Recent Conferences/Seminars
Recent Events
November 1, 2011: Digital childhoods: Assessing the opportunities, risks and policy frameworks for children’s engagement with the internet in Ireland
By Brian O'Neill, IRCHSS Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellow, Dublin Institute of Technology
In this second seminar in the current series organised by the CSER on research in children’s issues, Brian O'Neill will present the main themes of his recently awarded IRCHSS Fellowship project on children’s digital experiences.
Drawing on a range of data sources and current policy debates, the seminar will discuss:
- The current state of data on children and ICTs, risks and opportunities in Ireland;
- Policy issues in educational, e-inclusion, safety, and privacy dimensions of ICT use;
- Stakeholder engagement: policy development in the digital safety sphere
September 22-23, 2011: Children, risk and safety online: Research and policy challenges in comparative perspective.
This international conference for researchers, policy makers, industry, educators, NGOs and government will be held on 22-23 September 2011 at LSE, London, UK. The conference will showcase final results and recommendations regarding online activities, risks and safety, based on a survey of 25,000 European children conducted by the EU Kids Online network in 25 countries.
July 13-17, 2011: IAMCR Annual Conference ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity’. Presentation on the UNICEF Children’s Rights and Journalism Practice.
June 1-2, 2011. ‘Opportunities and Challenges: Implementing the CRC’, Queen’s University Belfast. Presentation on the UNICEF Children’s Rights and Journalism Practice.
May 18-19, 2011: UNICEF Children’s Rights and Journalism Practice. Training seminar at Dublin Institute of Technology, Aungier Street, Dublin 2. Participating teams include: Serbia, Montenegro, Azerbaijan, Kirgizstan, UNICEF Geneva.
Past Events
February 8, 2011: Safer Internet Day. Presentation of results of the EU Kids Online Ireland Report. Dublin: Department of Education and Skills.
February 3-4, 2011: UNICEF Training Seminar, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
January 27-28, 2011: EU Kids Online Network Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
November, 16, 2010: EU Kids Online: Risks and safety on the internet from the perspective of European children. ‘Crianças e Internet, Brasilia, UNESCO/Ministry of External Affairs.
October 21-22, 2010: Safer Internet Forum, Luxembourg. Presentation of the preliminary findings of the report ‘Risks and safety on the internet: The perspective of European children’.