Academic biography

Dr Catherine Baker is a post-doctoral researcher with the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre. Fellow with the Institute of Research on Male Supremacism. Research interests include gender, education, misogyny, radicalisation, digital media, and conspiracy theories. Recent publications include a chapter on post-truth identities in the Routledge Companion to Media Misinformation and Populism.

Projects include: 

• Observatory on Cyberbullying, Cyberhate & Online Harassment: tackling negative online extremism of boys via so-called influencer culture
  
• Gender Equality Matters (GEM): an education prevention programme for primary school students aimed at addressing attitudes and norms that underlie gender-based bullying and gender-based violence
• Gentopia: A game-based educational resource aimed at students in second-level education, addressing gender stereotypes, consent, digital safety, street harassment, coercive control, non-consensual image sharing, and homophobic bullying.