Dr Jo Bryce

Jo's research interests and teaching focuses on the psychological, social and forensic aspects of the Internet and related technologies, with a specific focus on their use by young people, associated risk exposure and internet safety. This aims to inform evidence-based approaches to the development and delivery of educational materials and training packages for education and child protection, parents and young people which promote Internet safety and media literacy. Her research involves collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders (e.g., policy-makers, enforcement, industry, educators, charities, young people) in research planning, conduct and dissemination. She is a former Coordinator of the UK National Awareness Node for Child Safety on the Internet (now known as Safer Internet Centres), and was Project Lead for the completed ISCA and INSAFE projects (both funded by the European Commission Safer Internet Plan). She is a member of the Evidence Group of the UK Council on Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) and the Editor of the UKCCIS Research Highlights Series. She has published a variety of journal articles and reports in related areas and is a co-author of two relevant published literature reviews undertaken for the DCMS (Children's Online Activities, Risks and Safety: A Literature Review by the UKCCIS Evidence Group; Livingstone et al., 2017) and the UKCCIS Evidence Group (Children’s’ Online Activity: Risks and Safety; Livingstone et al., 2012). She is currently working with Childnet on a project funded by the EU DAPHNE Programme developing evidence-based approaches to preventing and responding to peer-related online sexual harassment among young people.