EDMO Ireland

Dr Eileen Culloty is Deputy Director at the DCU Institute for Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo) and an Assistant Professor in the DCU School of Communications. She coordinates the Ireland EDMO Hub of the European Digital Media Observatory, which aims to advance research on disinformation, support fact-checking and media literacy, and assess the implementation of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. Eileen’s book, co-authored with Jane Suiter, Disinformation and Manipulation in Digital ...

Dr Ricardo Castellini da Silva is a Media Literacy educator and a Postdoctoral Researcher with DCU Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo). He is also the Media Literacy Coordinator for the Irish hub of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). Ricardo has extensive experience designing and delivering media literacy learning experiences for all age groups. He has partnered with government organizations, NGO’s, schools and libraries to promote media literacy in Ireland an...

Martina Chapman is an independent consultant specializing in media literacy policy and strategy development, research and project management. She is the national coordinator of Media Literacy Ireland and the Be Media Smart campaign on behalf of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Martina has worked with organisations such as the Council of Europe, the European Audiovisual Observatory, the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities, the European Broadcasting Union and the Organisation for Sec...

Dr Shane Murphy is postdoctoral researcher at DCU’s Institute of Future Media, Democracy and Society. His work focuses on far-right extremism, masculinity, and online radicalisation, often employing qualitative methods, and engaging directly with those whose beliefs are not represented in the mainstream. During his time at FuJo, Shane has worked on projects relating to media ownership, media literacy, and trade union communications. In 2023 Shane received a PhD in Communications from Dublin Ci...

Professor Jane Suiter is the Director of DCU Institute for Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo). She is a social scientist whose research interests focus on the public sphere. Her present research is focused on the social, political and communicative aspects of citizen participation, empowerment and direct and participative democracy. She has a particular interest in the potential of deliberation and how worked on and researcher a number of real world deliberative assemblies including We the Cit...