Research Advisory Panel in DCU and has written numerous book sand reports on the Irish film industry. He is also author of:
- Representations Of People With Disability In Irish Broadcast Media, NDA/BCI, 2009
- Raiders of the Lost Archives? The Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Film Industry 1942. Irish Communications Review, 2007.
- (with Pat Brereton) Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema, Scarecrow Press, 2007.
- (with Aphra Kerr) Revisiting Globalisation Through the Movie and Digital Games Industries, 2003.

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