Brian Trench : Background
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Brian Trench has been a staff member of DCU since 1992. Before that, he was a journalist, reporting and reviewing politics, foreign affairs, labour affairs, jazz, science and technology, media and more for newspapers, magazines and radio. At DCU, he has developed and taught courses in journalism practice, research methods, study skills and several aspects of science communication. He has managed research projects on a wide range of topics, including media coverage of Ireland's smoking ban, formation of Irish science policy, public issues in the application of biotechnology and use of information and communications technologies in the community and voluntary sector. His past activities and responsibilities also include:

  • Member of government advisory body, Irish Council of Science Technology and Innovation, 1997-2003
  • Co-ordinator of Science in the City Programme, British Association Festival of Science, Dublin, September 2005
  • Project manager, Communicating Nanotechnology, commissioned report for NanoIreland Task Force, 2006
  • External lecturer on Masters in Computer-mediated Communication, Roskilde University Centre, Denmark, 2000-2003
  • Visiting lecturer, University of Paris 7, November-December 1996; University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, March 2001, May 2002
  • External examiner, Birkbeck College, University of London; University of Paris 7 (PhD); John Moores University, Liverpool; St Patrick's College Maynooth
  • Group leader on EU-funded ENSCOT (European Network of Science Communication Teachers) project, 2000-2003
  • Participant in EU-funded MUDIA (Multimedia Content in Digital Age) project, 2001-2002
  • Leader of courses in Online Journalism, at European Journalism Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, October 1999, October 2000, June 2001, May 2002 and at Caucasus Media Centre, Yerevan, Armenia, July 2002
  • Presenter, weekly radio programme on media issues, MediaVox (RTE Radio One), 2001-2002
  • Board member, Centre for Cross-Border Studies, 1999-2003
  • Training co-ordinator, EU-funded project, JetPilot: Professional Issues in Digital Media, 1998-99
  • Project manager, Making Freedom of Information Work public education project, 1998-2000
  • Project manager, Voluntary Sector in the Information Age, 1996-98
  • President, Irish Science and Technology Journalists Association, 1995-96

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