Brian O’Neill

Professor Brian O’Neill has published extensively on media literacy, policy making and public interest issues in media and communications, in particular those related to children and youth. He is Director of Research, Enterprise & Innovation Services for the three member institutions in the TU4Dublin alliance.  Brian provides academic and administrative leadership and support for the research communities in DIT, ITB and IT Tallaght and develops and promotes research and entrepreneurship.  He is a member of Ireland’s Internet Safety Advisory Council and is national coordinator for EU Kids Online, the EU’s Safer Internet Programme. He was appointed as an Independent Assessor to the ICT Coalition for a Safer Internet for Children and Young People in 2013. He is a member of Council of Europe’s Expert Group on Digital Citizenship Education as well as member of the Twitter Trust & Safety Council and the Safety Advisory Board of Ask.fm