Bright Club is a variety night where researchers and academics get to become comedians for a night! My live stand up comedy debut was in Whelan’s with Bright Club where people laughed with me (or at me!) about my online dating research…

The Ways We Know Ourselves and Others Online

Dr Catherine Talbot (Bournemouth University) and I spoke with Rikke Amundsen from the University of York about how the image we choose to convey of ourselves in online environments is complex and may change in different contexts.

The ISPCC Digital Ready Hub, with support from Vodafone Ireland Foundation, is a one-stop destination for parents and carers for trusted information and guidance around supporting children and young people…

I worked with Webwise.ie, the ISPCC and the Department of Justice for Safer Internet Day 2021. I delivered a webinar as part of the #BeKindOnline campaign on Safer Internet Day,…

In a world of gamified dating, are there any winners? Dating apps can help people to widen their dating circles, but with another potential match just one swipe away, will…

January 25th & 26th 2019. Südpol Lucerne, Switzerland. aha is a new science festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. The board of trustees have 20 interesting questions on a broad range of topics…

Are we getting close? A debate on intimacy in the digital age. January 17th. 6pm. Paccar Theatre in the Science Gallery, Dublin. How do we find intimacy in the 21st…

I was invited to give a talk and take part in a panel discussion at the EU Cyber Summit in the Helix, DCU, on October 24th. Why do we fall…

As part of the Science Gallery exhibition titled Fake, they partnered with the Irish Film Institute to curate a number of films around the theme of Fake. One of the…

The UCD Media + Entertainment Psychology Lab (and me as an associate member!) joined Banter again for a public panel discussion on “media is everywhere, but what do we get…

UCD Psychology of Media Entertainment Lab (I am an associate of the lab!) return with more examples of and experiments in how we engage, interact and behave in our everyday…

Connecting online: How Cyberpsychology can help UX Designers create better connections. The Dublin UX Community gathered for Conflux 2017, organised by the UX meet-up groups Dublin UX, IxDAA Dublin, Dublin…

Presented by the Psychology Society of Ireland’s SIGMAC group. How do we engage and interact with technology, mass media communication, art and fiction? A delve into the psychology of online dating…