{"id":9466,"date":"2021-07-15T09:48:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T08:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=9466"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:52:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T08:52:46","slug":"announcing-the-next-altc21-keynote-speaker-professor-sonia-livingstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/announcing-the-next-altc21-keynote-speaker-professor-sonia-livingstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the next #altc21 Keynote Speaker \u2013 Professor Sonia Livingstone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>We are delighted to announce our next keynote speaker for ALT\u2019s Annual Conference 2021 &#8211; Professor Sonia Livingstone. Sonia will be joined by a whole host of other speakers who will be announced in the coming weeks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Taking a comparative, critical and contextualised approach, her research examines how the changing conditions of mediation are reshaping everyday practices and possibilities for action. Much of Sonia\u2019s time these days is concerned with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/media-and-communications\/people\/academic-staff\/sonia-livingstone#:~:text=is%20concerned%20with-,Children%E2%80%99s%20Rights%20in%20the%20Digital%20Age,-.\">Children\u2019s Rights in the Digital Age.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonia has published 20 books on media audiences, especially children and young people\u2019s risks and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment, including<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/media-and-communications\/people\/academic-staff\/sonia-livingstone#:~:text=Julian%20Sefton-Green)%C2%A0(-,view%20here,-).%C2%A0Her%20new%20book\"> The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age<\/a>&nbsp; (New York University Press, with Julian Sefton-Green). Her new book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/media-and-communications\/people\/academic-staff\/sonia-livingstone#:~:text=Alicia%20Blum-Ross%20(-,view%20here,-).\">Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape children&#8217;s lives<\/a> (Oxford University Press), with Alicia Blum-Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recipient of many honours, she has advised the UK government, European Commission, European Parliament, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, OECD, ITU and UNICEF, among others, on children\u2019s internet safety and rights in the digital environment. Sonia served as chair of the LSE\u2019s Truth, Trust and Technology Commission, Special Advisor to the House of Lords\u2019 Select Committee on Communications, Expert Advisor to the Council of Europe, President of the International Communication Association, and Executive Board member of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonia currently directs the Digital Futures Commission (with the 5Rights Foundation) and the Global Kids Online project (with UNICEF). She is Deputy Director of the UKRI-funded Nurture Network, contributes to the euCONSENT project, and leads work packages for two European H2020-funded projects: ySKILLS (Youth Skills) and CO:RE (Children Online: Research and Evidence). Founder of the EC-funded 33 country EU Kids Online research network, she is a #SaferInternet4EU Ambassador for the European Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep up to date with her blogs at www.parenting.digital and tweets @Livingstone_Sand. Checkout her website for more updates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/media-and-communications\/people\/academic-staff\/sonia-livingstone\">www.sonialivingstone.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/2021\/registration\/\">Register<\/a> today to enjoy the UK&#8217;s foremost gathering of Learning Technologists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are delighted to announce our next keynote speaker for ALT\u2019s Annual Conference 2021 &#8211; Professor Sonia Livingstone. Sonia will be joined by a whole host of other speakers who will be announced in the coming weeks! 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