Full Name
Maggie Brennan
Job Title
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Company
Dublin City University
Speaker Bio
Dr Maggie Brennan is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Dublin City University. Maggie has worked on research and policy initiatives to combat Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA) for over 20 years. Her work includes multidisciplinary collaborations with major domain stakeholders such as NGOs (e.g. National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children), law enforcement agencies (e.g. Interpol), cross-government forums and social media companies. Maggie has led a range of relevant international projects, including a global analysis of CSAEM victims and offenders in Interpol’s Child Sexual Exploitation Database in partnership with ECPAT International - as well as collaborations to develop novel artificial intelligence to improve law enforcement OCSEA offender case prioritisation and the detection of new victimisation, both in Europe and in the ASEAN region. Currently, Maggie is Principal Investigator on an End Violence Against Children (EVAC)-funded project to combat the challenge of OCSEA in the Philippines.