UNESCO Chair Addresses Quality of Childhood Meeting at the European Parliament

On 4th March 2025 Prof. James O'Higgins Norman, UNESCO Chair on Bullying and Cyberbullying, delivered a keynote address at the 96th Quality of Childhood Meeting at the European Parliament. In this address entitled Revisiting Cyberbullying: A Tool for Bullying in a Blended Society James argued that there is a need for greater precision in how we define bullying online and that bullying, like the rest of modern life, is a blended experience. Consequently, we need to revisit how we undertake research and plan interventions for bullying in offline and online contexts. He concluded that governments should look to UNESCO's Whole Education Approach to Tackling Bullying when planning a policy on bullying. 

The conference was opened by Ewa Kopacz Vice President of the European Parliament, Members of the European Parliament, and leaders in children protection from a number of European organisations.