Ombudsman for Children's Office @ocoireland.bsky.social This is our account about our work as a human rights body working to protect children’s rights in Ireland.
Consent is obtained from all children and young people that feature on our social media channels.
https://www.oco.ie/library/social-media-policy/
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC @caoilfhionn.bsky.social Human rights lawyer.
Rock Consultancy - Privacy & AI Governance @rockconsultancy.bsky.social Supporting organisations with data protection & AI governance, enhancing their reputation and building stakeholder trust, while minimising the risk of claims, complaints & fines. #LoveGDPR #ResponsibleAI
www.rockconsultancy.ie
Janey Mc @janeymcg.bsky.social Online safety // Digital Media Literacy // Children’s Rights
Irish Legal News @irishlegal.com The only all-Ireland daily news service for lawyers. Contact newsdesk@irishlegal.com to share personal/firm announcements.
www.irishlegal.com
Webwise @webwiseireland.bsky.social Free online safety education resources, advice and support.
www.webwise.ie
@louiseforde.bsky.social @louiseforde.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law, Brunel University of London. Interested in children's rights, youth justice, children's engagement with arts, and participatory research with children. 
Deborah Nichols @debnichols.bsky.social Assoc Prof, HDFS, Purdue | Study humans of all ages, the tools they use, and the contexts that shape them | Lover of books, music, and exploring the world ✈️ 🚂 ⛴ 🌍 🌎 | Cat person 🐈 | She/her/hers | “I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing.” —Audre Lorde
Leo Röhlke @leoroe.bsky.social Sociologist (PhD) 📍Bern🇨🇭
Education, Digital Transformation & Social Stratification
Eurovision fan & puppy parent 🐶
Kyra Hunting @kohunting.bsky.social Associate Professor at UKY. Children's media scholar, also moonlighting in fandom. Mom of a neurodivergent elementary schooler and general chaser of joy.
Dr Kate Highfield @katehighfield.bsky.social Researcher and teacher educator: young children, media and technology, STEM and STEAM
Melissa Morgenlander @mmorgenlander.bsky.social 📚 Picture Book Writer #amquerying #scbwi #12x12challenge
📺 Kids Media Curriculum Developer
🎓 Playful PhD
👶👶 Mom to twins
♾️ Autism Advocate
🎶 Musical theatre fan
📍 Brooklyn, NY
https://www.melissamorgenlander.com/
Laura Zimmermann, Ph.D. @drlauraz.bsky.social Senior User Experience Researcher at MIND Education
Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social Applying Developmental Pscyh theory and research on adolescent emotion & regulation, parent-child interaction dynamics to more robust and informative understanding of youth digital experiences
tomhollenstein.com
Marjie Knudsen @marjieknudsen.bsky.social I post about the wellbeing of Children & Adolescents. Author, Parent. Compassion, Respect, Kindness.
Amber van der Wal @ambervdwal.bsky.social Assistant Professor Youth and Media at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam. My primary research focus is on how digital technologies such as social media affect youth well-being
Patty Sullivan 🇨🇦 @pattysullivan.bsky.social She/Her
OG host of TVOKids Crawlspace. KidsCBC. Series Dialogue Director "Mittens & Pants". Voice actor. Media Personality. Mom. Wife. Rescue pup parent. 
Russell Miller @rmepiphanies.bsky.social Sage. Also research psychologist at CUNY Graduate Center (youth/media; cognitive neurosci) + recovering journalist. All opinions expressed may be attributed to any entity that has ever employed me, so there!
@roxyetta.bsky.social @roxyetta.bsky.social 
Brenna Hassinger-Das @blhassinger.bsky.social Academic, mom, volunteer | she/her
Lauri Klein Para @lauriparavo.bsky.social Cheerful voice artist, dog mom, and admirer of all things animation
@jasoncyip.bsky.social @jasoncyip.bsky.social 
Anne Lund @aelund77.bsky.social Children’s Media Curriculum Specialist
Birder / Nature Lover
Georgene Troseth @geotro.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Human Development, Emerita
Peabody College - Vanderbilt University
Adult (who became an) ice dancer
Lifelong skating watcher
Yael Warshel, Ph.D. www.yaelwarshel.com @yaelwarshel.bsky.social Global Conflict, Young People & Media; PeaceComm; and Forced Migration Scholar & Photographer; Pres, Invisible Light; Pres, @AMECYS, VP @AIMS_NAfrica; Author of 6-time award winning book "Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (Cambridge U); UCLA. 
Laura @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social Professor @ Media Psychology Lab KU Leuven 🧑🎓
Johanne Kirkeby @johannekirkeby.bsky.social I like bad tv shows and low poly pictures of frogs // I analyse young people for a living (PhD fellow, University of Copenhagen #UCPH)
Dr Judy Watts @wattsupdoc.bsky.social Asst. Professor at University of Kansas, Ph.D. The Ohio State University. Research on narrative persuasion, children and media, media effects, media psychology. Sometimes, I grow sunflowers (see pic) and tomatoes. Aspiring scuba diver.
Jade Davies (she/her) @jadedavies.bsky.social PhD researcher at @uomseed.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social.
Interested in understanding and addressing disparities in mental health. Currently researching social media use and adolescent mental health. http://so-me-study.org.
Nick Allen @prof-nick-allen.bsky.social Professor of Clinical Psychology at University of Oregon, Co-founder and CEO at Ksana Health. Youth mental health, digital mental health, using science and technology to make behavioral healthcare work better for everyone.
Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social Father, husband, and psychology professor (clinical/developmental). Senior Science Advisor of the American Psychological Association
Lucía Magis-Weinberg @luciamawe.bsky.social Assistant Professor @University of Washington | PI of the interACTlab | teens and tech in Latin America | she/ella 
Kathy Modecki @kathymodecki.bsky.social FHRI Distinguished Professororiate
Developmental Science of Mental Health Team Lead @ The Kids Institute
School of Psychological Science @ University of Western Australia
notthatannecollier @annecollier.bsky.social Not the famous artist but a fan. Youth digital rights advocate since 1997.
https://www.netfamilynews.org/about/anne-colliers-bio
https://linkedin.com/in/annecollier
https://www.netfamilynews.org/where-did-my-twitter-go-and-other-end-of-2022-notes
Carla Engelbrecht @carlaeng.bsky.social Founder Betweened - family-friendly social media. Interactive media innovator. Backpacker. Improviser. Mom. Badass. https://betweened.io 
Greg Childs @gregchilds.bsky.social I am the Director of the Children's Media Foundation (UK) and Editorial Director of the Children's Media Conference. This might tell you something about my interests. 
Mathias Nimgaard @mathiasnimgaard.bsky.social Developmental and educational psychologist | practitioner engaged in research on children and youth’s digital media practices | discussing digital participation in and across of our everyday lives.
ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social • qualitative social science academic researching tech + young identities
• new book out with @ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE https://tinyurl.com/jv33yjaf
• words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ @glamour
• she/her
find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
Josh Sheldon (he/him) @jsheldon.bsky.social Father.
Friend.
Educator.
Photographer of flowers.
Robin Stevens @robinstevens.bsky.social Assoc. professor-Public Health + Health Comm + media for health equity. Banana pudding expert.
Rachel Besharat Mann @rbmann.bsky.social I study the intersection of identity development + social media + #literacies at a university.
Big fan of critical thinking, civil discourse, silliness, and dismantling injustice. I also like my dog and paranormal stuff.
Stephen Balkam @stephen.bsky.social Founder & CEO, Family Online Safety Institute
Mental Health in the Digital Age @mentalhealthoii.bsky.social We are a research team led by Prof. Andrew Przybylski studying how the Internet, social media, & video games influence mental health. Lucky is our mascot. https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/programme-on-adolescent-well-being-in-the-digital-age/
Giovanna Mascheroni @giovannamas.bsky.social Media sociologist researching digital media, data & AI in children's lives. Dog lover (Eng. Springer Spaniel) TwitterRefugee. Projects: http://www.eukidsonline.net/, https://yskills.eu/, https://datachildfutures.it/
Also on @giovannamas@aoir.social
Karen L Mansfield @karenlauram.bsky.social ResearchScientist:
EmergingTechnologies, MentalHealth/Wellbeing/Learning,
MetaScience, ResearchIntegrity, MixedMethods.
SocialEquity, People&Planet, ActiveTravel, Sustainability.
FirstGen ImposterInAcademia
J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social Journal of Children and Media is an academic publication for scholars and professionals who study the role of media in children's and adolescents' lives.
Bieke Zaman @biekezaman.bsky.social Professor of Digital Media + Human-Computer Interaction | Director of the KU Leuven Digital Society Institute
Researching how we shape digital media & how digital media shape us. | Interests: video gaming, gambling, children, participatory design, art
Dr. Tatyana Terzopoulos @tatyanatphd.bsky.social Asst. Prof, The Creative School, Toronto Met. U | children’s & youth media/media cultures; critical media (production) education; digital literacies | Media Storyteller
Thomas Enemark Lundtofte @lundtofte.bsky.social Associate Professor in Media Studies at University of Southern Denmark. Researching the intersection of children/youth, play and digital thingamajigs.
Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social Professor @bdfi.bsky.social @sociodigfutures.bsky.social and Sociology. Bristol, UK. Researcher in Residence (2023-2025) @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social
Digital media and culture, futures and presents, affect, interdisciplinary methods.
Stephan Dreyer @s3r.bsky.social Stephan Dreyer, PhD, Senior Researcher Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut. Media Law, Media Governance, Digital Childhood, Irony.
Cariad Martin @cariadroseandco.bsky.social PhD researcher and lecturer in Media Studies | Family media and fandom, digital childhood, media ethics | Tragic Millennial | Parent | She/her
Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social Communication scientist investigating digitalization in youth's development 📱
✔️Guest Professor @University of Antwerp
✔️Postdoc @SEA Lab of UNC, Dep of Psych & Neuroscience
✔️Affiliated to Media Psychology Lab of KU Leuven
https://chellymaes.com
Invisible Light Foundation @invisible-light.bsky.social Children & youth comprise the demographic majority of most conflict zones, yet they remain largely invisible. Our research shines a spotlight on media rights and uses that best aid and empower such young conflict zones populations, to realize their rights.
Jolien Trekels @jolientrekels.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Literacy @univie.ac.at ; previously postdoc @DSNLab @UNCPsych 🧠🔗 | research: adolescent development and well-being in a digitalized society 📱✨ | she/her | #AcademicMom
Clan Childlaw @clanchildlaw.org Clan is an award-winning, independent children's charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights.
Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social Irish cybersecurity pro, author, speaker, and commentator.
CEO of BH Consulting, Head of Ireland's first CSIRT - IRISSCERT, former member of ENISA Advisory Group, & former Special Advisor on CyberSecurity to Europol.
PGP ID 0xF1B5CF7D
Dr Aoife Price @aoifeprice.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Scholar & Educator | Intersectional & Disabled Feminist | All views are personal | Based in Ireland | She/Her
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifeprice
The Legal Wire @legalwire.bsky.social Where Law and Technology Converge. The Latest AI News Impacting The Legal Industry. Empowering Lawyers with AI – Gain The Edge To Win #LegalTech #LegalAI
https://thelegalwire.ai
Sheelagh na Gig: Books Coffee Gifts Wholefoods in Cloughjordan @sheelaghnagig.bsky.social Independent book and wholefoods shop offering the best in fiction for all ages and nonfiction on permaculture, sustainability, activism. Local and organic foods too. Open 6 days 1pm to 6pm. Closed Tuesdays.
Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Independent press publishing the best new Irish writing for young readers. Supported by Arts Council Ireland. Repped in UK by Bounce Sales & Marketing.
Books create waves.
Niamh Donnelly @niamhdonnelly.bsky.social Writer / journalist / critic
niamhdonnelly100@gmail.com
Dean Kelly @deankelly.bsky.social Irish, creative sort • painting, poetry, photography • own notions https://www.deankelly.ie
Eleanor Fitzsimons @eleanorfitzsimons.bsky.social Writer/Researcher. KeatsShelley Essay Prize, Rubery Book Award. Author Wilde's Women. Life & Loves of E. Nesbit, Selected Articles from The Woman’s World. Here for books, art, nature, laughter & tranquility.
Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social Writer, artist, stylite.
Fair to middling spinster.
Magpie apologist.
Good at everything.
Northwestern Ireland.
Also Instagram, and X.
https://niamhmaccabe.wixsite.com/mysite
Aoife Bhreatnach @aoifeb.bsky.social Swears, writes, Gaeilge is fáilte. She/í
Makes Censored, a podcast about dirty books and films https://shows.acast.com/censored
Research interests: sex and death
Emma Devlin @theactualemma.bsky.social Writer w work in Irish Times, Stinging Fly & more | 2026 Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellow at SHC | Rep'd by Sophie Scard | https://linktr.ee/emma.devlin.writer
David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social the sea is completely written for me
https://www.transitbooks.org/books/darker
Claire Allan Author @claireallan.bsky.social Writer of thrillers ✍️
Derry Girl ☘️ Izzy’s Human 🐾
aka FREYA KENNEDY, when I'm feeling romantic. 💕
Powered by ADHD, HRT & Maltesers 🤯🥵🍫
Published by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
New thriller: 📕The Perfect Mother 😱🔪🎈- February '25
Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social Editor, writer, lapsed biologist in Ireland
Copy-editing, writing: https://stancarey.com
Language: https://stancarey.wordpress.com
Strong language: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
🎞 https://letterboxd.com/stancarey
🦣 @stancarey@mastodon.ie
Doire Press @doirepress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher based in the west of Ireland.
Free worldwide shipping on all orders over €60.
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social Where Irish writing comes alive.
https://linktr.ee/molimuseum
Niamh Boyce @boycie.bsky.social Irish Writer. Humourless Hag. Author of Her Kind, The Herbalist & Inside The Wolf 
Irish Literary Society @irishlitsoc.bsky.social Established in London in 1892 and meeting since. Founders: Yeats and other leaders of the Literary Revival. Open to all, come along. Tá fáilte roimh chách!
Books at One Dublin @booksatonedublin.bsky.social Books at One is a network of independent, local, not for profit community bookshops throughout Ireland. Our newest shop is at 46-47 Meath Street Dublin.
Dylan Brennan @dylanbrennan.bsky.social Poet, teacher | Ireland/Mexico | Let the Dead available from Banshee Press.
Marie Gethins @mariegethins.bsky.social Flashy Writer, Workshop Leader, Critiques, Flash Editor Banshee, Co-editor Splonk; Best Microfictions, Best Small Fictions, Hawthornden Fellow
Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry).
https://nualaoconnor.com/
Sídhe Press @sidhepress.bsky.social One-woman press based in Berlin. EIC @missyerem.bsky.social
https://sidhe-press.eu Trans rights are human rights.
Free Palestine!
Poetry Bus Press @poetrybuspress.bsky.social Tiny but mighty indie press specialising in poetry books and magazines. Hyena! by Fran Lock was shortlisted for the 2023 T.S. Eliot Prize and the PEN Heaney Prize. Grab a copy here https://thepoetrybuspress.onlineweb.shop/
Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social Arts Council supported poet. ‘Raised Among Vultures’ & 'Chic to be Sad' published by The Gallery Press. Host of ‘Just to Say’ international poetry event. https://mollytwomey.com/ 💫
Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social Poet/writer/ditherer. MA in Creative Writing. Living in rural West Waterford. Contributor of stuff to books and mags and the occasional live event.
Mentored by the best.
Dr Shauna Gilligan @shaunagilligan.bsky.social Writer, Educator, Feminist, full of heart, cats, literacy for all, creativity always, Irish PEN.
Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social Book lover, novelist, reader, newspaper columnist, occasional lecturer in literature, Irish www.martinadevlin.ie
Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social Poet | First collection, ‘Midnight at the Saltmarsh’, published by The Gallery Press, May 2026
Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social Poet: 'The River', 'When the Tree Falls', 'A Change in the Air', 'Coracle' (Bloodaxe 2015, 2019, 2023 &2026) https://www.janeclarkepoetry.ie/
Nell Regan @nellree.bsky.social Poet, non- fiction writer, sea lover www.nellregan.com 
The Moth Magazine @themothmagazine.bsky.social International art & lit magazine. One of the world's biggest prizes for a poem. Short story, nature writing & art prizes. Also: @thecaterpillarmag
The Caterpillar Magazine @thecaterpillarmag.bsky.social Annual Caterpillar Poetry Prize and art & lit mag for children (2013-2023), still available online. Younger sibling of @themothmagazine.
David Butler @davidbutlerbray.bsky.social Novelist, poet, short-storyist, playwright, also writes as Dara Kavanagh
Amanda Bell @gagebybell.bsky.social Poet, author, editor: new fiction and poetry titles forthcoming in 2027, from Salt Publishing and Doire Press. Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
www.amandabell.ie
Arnold Thomas Fanning @arnoldtfanning.bsky.social Writer, Walker, Photographer, Record Collector. Essays & Stories in The Dublin Review, Banshee, The Stinging Fly, The Lonely Crowd & elsewhere. Author of Mind on Fire (Penguin Ireland, 2018).
https://about.me/arnoldthomasfanning
Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social Novelist. Author of EXCITING TIMES (2020), THE HAPPY COUPLE (2023), third novel coming 2027 ⁊ ag scríobh an 4ú ceann i nGaeilge
linktr.ee/naoisedolan
Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social Writer of Fiction; Bae of Fundy
Irish-Canadian
Website https://www.lorekeating.com/
Novella AGONY'S LODESTONE https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/agonys-lodestone-print
Collection THE TRUEST SENSE https://a.co/d/090sQN3I
She/Her
Zoë Miller Books @zoemillerauthor.bsky.social Irish author~suspense~intrigue
THE GIRLS' TRIP: https://linktr.ee/girlstripbook
THE BIRTHDAY WEEKEND & more...
www.zoemillerauthor.com
Loves: books •walking •photography •nature •music
*no DMs ty
Pub:Hachette Ireland
Rep:Sheila Crowley,Curtis Brown
Jamie Guiney @jamesgwriter.bsky.social WRITER.
The Lightning (novel)
The Wooden Hill (stories)
Work Broadcast BBCRadio4
Nom 5 x Pushcart Prize
Judge 2025 Best in Rural Writing
L-list Irish SS of the Year
Husband. Dad. Tay drinker.
N Ireland.
www.jamieguiney.com
https://ko-fi.com/jamesgwriter