PAUL REILLY

Curriculum Vitae
(12/07/2021)

235 Regent Court Tel: +44 (0)114 222 2647

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Sheffield Email: [email protected]
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Education

2015 Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy

2013 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education,

University of Leicester

2012 Fellow, Higher Education Academy

2008 Ph.D. Politics, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Dissertation: ‘Framing online communications of civil and uncivil groups in post-
conflict Northern Ireland’ Supervisor: Professor. Sarah Oates

2001 M.A. (Hons) International Relations & Modern History, University of St

Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Second Class: First Division

Research and Teaching Interests

Northern Ireland:
Interface communities and the internet, social media strategies of Northern Irish
political parties, digital media and peacebuilding, social media and contentious
public demonstrations.

Digital Politics:
Web 2.0 and ethnopolitical mobilisation, ethics of online research.

Social media and crisis communication:

Web 2.0 and sousveillance cultures, social media and civil unrest, social media
strategies of first responders.

Teaching Experience

Senior Lecturer in Social Media and Digital Society, Information School,

University of Sheffield, England, October 2015- present.
Key Achievements: I was Deputy Director for PGR Affairs in the Faculty of Social
Sciences at the University of Sheffield (October 2016-September 2018). This role
involved chairing the bi-monthly PGR Forum, representing the PGR community
at the FSS Faculty Sub-Committee, and making decisions on formal requests
from PGR students (e.g. change of candidature, applications for leave of
absence, extension requests, confirmation review reports and final examiner
reports). I was a member of the FSS panel that evaluate and make decisions on
applications for the Faculty PGR Scholarship and Research Support Schemes,
as well as applications for the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership
studentships (September 2018- August 2020). I currently hold the role of Deputy
Director of Learning and Teaching (August 2019-present) and Ethics Coordinator
(October 2018-present) in my School. I chair the School Assessment Review
Committee and am responsible for preparing Exam Boards, reviewing module
and programme handbooks, seeking accreditation from relevant professional
bodies and responding to External Examiner reports. I also sit on the Faculty
ESRC Panel, which meets four times per year to review FSS submissions to
RCUK.

In addition to these Faculty responsibilities, I was Deputy Director of Research

and REF Impact Coordinator within the Information School (March 2016-
February 2018) and was a member of the PGR Working Group (September
2016-October 2017). I have provided feedback and support to colleagues on
grant proposals, draft publications, and potential impact case studies,
represented the School at REF Impact coordinator meetings, and helped devise
the REF strategy for the review of outputs, impact case studies and the
environment statement. I have been module coordinator for five modules during
this period: INF6024 Researching Social Media, INF6034 Digital Advocacy,
INF6400 Information Systems and the Information Society, INF6545 Research
Methods and Dissertation Preparation (Distance Learning) and INF6500
Dissertation (Distance learning). I have also contributed lectures to several
modules including INF109 Digital Media and Society, SCS6078 Researching
Digital Society and INF6025 Information Governance. I have supervised 74 DL
and campus-based PGT dissertations to completion in the School. I was
awarded the status of Dedicated Outstanding Mentor in the Faculty in September
2017 and helped establish a Teaching Coaching and Mentoring Scheme within
the Information School in May 2016 (during which I have mentored four teaching
assistants). I am also a member of the School’s Digital Societies Group and the
Faculty’s Digital Societies Network.

Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Leicester, England,

November 2009 – September 2015.

Key Achievements: I was returned in REF 2014 and my research cited in the
department’s research environment statement. I was awarded the University of
Leicester Teaching Fellowship in 2013 and the Leicester Students’ Union
Superstar Award in 2015 in recognition of my teaching excellence. I also
completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education
(Distinction) in 2013. I regularly contributed towards the teaching of the College
of Social Science Research Training workshops, Module A of the Postgraduate
Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education, and the pre-sessional
courses run by the English Language Teaching Unit. I was the Deputy Director of
Research in the Department of Media and Communication (November 2014-
September 2015), providing feedback to colleagues on external grant proposals,
reviewing PhD applications and acting as REF impact coordinator for the unit. I
was also the undergraduate Dissertation Tutor (2012-15) and held the post of
Course Director for the BSc Communications, Media and Society and BA Media
and Sociology in 2012-13. My duties included the preparation and chairing of
Exam Boards, reviewing module and programme handbooks, handling appeals
and complaints, and the induction of new students into the Department. Other
roles held included Admissions Tutor on the MA Mass Communication and PGT
Dissertation Tutor for all of the masters programmes. I lectured at both
undergraduate and postgraduate level, convening the third year Activism and
Protest in the Information Age module and contributed sessions for eight MA
modules including The Communication of Politics, Contemporary Issues in Media
and Cultural Studies, Advertising and Cultural Consumption and Researching
Social Media. I supervised 18 undergraduate and 90 postgraduate dissertations,
and co-supervised two PhD students, to completion during this period. I co-
convened the IDeoGRAMS research group between 2011 and 2013 and was a
member of the Media and Democracy cluster in 2009-2010.

Part-Time Lecturer in Politics (Teaching-only), University of Glasgow, Scotland,

January 2007 – January 2010.

Key Achievements: I lectured at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels,

contributing to the Media, Conflict and Change honours module for two academic
terms (2009-2010) and the Internet, Protest, and Civil Society postgraduate
module for four consecutive terms (2007-2010). Duties on the Media Conflict and
Change module included designing the course reading list, marking assignments
writing lectures and delivering one two-hour seminar each week. I developed the
Internet and Civil Society module as part of the MSc Political Communication and
was responsible for designing the course reading list, marking assignments, and
delivering one two-hour lecture/seminar each week. I also contributed towards
the teaching of the Qualitative Methods course in November 2006.

PhD Supervision/Examination

I currently co-supervise:

Yichun Dou, Social media literacy to counteract hate speech and build peace in
post-civil war Sudan (with Dr. Stef Pukallus), February 2021-present.

Jenny Hayes, ‘Social media and sousveillance’ (with Dr. Ziqi Zhang), November
2018-present.

Alex Ricketts, ‘Social media and community disaster resilience: a process based
study of South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue,’ (with Dr Martina McGuinness,
Management School), White Rose Collaborative Award scholarship, September
2017- present.

Semra Bodur, ‘Social movements in Turkey: a case study of the 15 July coup’
(with Dr. Stefania Vicari, Sociological Studies), October 2017-present.

I have successfully supervised the following PhD students to completion:

Rahma Al Foori, ‘Environmental Journalism & the Construction of Environmental

Coverage in Omani Newspapers’ (awarded subject to minor amendments,
November 2015)

Faith Kibere, ‘Facebook for Development? An ethnographic study of the

relationship between the youth and new media in Kibera, Kenya’ (awarded
subject to minor amendments, March 2016).

Examination:

Phoenix Andrews, ‘'Faffing about': Open Access, technology and researcher

engagement in the United Kingdom’, (Internal Examiner, University of Sheffield, 2
July 2021).

Julie Osakwe, ‘Directing Our Noble Cause: A Study of Online Protest Campaign
in Nigeria’, (External Examiner, University of West of Scotland, 23 June 2021).

Jun Zhang, ‘A study based on the analysis of deploying an integrated smart

transportation system within the context of China’ (Coordinator, University of
Sheffield, 15 May 2020).

Evronia Azer, ‘ICTs and humanitarian groups during the Egyptian revolution,
(External Examiner, Royal Holloway University of London, September 2019).

Skina Musbah T Ehdeed, ‘The Emergence of Libyan Networked Publics: Social

Media Use Before, During and After the Libyan Uprising’ (Internal Examiner,
University of Sheffield, March 2019).

Maria Gallego Reguera, ‘The return of face to face in Spain: the professional
organisation of televised election debates between Presidential candidates in
2008 (external reviewer of thesis for examination, Universidad Complutense de
Madrid, November 2015).
Publications

Books:

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Digital contention in a divided society: Social media, parades
and protests in Northern Ireland, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Reilly, P.J. (2011) The Troubles Online: Northern Irish political groups and
website strategy, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Forthcoming:

Reilly, P.J. Doing Ethical Social Media Research: Theory, Design and Practice
(Contracted with SAGE, due March 2022).

Edited Volumes:

Reilly, P.J., Veneti, A and Atanasova, D. (Eds.) (2017) Politics, Protest, Emotion:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives: A Book of Blogs, Information School, University of
Sheffield.

Refereed Journal Articles/Papers:

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Countering misinformation and disinformation during

contentious episodes in a divided society: Tweeting the 2014 and 2015 Ardoyne
parade disputes, First Monday 26(6), 1 July.

Murphy, S., Reilly, P.J. and Murphy, T. (2021) Assessing the potential use of
blockchain technology to improve the sharing of public health data in a western
Canadian province, Health and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-021-
00539-5

Reilly, P.J. and Vicari, S. (2021) Organisational hashtags during times of crisis:
Analysing the broadcasting and gatekeeping dynamics of #PorteOuverte during
the November 2015 Paris Terror Attacks, Social Media + Society, January 2021.
doi:10.1177/2056305121995788

Fenn, P. and Reilly, P.J. (2020) Problematising the use of Snapchat in Higher
Education Teaching and Learning, Journal of Social Media for Learning, 1 (1),
140-146.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) Curation, connections and creativity: reflections on using

Twitter to teach digital activism, Journal of Social Media for Learning, 1(1), 62-69.

Reilly, P.J. (2020). PSNIRA vs. peaceful protesters? YouTube, ‘sousveillance’

and the policing of the union flag protests, First Monday 25(2)- 3 February. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v25i2.10232
Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., Carreira, E., and Uktin, A.
(2020). Public expectations of critical infrastructure operators in times of crisis,
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 5(1-2): 62-77.
DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2018.1469358

O’Reilly, M., Dogra, N., Hughes, J., Reilly, P.J., George, R., & Whiteman, N.
(2019). Potential of social media in promoting mental health in adolescents (UK),
Health Promotion International, 34(5),981-991. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/day056

Veneti, A., Lilleker, D., & Reilly, P.J. (2018). Photographing the Battlefield: The
role of Ideology in photojournalist practices during the anti-austerity protests in
Greece. Journalism. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918809521

O’Reilly, M., Dogra, N., Whiteman, N., Hughes, J., Eruyar, S., & Reilly, P.J.
(2018). Is social media bad for mental health and wellbeing? Exploring the
perspectives of adolescents, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry,
23(4),601-613. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104518775154

O’Reilly, M., Adams, S., Whiteman, N., Hughes, J., Reilly, P.J., & Dogra, N.
(2018). Whose responsibility is adolescent’s mental health in the UK? The
perspectives of key stakeholders, School Mental Health, 10(4),450-461.
DOI:10.1007/s12310-018-9263-6

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., & Serafinelli, E. (2017). European
Expectations of Disaster Information provided by Critical Infrastructure
Operators: Lessons from Portugal, France, Norway and Sweden. International
Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
(IJISCRAM), 9(4), 23-48. DOI:10.4018/IJISCRAM.2017100102

Reilly, P.J. (2016). Tweeting for Peace? Twitter and the Ardoyne parade dispute,
July 2014, First Monday, 21(11), 7 November. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v21i11.6996

Reilly, P.J. and Trevisan, F. (2016). Researching protest on Facebook:

developing an ethical stance for the study of Northern Irish flag protest pages.
Information Communication and Society, 19 (3), 419-435. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1104373

Ronchi E, Nieto Uriz F, Criel X, Reilly P.J. (2016). Modelling large-scale

evacuation of music festivals. Case Studies in Fire Safety, 5:11-19. DOI:
10.1016/j.csfs.2015.12.002.
Williams, H., Norman, A., Reilly, P.J., Zhou, H., & Pe, C. (2016). Screencasts in
Engineering, Journal of Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

Reilly, P.J. (2015). Screencasts in Media Studies, Journal of Excellence in

Teaching and Learning.

Reilly, P.J. (2015). Every Little helps? YouTube, sousveillance and the ‘anti-
Tesco’ riot in Bristol, New Media and Society, 17(5), 755-771, DOI:
10.1177/1461444813512195.

Reilly, P.J. (2014). The ‘Battle of Stokes Croft’ on YouTube: The development of
an ethical stance for the study of online comments, SAGE Cases in
Methodology, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/978144627305013509209

Trevisan, F., and Reilly, P.J. (2014). Ethical Dilemmas in Researching Social
Media Campaigns on Sensitive Personal Issues: Lessons from the Study of
British Disability Dissent Networks, Information, Communication & Society. 17(9),
1131-1146, DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2014.889188

Reilly, P.J. (2013). The right blend? The use of Blackboard to support
international dissertation students, Journal of Excellence in Teaching and
Learning.

Reilly, P.J. (2012). Community worker perspectives on the use of new media to
promote conflict transformation in Belfast. Urban Studies, 49(15), 3385-3401.
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012440464.

Reilly, P.J. (2011). 'Anti-social' networking in Northern Ireland: policy responses

to young people's use of social media for organising anti-social behaviour,
Policy and Internet, Volume 3, Issue 1, Article 7.

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers:

Reilly, P.J. and Gordon, F. (2021) Can social media really ‘End the Harm?
Stakeholder perspectives on the public awareness campaign against
paramilitary-style attacks in Northern Ireland, International Association for Media
and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2021 Online Conference Paper.

Dajer, D., and Reilly, P.J. (2021) Social media and intergroup contact during
contentious episodes in divided societies: Comparative perspectives from
Colombia and Northern Ireland, International Association for Media and
Communication Research (IAMCR) 2021 Online Conference Paper.

Ozkula, S., Reilly, P.J. and Hayes, J. (2020) Easy Data, usual suspects, same
old places? A systematic review of methodological approaches in digital activism
research, 1995-2019, Selected Papers in Internet Research 2020. Research
from the Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers.
Petersen, L., Havarneanu, G., Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., and Bossu, R. (2018).
November 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks and Social Media Use: Preliminary
findings from authorities, critical infrastructure operators and journalists, in K.
Boersma & B.Tomaszewski (Eds.) Proceedings of the 15th ISCRAM Conference,
629-638.

Reilly P.J, Serafinelli, E., Stevenson R., Petersen L., Fallou L. (2018). Enhancing
Critical Infrastructure Resilience Through Information-Sharing:
Recommendations for European Critical Infrastructure Operators. In G.
Chowdhury., J. McLeod., V. Gillet & P. Willett (Eds.) Transforming Digital Worlds.
iConference 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science,10766,120-125.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2017) Should CI
operators use social media to communicate with the public during crisis
situations? Lessons learned from Oslo Harbour. In Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (Eds) Proceedings from the 4th International Conference
on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-
DM 2017), 214-222.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2017). Public
expectations of disaster information provided by critical infrastructure operators:
Lessons learnt from Barreiro, Portugal. In I.M. Dokas., N. Bellamine-Ben Saoud.,
J. Dugdale & P. Diaz (Eds.) Fourth International Conference on Information
Systems for Crisis Response and Management in Mediterranean Countries,
Xanthi, Greece 18-20 August, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing,
193-203.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2017). Exploring public
expectations for aid from critical infrastructure operators. In I. Žutautaitė., M.Eid.,
K.Simola & V. Kopustinskas (Eds.) Proceedings from Critical infrastructures:
Preparedness & Resilience for the Security of Citizens and Security, 52 nd
European Security, Reliability & Data Association Seminar, Lithuanian Energy
Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania, 30-31 May, 70-81.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2017). Public
expectations of social media use by critical infrastructure operators in crisis
communication. In T.Comes, F.Benaben., C.Hanachi., M. Lauras & A. Montarnal
(Eds.) Proceedings from the 14th International Conference on Information
Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Albi, France, 21 May, 522-531.

Book Chapters:
Reilly, P.J. (in press) Watching the Watchers: Sousveillance as a political
response to surveillance societies. In Veneti, A., & Lilleker, D (eds) Research
Handbook on Visual Politics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Veneti, A., Reilly, P.J., & Lilleker, D. (in press). The symbolic importance of place
in photojournalist accounts of the anti-austerity protests in Greece. In J.
Morrison., J. Birks & M. Berry (Eds.) Routledge Companion to Political
Journalism, London: Routledge.

Zhao, X. and Reilly, P.J. (in press) Breaking down barriers? ICTs, international
students and intercultural communication within UK Higher Education institutions.
In Brassier-Rodrigues, C., and Brasier, P. (eds) A collection of pedagogical
approaches aimed at developing students’ intercultural sensitivity by
internationalization at home, London: Peter Lang.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P., and Serafinelli, E. (2021) Expectations vs.
Practice in Critical Infrastructure Operator Crisis Communication: Lessons Learnt
from Portugal, France, Norway and Sweden. In J.W. Beard (ed) Information
Technology Applications for Crisis Response and Management, Hershey,
Pennsylvania: IGI Global (pp. 24-50).

Reilly, P.J. (2020). Social media and sousveillance. In L. Pérez-González., B.

Blaagaard & M. Baker (eds) Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media, London:
Routledge (pp.390-394).

Reilly, P.J. (2020). Digital media and disinformation in a deeply divided society:
Reflections from ‘post-conflict’ Northern Ireland. In E. Kużelewska., G.Terzis.,
D.Trottier & D. Kloza (Eds.) Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for
Democracy, European Integration and Democracy Series, Volume 6, (pp. 179-
200). Cambridge: Intersentia.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2019). Public
expectations of social media use by critical infrastructure operators during crises:
lessons learned from France. In: Y. Murayama., D. Velev & P. Zlateva. (Eds.)
Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction. ITDRR 2017. IFIP Advances
in Information and Communication Technology, 516 (pp.177-189). New York:
Springer.

Gordon, F and Reilly, P.J. (2018). Digital weapons in a post-conflict society. In J.

Mair., R. Tait., R. Clark., R. Snoddy & N. Fowler (Eds.) Anti-social media (pp.29-
34). London: Abramis.

Reilly, P.J. (2017). Tweeting for peace? Twitter and the 2014 Ardoyne parade
dispute. In P. Reilly., A. Veneti & D. Atanasova (Eds.) Politics, Protest, Emotion:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives: A Book of Blogs (pp. 123-127). Information
School, University of Sheffield.
Claydon, E.A, Reilly, P and Gunter, B (2015). Dis/Enablement? An analysis of
the representation of impairment and disability on British terrestrial television pre-
and post- the Paralympics. In D. Jackson., C. Hodges., M. Molesworth & R.
Scullion (Eds.) Reframing disability? Media, (dis)empowerment and voice in the
2012 Paralympics (pp.37-65). London: Routledge.

Reilly, P (2014). The Battle of Stokes Croft on YouTube: The ethical challenges
associated with the study of online comments. In K. Woodfield,(Ed.) A Book of
Blogs- blurring the boundaries, using social media for social research, New
Social Media, New Social Science, NatCen Social Research & Sage.

Reilly, P (2013). Ourselves Alone (but making connections): The social media
strategies of Sinn Fein. In P. Nixon., R. Rawal & D. Mercea (Eds.) Chasing The
Promise of Internet Politics (pp.157-168). London: Routledge.

Reilly, P.J. (2008). ‘Googling Terrorists: Are Northern Irish terrorists visible on
Internet search engines?’ In A. Spink & M. Zimmer (Eds.) Search Engines:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp.151-177). New York: Springer.

Reilly, P.J. (2006). Civil Society, the Internet and Terrorism: case studies from
Northern Ireland. In S. Oates., D. Owen & R.K. Gibson (Eds.) The Internet and
Politics: Citizens, voters and activists (pp.118 – 135). London: Routledge.

Book Reviews:

Reilly, P (2012). Review of Husband C and Alam, Y (2011) Social cohesion and
counter-terrorism: A policy contradiction? Urban Studies, 49,451-453.

Reilly, P (2012). Book Review: Communication Ethics Now, Media, War &
Conflict, 5, 87-89.

Government Inquiry/Citation:

Reilly, P.J. (2021) expert testimony provided to hearing on the role of media in
times of crisis, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Committee on
Culture, Science, and Media, 21 May.

Murphy, U., and Reilly, P.J. (2021), written evidence submitted to Northern
Ireland Assembly All Party Group on Press Freedom and Media Sustainability,
23 March 2021.

UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (2020) COVID-19 expert

survey, 13 May, acknowledged as expert contributor.
Gordon, F. and Reilly, P. (2020) Submission - Examining online harassment and
cyber bullying, Democratic Unionist Party Pre-Consultation Paper. figshare.
Report. https://doi.org/10.26180/5e60e3cca1c68

Reilly, P.J. (2018) Fake news, mis-and disinformation in Northern Ireland, Written
evidence submitted to ‘Fake news’ inquiry, UK House of Commons Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport Committee, published 22 May 2018.

UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology POSTnote 564

Communicating Risk, CascEff research cited and acknowledged as reviewer of
publication, 15 November 2017.

O’Reilly, M., Dogra, N., Hughes, J., Paul Reilly, P.J., and Whiteman, N. (2017)
Written evidence submitted to Children and young people's mental health- role of
education, UK Government Health Committee Inquiry, published 21 February
2017.

Scientific Reports:

Tantanasi, I., Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., Stevenson, R., Petersen, L., Fallou, L.,
Rosenqvist, H., & Carreira, E. (2018) Report of organizational and societal
resilience concepts applied to living labs, EU Horizon 2020 IMPROVER Project
Deliverable 4.4, European Commission Horizon 2020.

Serafinelli, E., Reilly, P.J., Stevenson, R., Petersen, L., Fallou, L., & Carreira, E.
(2017) A communication strategy to build critical infrastructure resilience, EU
Horizon 2020 IMPROVER Project Deliverable 4.5, European Commission
Horizon 2020.

Judek, C., Verdel, T., van Campen, S., Damen, J., Hooft, S., Xriel, X.,
Lonnermark, A., and Reilly, P. (2017) Report on initial testing simulations, EU
FP7 CascEff Project Deliverable 5.3, European Commission FP7.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., Carreira, E., and Uktin, A.
(2016) Social resilience criteria for critical infrastructures during crises, EU
Horizon 2020 IMPROVER Project Deliverable 4.1, European Commission
Horizon 2020.

Melkunaite, L., Alheib, M., Baker, G., Cadete, G., Carreira, E., Eriksson, K.,
Gaspar, C., Gattinesi, P., Guay, F., Honfi, D., Ioannou, I., Kinscher, J., Lange, D.,
Petersen, L., Reilly, P.J., Rod, B., Salmon, R., Stevenson, R., Theocharidou, M.,
and Utkin, A. (2016) International Survey, EU Horizon 2020 IMPROVER Project
Deliverable 1.1, European Commission Horizon 2020.
Lonnermark, A., Criel, X., Johansson, J., Cedergren, A., van Heuverswyn, K.,
Judek, C., Lange, D., Arnell, K., and Reilly, P.J. (2016) CascEff Glossary and
Definitions, EU FP7 CascEff Project Deliverable 1.6, European Commission FP7.

Reilly, P.J. and Atanasova, D. (2016) A report on the media and information
flows during crisis situations, EU FP7 CascEff Project Deliverable 3.4, European
Commission FP7.

Bram, S., Degerman, H., Ericsson, K., Vylund, L., Amon, F., Ronchi, E., Nieto
Uriz, F., Criel, X., Reilly, P.J., van Heuverswyn, K., and Brugghemans, B. (2016)
Effects of human activities on the progression and development of large scale
crises, EU FP7 CascEff Project Deliverable 3.2, European Commission FP7.

Reilly, P.J. and Atanasova, D. (2016) A strategy for communication between key
agencies and members of the public during crisis situations, EC FP7 CascEff
Project Deliverable 3.3, European Commission FP7.

Young, O and Reilly, P.J. (2015) Social Media, Parades and Protests, Northern
Ireland Community Relations Council.

Policy Briefs/Guidelines:

Franzke, A.S., Bechmann, A., Zimmer, M. and Ess, C.M. (2019) Internet
Research: Ethical Guidelines 3.0, Association of Internet Researchers, 4
October.

Heminway, R., Ozkula, S., and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Disease, devices and
development: creating a national eHealth strategy in 2019, Policy Brief, Global
Policy, 17 May.

Baskaradas, E., and Reilly, P.J. (2019) In search of a gender-balanced approach

towards Smart Cities 3.0, Policy Brief, Global Policy, 25 April.

Baskett, V. and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Educational Digital Divides: addressing

English monolingualism within academic research, Policy Brief, Global Policy, 23
April.

Kisbee-Batho, R. and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Legal identity as a barrier to digital

connectivity for refugees, Global Policy Opinion, 22 April.

Pinney, M. and Reilly, P.J. (2019) e-Agriculture: coordinating fields to save the
environment, Policy Brief, Global Policy, 16 April.

Selected Blogs:
Reilly, P.J. (2021) Twelfth of July: How to responsibly follow Northern Ireland’s
summer of protest on social media, The Conversation, 6 July.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) How to future-proof journalism after COVID-19, VIEWdigital,

25 May.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Social media remains a double-edged sword for loyalists in
Northern Ireland, Human: Putting the Social in Science, 14 April.

Reilly, P.J. and Ramsey, P. (2021) Platform politics, online harms and future
research directions, Three: d, newsletter of Media, Communication & Cultural
Studies Association, Issue 35, March 2021.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Peace on Facebook? Online platforms in post-conflict

societies, Gaile, 08 February.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Peace on Facebook? Online platforms in post-conflict

societies, Human: Putting the Social in Science, 26 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Capitol Building invasion shows how online disinformation
amplified by politicians undermines democracy, Human: Putting the Social in
Science, 11 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) Peace on Facebook remains elusive, but post-Agreement

generation being heard on social media, Hub for the Study of Hybrid
Communication in Peacebuilding, 3 December.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) Cross and multi-platform studies essential for understanding
social movements, Human: Putting the Social in Science, 27 October.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) Distinguish yourself as a supervisor by being kind to PGRs,

Supervising PhDs, 22 June.

Reilly, P.J., Veneti, A., & Lilleker, D. (2020) Violence against journalists is not
new, but attacks on those covering #BlackLivesMatter protests is a bad sign for
US press freedom, LSE American Politics and Policy (USAPP), 12 June.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) How social media videos could change racist policing, Human:
Putting the Social in Science, 8 June.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) Haunting images of Northern Irish Troubles get new life on
Instagram, 24 Hour Conflict Reportage Newsroom, Documentary Media Centre,
4 May.
Reilly, P.J. (2020) Faced with an ‘infodemic’ of fake news about COVID-19, most
people are checking their facts- but we mustn’t be complacent, Democratic Audit,
20 April.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) Long live local journalism: ‘the 'first responders' in the fight
against COVID-19 fake news, VIEWdigital, 14 April.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) The fight against coronavirus ‘fake news’ should begin with our
political leaders, not just online trolls, VIEWdigital,, 9 April.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) The fight against coronavirus ‘fake news’ should begin with our
political leaders, not just online trolls, Democratic Audit, 8 April.

Reilly, P.J. (2019) ‘Remain alliance’ win the BBC Northern Ireland Leaders’
debate (online at least), The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and
Community, Bournemouth University, Poole, England:

Baskaradas, E., and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Holistic smart approach required to
address inequality in rural and urban areas, Information School News, 8 July.

Reilly, P.J. (2019) WSIS 2019 Panel ‘ICTs in the University Environment (Part 2),
Global Policy Opinion, 25 April.

Reilly, P.J. (2019) WSIS 2019 Panel ‘ICTs in the University Environment (Part 1),
Global Policy Opinion, 24 April.

Reilly, P.J. (2019) Antidote or Placebo? Digital literacy and the global fight
against 'fake news,' Global Policy Opinion, 17 April.

Kirby, D., Pinney, M., & Reilly, P.J. (2019) VeganCoin: new kid on the
block(chain), Global Policy Opinion, 11 April.

Baskett, V., Heminway, R., & Reilly, P.J. (2019) Making academia an open
book? Bibliodiversity and open publishing, Global Policy Opinion, 10 April.

Reilly, P.J. and Gordon, F. (2019) Social media can play a key role in campaigns
against paramilitary-style assaults in Northern Ireland
Democratic Audit UK, 9 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2018) Local journalists have key role to play in combating ‘fake news’
in Northern Ireland, Democratic Audit UK, 10 September.

Reilly, P.J., and Tantanasi, I. (2018) Social media’s not all bad- it’s saving lives in
disaster zones, The Conversation UK, 23 August.
Reilly, P.J. (2018) Rumours, mis-and disinformation in divided societies: Twitter
and the Ardoyne parade dispute, New Social Media, New Social Science? 12
April.

Reilly, P.J. (2018) Sinn Fein’s MP’s resignation demonstrates the dangers of
social media for politicians, Democratic Audit UK, 26 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2017) Twitter, dual screening and the BBC Northern Ireland Leaders’
Debate, in Thorsen, E., Jackson, D., and Lilleker, D. (eds) UK Election Analysis
2017: Media, Voters and the Campaign, The Centre for the Study of Journalism,
Culture and Community, Bournemouth University, Poole, England: 110-111.

Reilly, P.J. Fake News, 12 Days of Thinking, University of Sheffield, 19

December.

Reilly, P.J. (2016) Contested narratives: social media and policing in Northern
Ireland, LSE British Politics & Policy, 2 November.

Trevisan, F and Reilly, P.J. (2015) UKIP: The Web’s Darling? In Jackson, D and
Thorsen, E. (eds) UK Election Analysis 2015: Media, Voters and the Campaign,
The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth
University, Poole, England: 76-77.

Reilly, P.J. (2015) Tweeting for peace? Twitter may help to defuse sectarian
tensions in Northern Ireland, LSE British Politics & Policy, 28 April.

Reilly, P (2013) The mobile phone: a tool for sousveillance? Social Worlds in 100
Objects, University of Leicester.

Reilly, P.J. (2013) Egypt uprising much more than just a Twitter revolt, The
Conversation, 2 July.

Reilly, P.J. (2011) Social media didn’t start the fire: proposals for the temporary
shutdown of social media during riots are unlikely to prevent further unrest, LSE
British Politics & Policy, 19 September.

Reilly, P.J. (2011) The internet never forgets: government measures to protect
privacy are unlikely to succeed in the social media age, LSE British Politics &
Policy, 13 July.

Invited Presentations

Reilly, P.J. (2021) in conversation with Emily Harmer, Political Studies

Association Media and Politics Group Seminar, 14 July.
Reilly, P.J. (2021) Social media, parades and protest in a Divided Society:
Reflections from post-conflict Northern Ireland, invited seminar, School of Arts
and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, 28 April.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Peace on Facebook? Problematising Social Media as spaces

for intergroup contact in divided societies, invited seminar, Communication and
Media Research Institute, University of Westminster, 4 March.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Digital Contention in a Divided Society, invited book talk
hosted by Dublin City University, 25 February.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Digital Contention in a Divided Society, book launch hosted by
Manchester University Press, 29 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Digital Contention in a Divided Society, invited book talk, ICTs
and Peacebuilding, Hub for the Study of Hybrid Communication in Peacebuilding,
University of Sheffield, 19 January.

Ditchfield, H., Reilly, P.J., and Vasconcelos, A.C. (2020) Social Media Research
Ethics Workshop, White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, University of
Sheffield, 3 June.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) Northern Irish Troubles on Instagram, 24 Hour Conflict

Reportage newsroom, Leicester, 2 May.

Reilly, P.J. (2019) You can’t eat a flag! Social media and political polarisation in
contemporary Northern Ireland, Invited talk at Reportage Club, Documentary
Media Month, Leicester, 8 March.

Reilly, P.J. (2017) Social media, citizen empowerment and crisis communication
during the 2014 UK Floods, invited presentation at ESRC CASCADE-NET
Seminar, The role of civil society’s agency in governance and contingency
planning: citizenship, participation and social learning, University of Sheffield, 1
December.

Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., Petersen, L., and Fallou, L. (2017) Enhancing critical
infrastructure resilience through effective crisis communication: identifying best
practices for European CI Operators, invited presentation to Information School,
University of Sheffield, 15 November.

Reilly, P.J. (2017) Twitter, affective publics and contentious parades in divided
societies: The 2014 and 2015 Ardoyne parade disputes, Invited presentation to
Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University, 24 May.
Reilly, P.J. (2016) Summary of research interests, Invited presentation to Library
and Information Societies research group, Information School, University of
Sheffield, 9 June.

Reilly, P.J. (2016) YouTube, sousveillance and the policing of the 2013 flag
protests in Northern Ireland, invited presentation to Social Media and Politics
symposium, Ulster University, Belfast, 3 June.

Reilly, P.J. (2015) Screencasts in Media Studies, invited presentation as part of

symposium ‘EAP Lecturers and subject specific lecturers at University of
Leicester, British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes
Annual Conference, University of Leicester, 18 April.

Reilly, P.J. (2015) Tweeting the Twelfth: How citizens used Twitter during the
Orange Order parades in July 2014, Media and Democracy Group, University of
Leicester, 25th March.

Reilly, P.J. (2015) Social media, citizen empowerment and crisis communication
during the 2014 UK Floods, Risk and Social Media, Association française pour la
prévention des catastrophes naturals (AFPN), Bâtiment Bienvenue, Cité
Descartes, Marne-la-Vallée, 24 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2014) Invited interview at Reportage Club, Documentary Media

Month, Leicester, 26 November.

Reilly, P.J. (2014) The mobile phone: a tool for sousveillance? The Social World
in 100 Objects, ESRC Festival of Social Science, New Walk Museum, 7
November.

Reilly, P.J. (2014) Invited presentation at Holistic Approaches to Reducing

Marginalisation: An Irish Perspective, RCUK Partnership for Conflict, Crime &
Security Research, Durham University, 26 September.

Reilly, P.J. (2014) Summary of research interests, Invited presentation to

Scoping Questions of Privacy, Surveillance and Governance, Digital Society
Network, University of Sheffield, 16 July.

Reilly, P.J (2013) Social media and Northern Irish politics: an overview, Invited
presentation at Transformative Networks? Social media, politics and protests,
University of Ulster, Belfast Campus, 10 December.

Reilly, P.J. (2013) Invited Participant in New Media, New Politics: Social media
and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland, Roundtable, Political Studies
Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 18-19 October.
Reilly, P.J. (2013) Social media, sousveillance and riots: Challenges for UK
Police Forces, invited presentation to Social Media and Crowds, European Police
College Webinar, 3 July.

Reilly, P.J. (2013) Social media, sousveillance and civil unrest in the UK, invited
presentation to Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research,
Birmingham City University, 5 June.

Reilly, P.J. (2012) Social media and Social unrest: Challenges and Opportunities
for UK Police, Invited presentation to Global MSC Security Seminar CCTV
Budget Cuts & the Riots – How Did We Adapt? Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel,
Bristol, 6 March.

Reilly, P.J. (2012) invited Participant in Urban Operations - How the military can
contribute to achieving effect in the urban environment, Exercise AGILE
WARRIOR, Royal United Services Institute, London, 12 February.

Reilly, P.J. (2011) Policing and Social Media, Invited presentation to Westminster
eForum Keynote Seminar eCrime, cyber-threats and protecting critical
infrastructure, Princess Alexandra Hall, Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas
House, Park Place, St James's Street, London, 24 November.

Reilly, P.J. (2011) Making Northern Ireland safer? Policy responses to young
people’s use of social media for organising street riots in Belfast, ESRC Seminar
entitled ‘Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights’, University of
Leicester, Leicester, 18 November.

Reilly, P.J. (2010) Facebook for Peace? An exploration of the dialogic potential of
Web 2.0 in Northern Irish interface areas, Invited seminar presentation to
Geography Department, University of Leicester, Leicester, 27 May.

Reilly, P.J. (2010) Invited Poster Presentation and Participation in, Mapping the
Impact of Online Information on the Political, Economic and Social Sphere,
Google HQ, London, 1 March

Selected Conference Presentations

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Conflicting memory and social media: Memorializing the
Northern Irish troubles on Instagram, paper to be presented at 8TH European
Communication Conference, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 6-9
September.

Reilly, P.J. (2021) Continuities of Conflict in peacetime? ‘Fake news’,

disinformation and propaganda in Northern Ireland, paper to be presented at
Disinformation studies: perspectives to an emerging research field, ECREA Pre-
Conference, Braga, Portugal, 6-9 September.

Dajer, D., and Reilly, P.J. (2021) Social media and intergroup contact during
contentious episodes in divided societies: Comparative perspectives from
Columbia and Northern Ireland, paper to be presented at Rethinking borders and
boundaries, Beyond the global/local dichotomy in communication studies,
International Association of Media and Communication Research conference,
Nairobi, Kenya, 11-14 July.

Reilly, P.J. and Gordon, F. (2021) Can social media really ‘End the Harm’?
Stakeholder perspectives on the public awareness campaign against
paramilitary-style attacks in Northern Ireland, paper to be presented at
Rethinking borders and boundaries” Beyond the global/local dichotomy in
communication studies, International Association of Media and Communication
Research conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 11-14 July.

Ozkula, S., Reilly, P.J. and Hayes, J. (2020) Easy Data, usual suspects, same
old places? A systematic review of methodological approaches in digital activism
research, 1995-2019, presented at Association of internet Research (AoIR)
Virtual Conference, 27-31 October.

Reilly, P.J. (2020) Peace on Facebook? The (non) contribution of corporate

social media to peacebuilding in divided societies, paper presented at MeCCSA
Annual Conference, Brighton, UK, 8-10 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2019) Curation, Connectivity and Creativity: Reflections on using

Twitter to teach Digital Activism, virtual presentation at Social Media for Learning
in Higher Education Conference 2019, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk,
Lancashire, 19 December.

Reilly, P.J. and Gordon, F. (2019) Ending the Harm? The (Social) media
campaign against paramilitary-style attacks in Northern Ireland, paper presented
at Politics and Performance, Media and Politics, Political Studies Association
Media and Politics Annual Conference, Leeds, 16-17 December.

Gordon, F. and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Social Media as a tool for addressing the
‘Societal Shrug’ existing in relation to Paramilitary-Style Attacks on Young People
in Northern Ireland, paper presented at Justice Reimagined: the intersection
between academia, government, industry and the community, 2019 Annual
Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Perth, Australia, 10-13
December.

Zhao, X. and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Digital storytelling as a means of fostering

intercultural learning amongst international students in the UK, paper presented
at Innovative Teaching Pedagogies, Interculturality and transversal skills,
International Teaching Forum, Université Clermont Auvergne, France, 14-15
November.

Reilly, P.J. and Ozkula, S. (2019) Whose data is it anyway? Doing ethical social
media research in the age of datafication, paper presented at 10th International
Conference on Social Media and Society, Toronto, 19-21 July.

Ozkula, S. and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Strategic techniques for qualitative sampling
online – a review of social media monitoring tools towards new approaches for
qualitative sampling online, paper presented at 10th International Conference on
Social Media and Society, Toronto, 19-21 July.

Reilly, P.J. (2019) Information disorder and political polarisation in a deeply

divided society: the case of ‘post-conflict’ Northern Ireland, paper presented at
Communication, Technology and Human Dignity: Disputed Rights, Contested
Truths, International Association of Media and Communication Research
conference, Madrid, Spain, 7-11 July.

Ozkula, S. and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Easy data, usual suspects, same old places? A
systematic review of Digital Activism research between 1995-2019, paper
presented at iCS Symposium on Social Movements and Parties in a Fractured
Media Landscape, Centre for Social Movement Studies, Florence, Italy, 1-2 July.

Reilly, P.J. (2019) PSNIRA vs. peaceful protesters? YouTube, sousveillance and
the policing of the union flag protests, presented at Surveillance in the Digital
Society, ECIS 2019, Stockholm, Sweden, 11 June.

Fenn, P. and Reilly, P.J. (2019) Exploring the impact of institutional policies on
the use of social media in UK HE teaching, paper presented at 2018 Social
Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference, Nottingham, 9 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2018) Silly citizenship and contentious politics in ‘post-conflict’

Northern Ireland: The case of Loyalists Against Democracy, paper presented at
7TH European Communication Conference, Centres and Peripheries:
Communication, Research, Translation, Lugano, Switzerland, 31 October – 3
November.

Reilly, P.J. (2018) Information disorder in a deeply divided society: social media
and contentious politics in Northern Ireland, paper presented at Locked out of
Social Platforms: An iCS Symposium on Challenges to Studying Disinformation,
Copenhagen, Denmark. 27-28 October.

Tantanasi, I. and Reilly, P.J. (2018) #Porteouverte, Hashtagged Solidarity, and

the November 2015 Paris Terror Attacks, paper presented at World Conference
on Humanitarian Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 27-29 August.
Petersen, L., Havarneanu, G., Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., and Bossu, R. (2018)
November 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks and Social Media Use: Preliminary
findings from authorities, critical infrastructure operators and journalists,
presented at 15th ISCRAM Conference, Rochester NY, USA, 20-23 May.

Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., Stevenson, R., Petersen, L., and Fallou, L. (2018)
Enhancing Critical Infrastructure resilience through information-sharing:
Recommendations for European Critical Infrastructure Operators, presented at
Transforming Digital Worlds, iConference 2018, Sheffield 25-28 March.

Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., Petersen, E., Fallou, L., & Havarneanu, G. (2018)
Terrorism, Twitter and Vernacular Creativity: #PorteOuverte and the November
2015 Paris Terror Attacks, paper presented at MeCCSA Annual Conference,
London South Bank University, 10-12 January.

Reilly, P.J. (2018) Loyalists against Democracy: Assessing the role of social
media parody accounts in contentious Northern Irish politics, paper presented at
MeCCSA Annual Conference, London South Bank University, 10-12 January.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2017) Should CI
operators use social media to communicate with the public during crisis
situations? Lessons learned from Oslo Harbour, paper presented at International
Conference in Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster
Management, Munster, Germany, 11-13 December.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2017) Public expectations
of social media use by critical infrastructure operators during crises: lessons
learned from France, 2nd International Federation for Information Processing
Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction, Sofia,
Bulgaria, 25-27 October.

Reilly, P.J., Serafinelli, E., Petersen, L., Fallou, L. (2017) Enhancing critical
infrastructure resilience through effective crisis communication: Identifying best
practices for European CI operators, 5th ECREA Crisis Communication
Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 18 October.

Veneti, A., Reilly, P.J., and Lilleker, D. (2017) Photographing the ‘Battlefield’: A
study of the relationships between photojournalists, police and protesters during
the anti-austerity demonstrations in Greece, presented at European Consortium
of Political Research annual conference, Oslo, 6-9 September.

Reilly, P.J. (2017) Loyalists against Democracy? Twitter, affective publics and
the union flag protests in Northern Ireland, paper submitted to Transforming
Culture, Politics & Communication: New media, new territories, new discourses,
International Association of Media and Communication Research conference,
Cartagena, Columbia, 17-20 July.
Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2017) Unreasonable
expectations? Examining the use of public tolerance levels as critical
infrastructure resilience targets, paper presented at Poised to Adapt: Enacting
resilience potential through design, governance and organization, 7 th Resilience
Engineering Association Symposium, Liege, Brussels, 26-29 June.

Tiripelli, G. and Reilly, P.J. (2017) Challenges and opportunities of digital

communication in crisis situations: flows and dynamics of the debates about the
Channel Tunnel fire and Storm Desmond on Twitter, paper presented at
Common Good and Self Interest, Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association
(SSA), Zurich, 21-23 June.

Tiripelli, G. and Reilly, P.J. (2017) Affective publics in crisis situations: flows and
dynamics of the debates about the Channel Tunnel fire and Storm Desmond on
Twitter, paper presented at Affect and Social Media #3, University of East
London, London, 25 May.

Tiripelli, G. and Reilly, P.J. (2017) Challenges and opportunities of dialogic

communication in crisis situations: Twitter, affective publics and the 2015
Channel Tunnel fire, presented at Understanding Transition V: Developing
Dialogic Communication, University of Bucharest, 16-17 March.

Trevisan, F., Reilly, P.J., and Escobar, M.L. (2017) Telling it like it is: a
comparative perspective on the use of personal stories in online advocacy, paper
presented at Understanding Change in World Politics, International Studies
Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, 22-25 February.

Reilly, P.J. (2017) Twitter, affective publics and public demonstrations in divided
societies: The Ardoyne parade dispute in Northern Ireland (2014-15), paper
presented at Understanding Change in World Politics International Studies
Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, 22-25 February.

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2016) Exploring public
expectations of critical infrastructure operators and developing resilience criteria,
presented at Resilient Infrastructures- Integration of Risk and Sustainability,
International Forum on Engineering Decision Making, Stoos, Switzerland, 7-10
December.

Reilly, P.J. and Serafinelli, E. (2016) SPEAK: Using social media, to

communicate with disaster-affected communities, presented at Faculty of Social
Sciences Research Conference, University of Sheffield, 13 September.

Serafinelli, E. and Reilly, P.J. (2016) SPEAK: Social media and crisis
communication during cascading disasters, presented at 6th International Disaster
and Risk Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 28 August- 1 September.
Reilly, P.J. (2016) Participatory Media and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland:
Lessons from the 2014 Ardoyne parade dispute in Belfast, presented at Memory,
Commemoration and Communication: Looking Back, Looking Forward,
International Association of Media and Communication Research conference,
Leicester, UK, 27-31 July.

Atanasova, D. and Reilly, P.J. (2016) Affective publics and the 2015 Channel
Tunnel Fire, presented at Memory, Commemoration and Communication:
Looking Back, Looking Forward, International Association of Media and
Communication Research conference, Leicester, UK, 27-31 July.

Atanasova, D., Reilly, P.J., and Castaño-Echeverri, A. (2015) The Fire was
tweeted: Twitter, information flows and the 2015 Channel Tunnel Fire, presented
at Crisis 4, 4th International Conference on Crisis Communication in the Twenty
First Century, Lund University, Helsingborg, Sweden, 7-10 October.

Reilly, P.J. and Trevisan, F. (2015) Online Research ethics in High-Risk Places:
Facebook and the Flag Protests in Northern Ireland, presented at Protest
Participation in Variable Communication Ecologies, Alghero, Sardinia, 24-25
June.

Trevisan, F. and Reilly, P.J. (2015) Populist and Popular? Tracking Citizen
Interest in Anti-Establishment Parties with Google Trends, international Studies
Association Annual Convention, New Orleans,19 March.

Reilly, P.J. (2014) Facebook, Flag protests and zero-sum politics: online dissent
in post-conflict Northern Ireland, presented at European Consortium of Political
Research annual conference, Glasgow, 3-6 September.

Reilly, P.J. and Trevisan, F. (2014) Googling anti-Politics: The case of the United
Kingdom Independence Party, paper presented at Spaces and Places:
Geopolitics in an era of globalization, International Studies Association Annual
Convention, Toronto, 26-29 March.

Reilly, P.J. (2013) Every Little Helps? YouTube, sousveillance and the ‘anti-
Tesco’ riot in Bristol, paper presented at Minority Voices, Media and Politics,
Political Studies Association Media and Politics Annual Conference,
Bournemouth 13-14 November

Trevisan, F. and Reilly, P.J. (2012) Ethical dilemmas in Researching Social

Media Campaigns on Sensitive Personal Issues: Lessons from the Study of
British Disability Dissent Networks, paper presented at the 4th European
Communication Conference, European Communication Research and Education
Association (ECREA), Istanbul, 24-27 October.
Reilly, P.J. (2011) Every Little Helps? YouTubers respond to the ‘anti-Tesco’ riots
in Stokes Croft, Paper presented at New Communications and Demonstrations,
British Sociological Association Media Group, University of Leicester, Leicester,
13 July.

Reilly, P.J. (2010) Anti-social networking in Northern Ireland: Strategies for

policing interfaces in cyberspace, Paper presented at Internet, Politics, Policy
2010: An Impact Assessment, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford,
Oxford, 16-17 September.

Reilly, P.J. (2010) Can ICTs facilitate positive intergroup contact in divided
societies? A preliminary exploration of how community workers in Northern Irish
interface areas view the Internet, Paper presented at Terrorism and New Media:
Building a Research Network, Dublin City University, Dublin, 8 - 9 September.

Reilly, P.J. (2009) Facebook: Facing Back or Facing Forward? Northern Irish
interface communities and Web 2.0, Paper presented at 3 rd Annual CICA-STR
International Conference, Political Violence and Collective Aggression:
Considering the Past, Imagining the Future, University of Ulster, Jordanstown,
2-5 September.

Reilly, P.J. (2009) Terrorism on the Internet: Is the threat of cyberterrorism more
hype than reality? Paper submitted to International Studies Association Annual
Convention, Exploring the Past, Anticipating the Future, New York City, USA, 15-
18 February.

Reilly, P.J. (2008) Search engine technology and political activism online:
Debunking cyberoptimism? Paper presented at the American Political Science
Association (APSA) Annual Preconference on Political Communication: Old
Media: New Media: Political Communication in Transition, Boston,
Massachusetts, 15 August.

Conference/Panel Organisation

Program Committee:

Diverse Voices: Promises and Perils of Social Media for Diversity, 11 th Annual
International Conference on Social Media and Society, De Paul University,
Chicago, US.

Workshop:

(Co-Organiser with Anna Feigenbaum, Bournemouth University), Politics and

Emotions, Bournemouth, 9-10 July 2015.

Symposium:
(Organiser and Chair)

Could social media help you in a flood, Economic Social and Research Council
Festival of Social Science, 8 November 2017

Mediating Disability in Broken Britain: The Role the Media Plays, Economic
Social and Research Council Festival of Social Science, 9 November 2012.

Panel:

(Chair) Platforms and digital networks in crisis and conflict, International

Association for Media and Communication Researchers Online Conference, 11
July 2021.

(Chair) Examining the Content, Consumption, and Production of Alternative

Online Political Media in the UK, MeCCSA Policy Network Seminar, 21 April
2021.

(Chair) Dis/Misinformation, Locked out of Social Platforms: An iCS Symposium

on Challenges to Studying Disinformation, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27-28
October 2018.

(Chair) Hashtag Politics, MeCCSA Annual Conference, London South Bank

University, 10-12 January 2018.

(Chair) Parody and Satire, MeCCSA Annual Conference, London South Bank
University, 10-12 January 2018.

(Chair) Performing Places, Protest Participation in Variable Communication

Ecologies, Alghero, Sardinia, 24-25 June.

(Chair and convenor with Laura Suddulich, University of Amsterdam)

Political Parties, Nationalism and Web 2.0 in European contexts, European
Consortium of Political Research General Conference, Reykjavik 25-27 August
2011.

Research Grants



Beyond Religion and Belief, consultancy undertaken on behalf of Nil by Mouth,

£4000, April – December 2021.

Trip to World Summit on the Information Society 2019, Geneva, Switzerland,

Global Leadership Initiative in the Social Sciences (GLOSS), £8700 (PI with
Suay Ozkula), April 2019.
Could social media help you in a flood? Economic Social and Research Council
Festival of Social Science, £890.00 (PI) November 2017.

Building Community Disaster Resilience: Helping emergency managers and

critical infrastructure operators communicate with the general public during crisis
situations, Faculty of Social Science Knowledge and Impact Opportunities (KEIO)
Scheme, £4,200 (PI), July 2017 - April 2018.

#PeaceTech: ICTs and Peacebuilding in divided societies, Digital Societies

Research Group, Information School, University of Sheffield, £1146.60 (PI),
March – June 2017.

Risk, Crisis, Disaster and Development Management: Future Leader

Programme, Improvement in Research & Education Fund, Kansai University,
£32,400 (Co-Investigator, Primary Investigator Nibedita Ray-Bennett), May 2017
– March 2019.

Social media and adolescent mental health: A preliminary qualitative exploration

of the potential use of social media for promoting mental health and wellbeing
among 12-18 year olds, Wellcome Trust, Society and Ethics Scheme, £4,160
(Co-Investigator, PI: Michelle O’Reilly), January 2016 - January 2017.

IMPROVER: Improving Resilience to Crises and Disasters through Preparedness

and Experiential Feedback, written in response to the EU Secure Societies call
topic DRS-7-2014: Crisis management topic 7: Crises and disaster resilience –
operationalizing resilience concepts, £235, 317 out of total project valued at 4.3
million euros, (UK Work Package leader), May 2015 - September 2019. (Grant
reference: 653390)

Screencasts in Engineering, University of Leicester Teaching Enhancement

Fund, £2002.00 (Co-Investigator, Primary Investigator, Hugo Williams). February
– September 2015.

CascEff: Modelling of dependencies and cascading effects for emergency

management in crisis situations, Seventh Framework Programme of the
European Community for Research Technological Development and
Demonstration Activities, European Commission, €150 807 (£115, 286.38) out of
total project valued at 3, 594, 937.80 euros, (UK Work Package leader), April
2014- August 2017. (Grant reference: 607665).

YouTube, sousveillance and the policing of union flag protests in Northern

Ireland, British Academy, £7,300 (PI), June 2014- June 2015. (Grant reference:
SG132416).

Transformative Networks: Social media, Parades and Protests, Northern Ireland

Community Relations Council, £12000 (PI with Orna Young), March – December
2014.
Assessing the use of Screencasts in the teaching and learning of media and
communication studies, University of Leicester Teaching Enhancement Fund,
£1336.40 (PI), August 2012- June 2013.

Mediating Disability in Broken Britain: The Role the Media Plays, Economic
Social and Research Council Festival of Social Science (RES-622-26-532),
£1680 (PI), November 2012.

The right blend? The use of Blackboard to support postgraduate dissertation

students University of Leicester Teaching Enhancement Fund, £760 (PI),
January – August 2012.

Awards and Prizes

Institutional nominee, National Teaching Fellowship (January 2021).

Finalist, European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and
Humanities, Central European University (May 2018)

Dedicated Outstanding Mentor, awarded by University of Sheffield Researcher

Development Team, (awarded September 2017).

Petersen, L., Fallou, L., Reilly, P.J., and Serafinelli, E. (2017) Public expectations
of social media use by critical infrastructure operators in crisis communication,
nominated for best CoRE paper at 14th International Conference on Information
Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Albi, France, 21 May.

JISC 50 most influential UK Higher Education professionals using social media

(awarded October 2015).

Superstar Award, Leicester Students’ Union (in recognition of teaching

excellence, May 2015).

University of Leicester Distinguished Teaching Fellowship (awarded January

2014).

Selected Media Appearances/Mentions

Brady, T. The Good Friday Agreement: How a lauded act of international

diplomacy became a political straightjacket, Shorthand, 1 July 2021.

Murphy, U. Book review: An important addition to the digital media debate during
a time of conflict in Northern Ireland, VIEWdigital, 12 April 2021.

Breakfast on BBC Radio Derby, interview about social media and ‘fake news’, 2
February 2021.
Scott, G. Sharing myths on virus may harm jab take-up, Yorkshire Post, 30
January 2021.

Snub social media for citizen assemblies to heal divisions in society, researcher
says, Mirage News (Australia), 27 January 2021.

Snub social media for citizen assemblies to heal divisions in society, researcher
says, Daily Advent, 27 January 2021.

Snub social media for citizen assemblies to heal divisions in society, researcher
says, News Z (Australia), 27 January 2021.

Barlow, N. Snub social media for citizen assemblies to heal divisions in society,
researcher says, About Manchester, 27 January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Belfast

Telegraph, 7 January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Daily Mail
Online, 7 January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Yahoo UK, 7
January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Glasgow

Times, 7 January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, North Wales
Chronicle, 7 January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Ayr

Advertiser, 7 January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Lancashire

Telegraph, 7 January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, The Courier, 7
January 2021.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Express and
Star, 7 January 2021.

Talking past each other? Social media in a changing Northern Ireland, interview
with Connor Daly, Northern Slant, 19 December 2020.
The News at One, BBC Radio Foyle, interview about US states’ legal action to
break up Facebook, 10 December 2020.

We are all first responders in the fight against the coronavirus infodemic, France
Forum, October 2020.

Toby Foster at Breakfast, BBC Radio Sheffield, interview on fake news and
coronavirus pandemic, 24 September 2020.

The Breakfast Show, BBC Radio Foyle, interview about Stop Hate for Profit
campaign to force social media companies to tackle hate speech and
disinformation, 17 September 2020.

Good Morning Ulster, BBC Radio Ulster, interview about Stop Hate for Profit
campaign to force social media companies to tackle hate speech and
disinformation, 17 September 2020.

Interview about social media and politics, 24 Hour Parallel Lives newsroom, 19
August 2020.

Breakfast, BBC Hereford & Worcester, interview on Russian disinformation on

social media, 21 July 2020.

Decentered Media Podcast 083 Lockdown Communication Review with Paul

Reilly, 16 July 2020.

BBC Radio Suffolk, interviewed about Instagram as news source for young
people, Mid-Morning Show with James Hazell, 17 June 2020.

BBC News Arabic, interview about Facebook being pressured to remove Donald
Trump posts, 7 June 2020.

The News at One, BBC Radio Foyle Interview on Donald Trump tweets being
factchecked, 27 May 2020.

BBC News Channel, interviewed by Joanna Gosling on Donald Trump tweets

being flagged as unsubstantiated, 27 May 2020.

Decentered Media Podcast 075 Wellbeing Media Under Lockdown with Cormac
Lawler and Paul Reilly, 21 May 2020.

The Troubles, interview about media coverage of Northern Irish conflict, 24 Hour
Conflict Reportage Newsroom, 2 May 2020.

Long live local journalism says Sheffield media expert, op-ed Sheffield
Telegraph, 16 April 2020.
Toby Foster at Breakfast, BBC Radio Sheffield, interview on fake news and
coronavirus pandemic, 6 April 2020.

Lam, S. Social media censorship: A safety measure or a threat to free speech?

Forge Press, 26 February 2020.

BBC Radio Leeds, Liz Green show, interview on fake news and social media, 11
December 2019.

Rogers, C. The Report: Does social media have a place in formal education?
Education Technology, 7 October 2019.

Social Media and Politics Podcast #69: Protests and Demonstrations in Northern
Ireland, 13 January 2019.

Gander, K. Psychologists discover deluded people and religious fundamentalists

more likely to believe fake news, Newsweek, 30 October 2018.

Politicians and local journalism key to combating ‘fake news’, study shows, India
Education Diary, 9 September 2018.

Politicians should not use the term ‘fake news’, Yorkshire Post, 4 September
2018.

Sharman, D. Local journalists playing 'critical role' in 'fake news' fight, new study
says, Hold the Front Page, 30 August 2018.

Social media’s not all bad- It is saving lives in disaster zones, op-ed, Irish
Examiner, 27 August 2018.

Opinion: Social media’s not all bad- it’s saving lives in disasters, World is One
News, 23 August 2018.

Nestor, H. Vero: ad-free social media that puts privacy first, Canvas8, 19 March
2018.

BBC Radio Leicester Afternoon show with Jonathan Lampon, interview on

nomophobia, 22 August 2017.

BBC Radio Leicester Afternoon show with Jonathan Lampon, Interview on

oversharing on social media, 12 June 2017.

Is the medium more important than the message? Communicating with disaster
affected populations in the Information Age, France Forum, December 2016.
Famous British newspaper closured for digital only: Quality is the survival of the
media in the digital age, Chinese Social Sciences Today, 19 February 2016.

Pickles, J.S. The far right and false imagery The National Student, 2 February
2016.

Pickles, N (Twitter UK Public Policy Manager) Amplifying voices of respect and

tolerance across Northern Ireland, 26 January 2016.

BBC Good Morning Ulster, Northern Ireland Community Relations Council

Twitter study mentioned during interview with Twitter UK Public Policy Manager
Nick Pickles, 22 January 2016.

Northern Ireland: Old conflict, new tools, Al Jazeera, 6 August 2015.

Politicians: Share sites are double-edged sword, The Sun (Northern Ireland
edition), 5 May 2015.

How Twitter is defusing sectarian tensions, Belfast Telegraph, 31 March 2015.

BBC Radio Leicester breakfast show with Jim Davis and Jo Hayward, Interview
about role of social media in 2015 UK General Election, 30 March 2015.

Brenda Leyland: Did the press act responsibly when reporting the abuse directed
at Kate and Gerry McCann? Leicester Mercury, 7 October 2014.

Disaster media could aid decisions, Professional Security, 15 August 2014.

Tweets that trapped Tattenham Corner armed robbers, BBC News, 13 June
2014.

A survey of British newspaper readership: online paid-for content loses

popularity, Guanming Daily, 24 February 2014.

University of Leicester trio rewarded for their teaching, Leicester Mercury, 4

February 2014.

Expect to have your collar felt if you break the law, Eamonn Mallie.com, 31
August, 2013.

A new, different kind of ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland, Christian Science Monitor,

5 February 2013, Interview on use of social media during flag protests.

Mediating Disability in Broken Britain, Op-ed, Science Omega, 5 December

2012.
Conference to ask if media helps or hinders portrayals of disability, Harborough
Mail,29 October 2012.

Gary Lineker’s son taunted by Twitter troll, Leicester Mercury, 3 August 2012.

Twitter, the Snoopers Charter and Online Privacy, World Financial Review, Op-
ed on Twitter and privacy, 25 July 2012.

Social media empowers student protests in Montreal, Montreal Gazette,

Interview about social media and protests, 21 May 2012.

Twitter did not incite people to riot, claims study, Leicester Mercury, 9 December
2011.

UK Police uses Twitter to monitor riots and false rumors, Softpedia, 24

November 2011.

Social media doubled edged sword in protests, CorpComms, 17 October 2011.

BBC Radio Leicester lunchtime show with Jonathan Lampon, Interview about
growth in social media usage worldwide, 12 August 2011.

BBC Radio Manchester, Alan Beswick at Breakfast, Interview about social media
use during English riots, 15 September 2011.

Policing: Social media and flash mobs, The Current (with Jim Brown), Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, interview about role of social media during English
riots, 10 August 2011.

BBC Radio Bristol breakfast show with Steve LeFevre, Interview about Stokes
Croft riot, 2 May 2011.

Golden rule that applies to tweeting too, Op-ed, Leicester Mercury, 3 February
2011.

Academic Activities/Affiliations

Board Member, Remembering Srebrenica East Midlands (July 2021- present)

External Programme Validator, MA Data, Culture and Society, Liverpool

University (October 2020- February 2021)

Member, Hub for the Study of Hybrid Communication in Peacebuilding, October

2020-present)
External Examiner, Communication & Society and Media, Nottingham Trent
University (September 2020 - present).

Researcher-in-Residence, Documentary Media Centre, Leicester (September

2020-present)

Curator, ICTs and Intercultural Learning, National Teaching Repository (August

2020- present).

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Social Media for Learning (August 2020 –
present)

Member, AHRC COVID-19 Expert Peer Review Group (May - July 2020)

Social Media + Publicity Officer, Media, Communication and Cultural Studies

Association (MeCCSA) Policy Network (January 2020- present)

Member, JISC Student Experience Experts group (October 2019-present)

Associate Editor, Political Communication Section, Frontiers in Communication

(July 2019-July 2021)

Associate Editor, Palgrave Communications (June 2017-June 2020)

Member, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Ethics Working Group

(March 2017 - present)

Member, Ethics Committee, FashionBrain: Understanding Europe’s Fashion

Data Universe, European Commission Horizon 2020 project, February 2017 –
December 2019)

Member, AHRC Peer Review College (January 2017 – present)

Member, Accelerating Change in Global Governance, International Studies

Association Working Group (February 2017- February 2018)

Co-Editor, Online Information Review (July - November 2016)

Member, Working Group on Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication,

International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) May
2016 -present)

Member, Participatory Communication Research Section, International

Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) May 2016 -
present)
Member, Political Communication Research Section, International Association for
Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) May 2016 -present)

Member, Editorial Board, For(e)dialogue, University of Leicester (April 2016 –

present)

Member, Academic Friends of European Peacebuilding Liaison Office

(December 2015 - present)

Member, Internet and Politics Standing Group, European Consortium for Political
Research, (September 2014-present)

Member, Advisory Board, LEGaSi, Cooperation Ireland (December 2014 -

December 2015).

Member, Scientific Board, Communication and Media Research Center (2014 -

2017)

Co-convenor of IDeoGRAMS research cluster, University of Leicester (2011 -13).

Member of Technology-Enhanced Learning Group, College of Social Sciences,

University of Leicester (2013)

Member of the International Association for Media and Communication Research

(IAMCR) and European Communication Research and Education Association
(ECREA).

Invited reviewer for submissions to journals including Children’s Geographies,

Information, Communication & Society, Media, War & Conflict, Journal of
Information Technology and Politics, New Media & Society, Palgrave
Communication, Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research, Policy and
Internet, Surveillance and Society, and Visual Communication. I have also
reviewed research grant proposals for the AHRC, Estonian Research Council,
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and ESRC, as well
as monograph submissions for Chandos Publishing, the Media and
Communication series at Polity Press, and SAGE. I am also a reviewer for the
Higher Education Academy.

Continuing Professional Development

Supporting Muslim Students (May 2021)

Student engagement week: Blackboard engagement reports (April 2021)

Student engagement week: should we record students? (April 2021)

How are students experiencing learning online? (JISC) (March 2021)

Supporting Students on the Autism Spectrum (March 2021)

Supporting Wellbeing through inclusive use of technology and inclusive digital

pedagogy (JISC) (March 2021)

Mandatory ED& I Training (March 2021)

Combatting Sexual Violence on Campus (November 2020)

Fire Marshal Training (September 2020)

COVID-19 Returning to Campus (September 2020)

Blackboard tests for formative assessment (September 2020)

Virtual classrooms with Blackboard Collaborate (September 2020)

How to have a Wellbeing Conversation (September 2020)

Digital Screen Equipment (August 2020)

Protecting Research Data (August 2020)

Creating video content for learning and teaching (August 2020)

Cyber Security (August 2020)

Equality and Diversity Essentials (August 2020)

Engaging Students and promoting interactions in an online environment (August

2020)

Adapting Your Curriculum for Digital Teaching (July 2020)

Transgender awareness (June 2020)

Understanding Unconscious Bias (June 2020)

Sexual Orientation (June 2020)

Disability Confident (May 2019)

Gender Matters (May 2019)

University Student Complaints Procedure (April 2019)

Understanding and Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans (LGBT+)

Students (December 2018)

Introduction to Documentary for Researchers (January 2018)

Inclusive Assessments for Disabled Students (October 2016)

Pathways to Impact (October 2016)

SRDS Skills for Reviewers (June 2016)

Key Tools for Effective Data Visualisation (April 2016)

Chair of Interview Panel training (March 2016)

Recruitment and Selection Workshop (April 2014)

Ethics and Online Research (January 2013)

Social Media, Friend or Foe: Navigating the Legal Minefield Successfully

(November 2011)

The Social Web: Building and Maintaining your Digital Profile (November 2011)

Teaching with Emotional Intelligence (March 2011)

How to Apply for a Large Grant (March 2010)

Supervising Doctoral Candidates (March 2010)

Introduction to NVIVO (March 2010)