Brian O’Neill's research focuses on young people’s use of digital technologies, online safety and policy for the digital environment. He has undertaken research for the European Commission, UNICEF, the Council of Europe, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland on various topics associated with media literacy, child rights and information society technologies. He is a member of the CO:RE Children Online: Research and Evidence consortium funded under Horizon 2020 and leads the work package on Policies. He is a member of Ireland's National Advisory Council for Online Safety and chaired the Irish government’s task force on Internet Content Governance. He also chairs the Steering Group for Media Literacy Ireland, a multi-stakeholder initiative supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Jointly with Stephan Dreyer, Leibniz Insitute for Media Research Hans Bredow Institute and Thuy Dinh, TU Dublin he coordinates the implementation of the BIK Map 2020 project.

media literacy; children and media; media policy