Roland Jackson

Roland Jackson is a historian and scientist, concentrating on the history, policy and ethics of science and technology. He has recently published a biography of John Tyndall, The Ascent of John Tyndall (OUP, 2018), and is one of the three gneral editors of the Tyndall Correspondence Project, publishing Tyndall’s extant correspondence in 20 volumes. He was previously Chief Executive of the British Science Association, and Head of the Science Museum. He is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at UCL, and a Visiting Fellow and Trustee of the Royal Institution.