J Roche

Biographic Data

ID4672
NAMEJ Roche
GIVEN NAMESJ
FAMILY NAMERoche
SIGNATUREROCHE J
AFFILIATIONSTrinity College Dublin
ORCID0000-0002-9981-1502
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS21
TOTAL CITATIONS59
AUTHOR COUNT21
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1960
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Back for the future

    Open AccessAmanda Jane Mathieson, Edward Duca et al.ARTICLEJournal of Science Communication2026

    Research has explored escape rooms for their education potential but there is a notable lack of literature in the public engagement context. This paper illustrates findings from three editions of Back for the Future, a climate-themed STEM escape room delivered both online and in person, with and without COVID-19 restrictions. We demonstrate that escape rooms can engage those who normally do not seek out science in an enjoyable experience that may…

  • The evolution of Science Week in Ireland over 30 years

    Open AccessJ Roche, Rachel Iredale et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Communication2026

    Amidst the global proliferation of large-scale public science events, this commentary paper examines the 30-year evolution of Science Week in Ireland. It traces the development of Science Week in Ireland from its origins as an awareness-raising event in Dublin towards more participatory models of engaging public audiences whose reach now extends across the whole of Ireland. The paper highlights the distinctive structure of Science Week in Ireland…

  • Science and society in Ireland

    Open AccessJ Roche, Megan Hurley et al.ARTICLEIrish Educational Studies2025

    Public trust in scientists is vital for navigating complex global challenges, influencing evidence-informed policy, and promoting societal well-being. However, concerns exist about a potential crisis of trust in science, fuelled by misinformation, conspiracy theories, and science-related populism. The Trust in Science and Science-Related Populism (TISP) study investigated public perceptions of scientists across 68 countries. This paper examines t…

  • Renewing an undergraduate science curriculum for the 21st century

    Open AccessLouise McAteer, J Roche et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2023

    Introduction The rapid pace of technological advancement, globalisation, and complex socio-economic challenges facing 21st-century society necessitates a rethinking of undergraduate science education. Undergraduate science curriculum reform is essential to prepare students for the demands of the modern workforce in an ever-changing world. Accordingly, in Trinity College Dublin (the University of Dublin), the oldest science degree course in Irelan…

  • Academic writing in museums

    Open AccessJ Roche, Gillian L Barber et al.ARTICLEMuseum Management and Curatorship2022Cited by: 1References: 27

    Museum staff strive to create environments rich in opportunity for visitors to explore their relationship with their heritage, culture, art, or science. Their unique expertise in communicating and creating educational spaces are critical to the field of informal learning. Museum staff possess wide-ranging capabilities across various forms of communication, but many organisations do not employ specialist research staff whose day-to-day work includ…

  • Zines as Reflective Evaluation Within Interdisciplinary Learning Programmes

    Open AccessAutumn Brown, Megan Hurley et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2021

    This paper presents a unique method for documenting and reflecting learning in interdisciplinary science learning settings, which prioritises the perspectives of marginalised learners and which may be used across cultural contexts. Short for “magazine” or “fanzine,” zines are small DIY booklets which can contain poetry, narrative, drawings, comics, collage and more. Often associated with radical or alternative cultures, they can become a kind of …

  • Perceptions of the European Space Sector

    Open AccessJ Roche, Laura Bell et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2021

    Space education not only plays a key role in helping young people understand the natural world and their impact on the planet but is also vital in ensuring that future generations can make meaningful contributions to the space sector at all levels. Positive perceptions of the space sector can lead young people to take roles where they can contribute to new knowledge, develop new technologies, and tackle societal challenges. As the relationship be…

  • Citizen Science in Ireland

    Open AccessJ Roche, Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Communication2021

    Ireland has a rich history of public engagement with science and the growing number of national citizen science initiatives is in keeping with developments seen in other European countries. This paper explores several aspects of citizen science in Ireland, in order to assess its development and to better understand potential opportunities for the field. An introduction to the roots of citizen science in Ireland’s past, from the first methodical o…

  • The trouble with STEAM and why we use it anyway

    Open AccessSonia Mejía, Naomi Thompson et al.ARTICLEScience Education2021

    As an emerging field of theory, research, and practice, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) has received attention for its efforts to incorporate the arts into the rubric of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning. In particular, many informal educators have embraced it as an inclusive and authentic approach to engaging young people with STEM. Yet, as with many nascent fields, the conceptualiz…

  • Science Communication Through STEAM

    Open AccessJ Roche, Laura Bell et al.ARTICLEScience Communication2021References: 24

    STEAM is the term given to a growing field of research and practice that integrates arts into traditional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects. It is also the name of a science communication summer school that has evolved from a conventional in-person professional development opportunity to a blended informal science learning space with a flipped classroom approach. This article charts that development and includes perspecti…

  • Bright Club

    Open AccessJ Roche, Jessamyn A Fairfield et al.ARTICLEScience Communication2020Cited by: 1References: 10

    Bright Club is a public engagement initiative bringing together research communication and the performing arts since its inception in London in 2009. Bright Club Ireland was established in Dublin in 2015, and the distinctive combination of science and comedy has made it a unique event in the field of public engagement. This commentary explores why Bright Club was created, how it functions, and catalogues how the lessons learned from Bright Club I…

  • Jacques Tixier

    Open AccessJ Tixier, L Balout et al.ARTICLEPaléo2018

    Jacques, 1976 – Savignac-de-Miremont (24) Grand préhistorien et ethnologue des techniques Dans sa demeure de Pradines près des falaises calcaires du Lot, l’archéologue Jacques Tixier s’est éteint le 3 avril 2018 à l’âge de 93 ans. Disparaît avec lui la génération des pionniers qui ont fait de la préhistoire française une science à part entière, contribuant à son rayonnement international. Fondateur de l’approche technologique Si l’Aquitaine, où J…

  • Experiences of stigma and discrimination in social and healthcare settings among trans people living with HIV in the UK

    Matthew Hibbert, Aedan Wolton et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    The People Living with HIV StigmaSurvey UK 2015 was a community led national survey investigating experiences of people living with HIV in the UK in the past 12 months. Participants aged 18 and over were recruited through over 120 cross-sector community organisations and 46 HIV clinics to complete an anonymous online survey. Trans is an umbrella term which refers to individuals whose current gender identity is different to the gender they were as…

  • Citizen Science Terminology Matters

    Open AccessMelissa Viola Eitzel, Jessica L Cappadonna et al.ARTICLECitizen Science: Theory and…2017Cited by: 47References: 3

    Much can be at stake depending on the choice of words used to describe citizen science, because terminology impacts how knowledge is developed. Citizen science is a quickly evolving field that is mobilizing people's involvement in information development, social action and justice, and large-scale information gathering. Currently, a wide variety of terms and expressions are being used to refer to the concept of 'citizen science' and its practitio…

  • The economic and nutrition transition in Equatorial Guinea coincided with a double burden of over- and under nutrition

    Open AccessEstefanía Custodio, M Á Descalzo et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2009

  • White Flight

    J Roche, John P RocheARTICLEJournal of American History2006Cited by: 9

    Journal Article White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism Get access White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism. By Kruse Kevin M.. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. xiv, 325 pp. $35.00, isbn0-691-09260-5.) Jeff Roche Jeff Roche The College of WoosterWooster, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 93, Issue 2, September 2006, …

  • Variation in Xenolects (Foreigner Talk)

    J RocheARTICLESociolinguistica - International…1998

  • Xenolekte

    Mark Richard Lauersdorf, J RocheARTICLELanguage1991

  • Azjen

    Open AccessJ RocheARTICLEEncyclopédie berbère1990

    Douar situé à 10 km au nord-ouest d’Ouezzan (Maroc atlantique), au pied du Jebel Azjen (263 m). Cette agglomération se trouve sur un emplacement qui a été occupé par l’homme depuis les temps les plus anciens. Léon l’Africain, qui l’appelle Ezaggen, en parle comme d’une jolie petite ville d’environ 500 feux, avec de nombreuses fontaines, habitée par de riches artisans et dont les habitants, malgré le précepte coranique, auraient eu le privilège, c…

  • Xenolekte

    J RocheBOOKXenolekte1989

  • African Attitudes to Economic Study

    J Roche, J C RocheARTICLEAfrican Affairs1960Cited by: 1

    Journal Article African Attitudes to Economic Study Get access J. C. ROCHE J. C. ROCHE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 235, April 1960, Pages 124–135, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094718 Published: 01 April 1960