Publications

Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Elaine O'Callaghan and Gabriel Coelho (2024) The social media, online and digital abuse and harassment of social workers, probational officers, and social work students in Ireland: A national survey, British Journal of Social Work, 54, pp. 3274-3294. DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae091. Click here to read the paper open access (free).

Olwen Halvey, Amy Bradley, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, and Kenneth Burns (2024) 'Advice on how to respond to social media, online and digital abuse and harassment from those who have experienced it', Irish Social Worker, Winter 2024.

Infographics

Amy Bradley, Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, and Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin (2024) Advice from participants in a @UCCsocialwork study for their peers (infographic), University College Cork, Ireland. Click to download: Peer to peer advice infographic

Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, and Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin (2024) Social media spring clean and settings: quick tips for social workers and professionals, University College Cork, Ireland. Click to download: Social media spring clean (PDF).

Kenneth Burns, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, and Olwen Halvey (2024) What to do if a staff member is abused or harassed on social media: advice for managers, University College Cork, Ireland. Click to download: Advice for managers (PDF)

Kenneth Burns, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Kerry Cuskelly and Pat Kelleher (2021, updated 2024) Social Media Abuse, Online Harassment and Social Work (Ireland and International editions), @UCCsocialwork, University College Cork. Click here to access the practice tool.

Research and training presentations

Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, and Amy Bradley (2024) 'Social media, online and digital abuse and harassment in social work: What you need to know if it happens to you or someone you work with', 30th Annual Local Authority Social Workers and Welfare Officers, Wexford, 15th November 2024.

Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, and Amy Bradley (2024) 'Social Media, digital and online abuse and harassment: what practitioners need to know', University of Tampere & University of Helsinki Webinar, Finland, 30th October 2024.

Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, and Amy Bradley (2024) Social media / online abuse and harassment of child protection practitioners: impact, family, and a good organisational response, Workforce Special Interest Group, European Social Work Research Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, 17-4-24. 

Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, and Amy Bradley (2024) Social media/online abuse and harassment of social workers: Coping strategies, impacts, and organisational responses, European Social Work Research Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, 18-4-24.

Kenneth Burns, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, and Olwen Halvey (2024) How to manage experiences of online/social media abuse and harassment, CPD seminar, the Probation Service, Dublin, 27-3-24.

Olwen Halvey, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Kenneth Burns, and Elaine O'Callaghan (2024) When the line has been crossed: child protection and welfare social workers' experiences of online/social media abuse and harassment, Social Work Educators and Researchers Forum, Maynooth University, 10-01-24.

Olwen Halvey, Kenneth Burns, Elaine Ó Callaghan & Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin (2023) “It can get under your skin”: Child and family social workers’ experiences of online/social media abuse. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], 9th National Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Conference, Cork, University College Cork, 27-OCT-23.

Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Olwen Halvey, Kenneth Burns and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) Prevention, protection and action: responding to social media abuse and online harassment. Key messages from Irish research. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Digital Social Work Colloquium, Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 13-OCT-23.

Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Olwen Halvey, Kenneth Burns, and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) Social Work Education, Social Media and Online Abuse: Responding to Service Learners' Needs and Experiences, Edulearn23, International Education Conference, Palma, Spain, 3-5 July 2023.

Kenneth Burns, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Olwen Halvey and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) Social Media and Online Abuse and Harassment in Social Work in Ireland, @UCCsocialwork webinar series, University College Cork, 27th April 2023. Click here to watch the webinar.

Kenneth Burns, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Olwen Halvey and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) Social Media and Online Abuse and Harassment in Social Work in Ireland, European Social Work Research Association Workforce SiG, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, 12th April 2023.

Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra O'Suilleabhain and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) How to respond to social media abuse and online harassment: messages from Irish research, Barnevernfrokost Online Seminar, University of Bergen (online), 27 January 2023.

Elaine O'Callaghan, Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, and Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin (2023) Social Media and Online Abuse and Harassment: Preliminary Findings and Students' Experiences, Social Work Educators and Researchers Forum, University of Galway, 12-13 January 2023.

Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, Kenneth Burns, Kerry Cuskelly and Pat Kelleher (2021) Co-Constructing Practice and Educational Tools: Supporting Social Professions' Responses To Online Abuse and Harassment 4th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2021 conference publication), 08-NOV-21 - 09-NOV-21, pp.1-6, https://library.iated.org/view/OSUILLEABHAIN2021COC

Pat Kelleher, Fiachra O'Suilleabhain, Kerry Cuskelly and Kenneth Burns (2021) Social Media Abuse of Social Workers: What do Practitioners and Managers in Child Protection & Welfare Need to Know? 8th National Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Conference, UCC (virtual conference), 22-OCT-21 - 22-OCT-21.