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About Brian O'Neill

Brian O’Neill, Emeritus Professor, Technological University Dublin, is a research consultant, media education and digital policy expert. His positions included Director of Research at TU Dublin, Head of Research for the College of Arts and Tourism, and Head of the School of Media at Dublin Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of NUI Galway with Bachelors and Masters degrees in English and Philosophy. He gained his PhD in Sociology from Trinity College Dublin in 1998.
Brian’s research areas include media policy and digital technologies; media and information literacy, e-safety and information society policy for children. 

His research focuses on children's digital literacy, online safety and participation in the information society.
Brian is chair of Media Literacy Ireland, a national network facilitated by the Broadcasting of Ireland. He is also a member of Ireland's National Advisory Council for Online Safety and in 2014 chaired the Irish government's Internet Content Governance Forum.. He leads the EU Kids Online project in Ireland and is a co-PI in CORE - Children Online Research Evidence, supported under Horizon 2020.

Contact: brian.oneill@tudublin.ie

Positions

Present Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation Services, Technological University Dublin
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Present Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellow 2011-12, Technological University Dublin
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Present Head of School of Media, Technological University Dublin
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Honors and Awards

  • IRCHSS Senior Fellow 2011-12


Contact Information

Technological University Dublin
Grangegorman
Dublin 7
IRELAND

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Current Projects (3)

Current project portfolio

Recent Publications (9)

Youth and Digitalisation (34)