Dr Eileen Culloty (MLI Co-Chair) is an Associate Professor in the School of Communications at Dublin City University. She is Deputy Director of the DCU Institute for Media, Democracy, and Society and chair of the BA in Communication Studies. Her research focuses on disinformation, media literacy education, and the future of media. Eileen leads the Ireland
Nessa McGann is a media consultant and project director with more than 25 years’ experience across Irish, European, and Asian broadcasting. She specialises in strategic content development, regulatory policy, and large-scale industry events, bringing together public service and commercial media with international partners. Through her consultancy, McGann Media, she has coordinated the media engagement and
Clíodhna Purdue is an Assistant Director in the Media Literacy and User Education team in Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland’s media regulator. Coimisiún na Meán has a statutory duty to promote and endorse media literacy initiatives and it complies with this requirement by funding and facilitating Media Literacy Ireland. She has extensive experience in the design
Dr Ricardo Castellini da Silva is a Media Literacy Educator and Consultant. He holds a PhD in Media Literacy from Dublin City University and a MA in Media, Culture and Education from the Institute of Education, University College London. Ricardo has extensive experience designing and delivering media literacy learning experiences for all age groups. Since
Martina Chapman is an independent consultant drawing on over 25 years of experience in the media sector. She provides specialist advice and support on media literacy policy and strategy development, research and project management and has worked with the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the European Audiovisual Observatory, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation