PARTICIPATE - A Doctoral Network researching Cyberbullying prevention
Project Partners/Funders
Academic Partners
DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland (Lead Partner and Coordinator).
Universitetet I Stavanger – University of Stavanger (UiS), Stavanger, Norway.
Aarhus Universitet – University of Aarhus (AU), Denmark.
Ethniko Kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio Athinon – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece.
Turun Yliopisto – University of Turku (UTU), Finland.
Stichting International Parents Alliance (IPA), Netherlands.
Associate Partners
Foróige, Ireland.
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC), Ireland.
Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom.
Youthworks Consulting, United Kingdom.
Dell Technologies, Ireland.
Professional Development Service for Teachers (PTSD) / Committee of the Dublin West Education Centre (DWEC) (Webwise), Ireland.
European School Heads Association (ESHA), Netherlands.
Fund Award Amount
€2.855m
This project has received funding from the European Union HORIZON-MSCA-2021 Doctoral Networks Programme under Grant Agreement no. 101073332
Project Overview
Cyberbullying is a significant social, health and behavioural concern throughout the EU and worldwide, yet crucial areas in its prevention and intervention have largely been side-lined, namely the key role of parents, as well as the role of gender, disability, ethnicity and sexuality.
The PARTICIPATE Doctoral Network project is addressing this research and action gap, by delivering a world-class multi-sectoral, multidisciplinary doctoral training programme incorporating plans for substantial networking and exchange of information, expertise and action potential regarding the nature and extent of cyberbullying across Europe.
By focusing on parents, as well as on gender, disability, ethnicity and sexuality, the project aims to empower both parents and young people, creating a safer space online for our youth, while placing Europe firmly at the forefront of cyberbullying research and practice.
This Doctoral Network brings together many of the foremost world leaders and cutting-edge researchers in the areas of cyberbullying prevention and is grounded in scientific excellence provided by six academic partners in conjunction with a strong and diverse range of 8 non-academic partners, including independent research organisations, NGOs, youth foundations and internet safety organisations.
The objectives will be achieved during the lifetime of the project through a unique combination of individual and collaborative research work, non-academic secondments and workshops on scientific and applied skills facilitated by the academic/non-academic composition of the consortium.
The findings generated – and made available on the PARTICIPATE website as they become available – will produce both practical, research-based programmes, and European guidelines on cyberbullying in relation to gender, disability, ethnicity and sexuality, and the roles parents play in prevention.
Project Goals
PARTICIPATE brings together Europe’s top experts in anti-cyberbullying to build a research and training network that will:
- Train 10 world-class Doctoral Candidates with transferable multi-disciplinary and intersectoral skills necessary to work with parents, youth, teachers and other professionals to more effectively prevent and reduce cyberbullying across Europe
- Introduce a vital new dimension into cyberbullying research by investigating the largest group of parents ever studied
- Harness the knowledge and perspectives being developed in different countries, academic disciplines, youth organisations and technology companies, uniting them in a powerful, strategic collaboration in the fight against cyberbullying in Europe
- Develop sufficient expertise on parents to create a state-of-the-art toolkit for teachers and other professionals working with parents to prevent cyberbullying
These objectives will be achieved by a combination of individual and collaborative research work, non-academic secondments and workshops on scientific and complementary applied skills facilitated by the academic and non-academic composition of the consortium. The 10 Doctoral Candidates are not only undertaking research on the most urgent questions in the field of cyberbullying but are also working on the ground with practical organisations, and developing inter-disciplinary research designs through secondments in other European countries.
Research Areas
Impacts of Online Bullying; Parents and Teachers / Professionals: Intervention and Communication; Technology, Social Media and Online Bullying; Societal and Cross-National Aspects of Cyberbullying; Training in Research and Applied Methods; Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication; Ethics requirements
Principal Investigators
Prof Debbie Ging
debbie.ging@dcu.ie
01 700 7729
Prof James O’Higgins Norman
james.ohigginsnorman@dcu.ie
+353 01 700 9140
Dr Audrey Bryan
audrey.bryan@dcu.ie
+353 01 700 9265
Research Team
Doctoral Candidates
Deniz Celikoglu – DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University
Meghmala Mukherjee – DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University
Isabel Machado Da Silva – DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University
Anastasiia Petrova – Turun Yliopisto (University of Turku)
Luisa Morello – Universitetet I Stavanger – University of Stavanger (UiS)
Ebru Özbek – Universitetet I Stavanger – University of Stavanger (UiS)
Shan Hu – Universitetet I Stavanger – University of Stavanger (UiS)
Luca Janka László – Stichting International Parents Alliance (IPA), Netherlands
Kainaat Maqbool – Ethniko Kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio Athinon – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
Giorgia Scuderi – Aarhus Universitet – University of Aarhus (AU)