Staff

Denise Roche is the Advocacy Manager at SAR Europe. She leads our advocacy work to promote academic freedom, including coordinating the activities of the European Coordinating Committee for Academic Freedom Advocacy. Denise is a qualified solicitor, holds an LLM in Advanced Legal Practice from Northumbria Law School England, and a BCL (International) degree from University College Cork Ireland. Prior to joining SAR Europe in July 2020, she held positions at the National Women’s Council, the Law Reform Commission, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Irish Mission to the United Nations in New York, and acted as a Judicial Fellow of the High Court. Previously she served as co-rapporteur of the Feminism and International Law Committee of the International Law Association and was a committee member of the Irish Women Lawyers’ Association.

Sarah Field is Policy & Programme Manager for Scholars at Risk Europe, where she manages the EU-funded Inspireurope+ project and supports the activities of SAR sections across Europe. Sarah previously served as the Programme Officer for MSCA4Ukraine at SAR Europe, where she supported overall implementation of the project, with a particular focus on providing career development opportunities and advisory services to at-risk researchers from Ukraine. Prior to joining SAR Europe, Sarah worked as Policy Support Officer at University College Cork where she contributed to the formulation, publication, and implementation of institutional policies and procedures.