Aphra Kerr#
| Membership Number: | 5356 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://people.ucd.ie/aphra.kerr |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5445-7805 |
| Bluesky: | @aphrak.bsky.social |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-aphra-kerr |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - Full Professor of Digital Media and Communication, University College Dublin, Ireland. [Permanent/Tenured]
- 2024 - Adjunct Professor of Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland.
- 2019 - Academic collaborator ADAPT Research Ireland Centre for Digital Media Technology, multi-institutional centre involving 8 higher education institutions in Ireland
- 2020 - 2024 Professor, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland. [Permanent/Tenured]
- 2019 Visiting Digital Research Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2012 - 30/09/20 Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland. [Permanent/Tenured]
- Since 05/2018 Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Information, Communication and Entertainment Research Institute, Technological University of Dublin, Ireland. [honorary for 4 years]
- 01 - 05/2011 Visiting Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
- 09/2005 - 2012 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland[Permanent/Tenured]
- 09/2004 - 09/2005 Research Fellow, Centre for Media Research, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK
- 10/2003 - 04/2004 Research Fellow, Centre for Society, Technology and Media, School of Communications, Dublin City University, Ireland
- 10/2001 - 10/2003 Government of Ireland Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Society, Technology and Media, School of Communications, Dublin City University, Ireland
- 02/2000 - 10/2001 Research Fellow, Centre for Society, Technology and Media, School of Communications, Dublin City University, Ireland
- 02/1998 - 05/2001 Lecturer (part time), School of Communications, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Lecturer (part time) School of Journalism, Newman College, Dublin, Ireland. Sept ‘93- May ’94
Fields of Scholarship
- Digital policy
- AI & Society
- Media Work
- Cultural & Creative industry
- Games studies
- Production studies
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Media Literacy Ireland. Best Media Literacy Initiative for Young People, Ireland
- 2022 ADAPT Centre, Education and Public Engagement Excellence Award, Ireland
- 2020 Member of Academia Europaea
- 2019 Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and the School of Social and Political Science (IASH-SSPS) Digital Research Fellowship, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 2016 DiGRA Distinguished Scholar, Digital Games Research Association
- 2011 Teaching and Learning Innovation Project Award: Teaching Research Ethics, Maynooth University
- 2011 Visiting Scholar in Culture & Communication - Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
- 2001 Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, Irish Research Council (Postdoctorate funding)
- 1995 European PhD research fellowship, United Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU/INTECH), Maastricht, The Netherlands - six month PhD training fellowship.
- 1993 Irish American Partnership Postgraduate Fellowship - Irish American Partnership Scholar Programme (MA by research funding)
