LIZZIE JACKSON
AHRC Researcher, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster

Lizzie was nominated as one of the 100 innovators of the UK Internet Decade by NOP World and e-consultancy.com in October, 2004. She set up and managed the BBC’s online community between 1997-2002 and was responsible for the BBC’s Internet safety initiatives from 2003-2007.

She is on the Home Office Task Force for Internet Safety and was a founder member of emint (the Association for Online Community Professionals). Lizzie speaks on social media widely, and is completing a PhD on the mediation of participatory media. She is currently researching virtual worlds for children on an AHRC/BBC funded collaborative research project, within the University of Westminster's CAMRI research department.