Joan Leach
Biographic Data
| ID | 3817584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan Leach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan |
| FAMILY NAME | Leach |
| SIGNATURE | LEACH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1376-5761 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring Patient Organization Involvement in Stem Cell Research
This article examines the role of patient organizations as mediators between patients and researchers in stem cell research in Australia. We conducted semi-structured interviews with stem cell researchers and patient organization representatives as part of a broader project to deepen public understanding and foster more robust scientific practices in stem cell-based research and therapies. We used Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action as our …
Commoning contingent resources
Contemporary scientific research depends on sharing resources. Norms, cultures and infrastructures enable, incentivize or require sharing in particular ways. Commons are one type of infrastructure, and their key characteristics include the provision and governance of resources. Understanding how resources become part of a commons is critical for implementing arrangements that effectively facilitate scientific research. This article uses commons t…
He who gets slapped
Enacting reflexivity in techno-scientific research systems is an ongoing challenge for responsible innovation (RI) researchers and practitioners. Drawing on one of the most successful films of Hollywood's silent years –Victor Seastrom's He Who Gets Slapped (1924) – this paper argues that the study of popular culture can make a vital contribution to enacting reflexivity by illuminating the messy emotions involved in changing established techno-sci…
Book Forum
Communicating Science
The role of environmental managers in knowledge co-production
Communicating Science
Modern science communication has emerged in the twentieth century as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession-and it is a practice with deep historical roots. We have seen the birth of interactive science centres, the first university actions in teaching and conducting research, and a sharp growth in employment of science communicators
An Ethics of Science Communication
An Ethics of Science Communication
Does citizen science have the capacity to transform population health science
Citizen science engages members of the public in research design, data collection, and analysis – in asking and answering questions about the world around them. The United States, European Union, and Australia have placed citizen science at the forefront of national science policy. Journals such as Science, Nature and Bioscience regularly feature projects conducted by citizens. Citizen science engages millions of people worldwide. However, to dat…
The Language of Science and Social Licence to Operate
Social licence to operate (SLO) is an informal agreement that infers ongoing acceptance of an industrial or energy project by a local community and the stakeholders affected by it. Negotiation of SLOs centrally implicates language and communication, including scientific language and concepts. We first review the literature about the definition and communicative features of SLOs, and their relation to scientific communication. We describe communic…
Science as an extra dividend
Frontiers of Science, an Australian science newspaper comic strip that was published in the Sydney Morning Herald every weekday from September 1961 until 1979, retains the record of being the longest-running newspaper science comic strip in the world. It was syndicated internationally to over 200 newspapers, and was translated into 14 languages. Its educational aspirations, its ‘omnipotent’ (read white, English-speaking) perspective, and its exis…
Here come the men in black
Preview
Communicating Science
Modern science communication has emerged in the twentieth century as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession-and it is a practice with deep historical roots. We have seen the birth of interactive science centres, the first university actions in teaching and conducting research, and a sharp growth in employment of science communicators
The Language of Science and Social Licence to Operate
Social licence to operate (SLO) is an informal agreement that infers ongoing acceptance of an industrial or energy project by a local community and the stakeholders affected by it. Negotiation of SLOs centrally implicates language and communication, including scientific language and concepts. We first review the literature about the definition and communicative features of SLOs, and their relation to scientific communication. We describe communic…
Book Forum
The role of environmental managers in knowledge co-production
Here come the men in black
Here come the men in black
Preview
Science as an extra dividend
Frontiers of Science, an Australian science newspaper comic strip that was published in the Sydney Morning Herald every weekday from September 1961 until 1979, retains the record of being the longest-running newspaper science comic strip in the world. It was syndicated internationally to over 200 newspapers, and was translated into 14 languages. Its educational aspirations, its ‘omnipotent’ (read white, English-speaking) perspective, and its exis…
Does citizen science have the capacity to transform population health science
Citizen science engages members of the public in research design, data collection, and analysis – in asking and answering questions about the world around them. The United States, European Union, and Australia have placed citizen science at the forefront of national science policy. Journals such as Science, Nature and Bioscience regularly feature projects conducted by citizens. Citizen science engages millions of people worldwide. However, to dat…
The Language of Science and Social Licence to Operate
Social licence to operate (SLO) is an informal agreement that infers ongoing acceptance of an industrial or energy project by a local community and the stakeholders affected by it. Negotiation of SLOs centrally implicates language and communication, including scientific language and concepts. We first review the literature about the definition and communicative features of SLOs, and their relation to scientific communication. We describe communic…
An Ethics of Science Communication
An Ethics of Science Communication
Communicating Science
The role of environmental managers in knowledge co-production
Communicating Science
Modern science communication has emerged in the twentieth century as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession-and it is a practice with deep historical roots. We have seen the birth of interactive science centres, the first university actions in teaching and conducting research, and a sharp growth in employment of science communicators
Book Forum
He who gets slapped
Enacting reflexivity in techno-scientific research systems is an ongoing challenge for responsible innovation (RI) researchers and practitioners. Drawing on one of the most successful films of Hollywood's silent years –Victor Seastrom's He Who Gets Slapped (1924) – this paper argues that the study of popular culture can make a vital contribution to enacting reflexivity by illuminating the messy emotions involved in changing established techno-sci…
Commoning contingent resources
Contemporary scientific research depends on sharing resources. Norms, cultures and infrastructures enable, incentivize or require sharing in particular ways. Commons are one type of infrastructure, and their key characteristics include the provision and governance of resources. Understanding how resources become part of a commons is critical for implementing arrangements that effectively facilitate scientific research. This article uses commons t…
Exploring Patient Organization Involvement in Stem Cell Research
This article examines the role of patient organizations as mediators between patients and researchers in stem cell research in Australia. We conducted semi-structured interviews with stem cell researchers and patient organization representatives as part of a broader project to deepen public understanding and foster more robust scientific practices in stem cell-based research and therapies. We used Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action as our …
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Science communication (4 works) · Science education (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Media studies (3 works)