Author

Ayça Atabey

Dr Ayça Atabey is a lawyer and multidisciplinary researcher working for and with children at the University of Edinburgh, and she is an incoming lecturer (assistant professor) in IT/Data law at Newcastle University. Ayça's interdisciplinary research spans data protection and AI regulation, and education and child-computer interaction, with a focus on fairness in design and AI governance. She also works at the Digital Futures for Children centre, LSE, on AI–EdTech governance and child rights.

Kim Ringmar Sylwander

Dr Kim Ringmar Sylwander is a researcher and project officer at the Digital Futures for Children centre, LSE. Her research examines how children navigate technologically mediated environments, with a focus on gendered and sexual harm and children’s rights at the intersection of design and policy. She has worked with the UN, civil society organisations, and human rights institutes, and currently serves as an expert research advisor to UNESCO, UNICEF, and the European Commission.

Sonia Livingstone

Professor Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a full professor in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE. She has published 20 books and advised the UK government, European Commission, European Parliament, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Council of Europe, OECD, ITU and UNICEF on media audiences, children and young people’s risks and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment. She directs the Digital Futures for Children centre.