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Julian McDougall

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Country of residence/work
  • United Kingdom
Geographical scope
  • European Union
Level of education focus
  • Adult education
  • Higher education
  • Non-formal and informal learning
  • School education
  • Vocational education and training (VET)
Thematic areas covered
  • Digital education and technological innovation
  • Lifelong learning
  • Quality and inclusive education for all
  • Skills development
  • Teachers and trainers
Methodological expertise
  • Foresights
  • Qualitative methods
  • Stakeholder consultations
Organisation
Bournemouth University

Contact

Julian McDougall is Professor in Media and Education; Principal Fellow of Advance HE and Programme Leader for the Professional Doctorate (Ed D) in Creative and Media Education at Bournemouth University.

He is Chair of the Media and Information Literacy Alliance, the UK chapter for Unesco MIL, for whom he also serves on the Scientific Committee. He serves as vice chair on several European Commission Horizon expert panels. 

He is a member of Ofcom's Making Sense of Media Panel, academic adviser to the UK Government All Party Parliamentary Group on Political and Media Literacy. and Senior Research Consultant with BBC Media Action.

He is co-editor of the Journal of Media Literacy Education and Routledge Research in Media Literacy and Education

In the fields of education, media literacy, media, communications and cultural studies, he is author / editor of a wide range of books, articles, chapters and research reports and has provided an extensive body of research for research councils, media industry, governments, regulators, charities and non-profit organisations.