Dr Lorleen Farrugia

Dr Lorleen Farrugia

Dr Lorleen Farrugia

  B.Psy.(Hons),M.Youth&CommunityStudies,Ph.D.(Melit)

Lecturer

Old Humanities Building
University of Malta
Msida
Lorleen Farrugia is a lecturer at the Departments of Psychology within the Faculty for Social Well-being. She has been researching child-centred strategies for addressing online risks, and has published several articles and book chapters in the field of child online safety. She has a background in evaluation, and impact assessment, and has collaborated with numerous international organizations to advance child-centred approaches for advocacy and evidence-based interventions to address child rights.

Lorleen has been a member of the EU Kids Online Network since 2009, and she is also a member of the Maltese Safer Internet Centre BeSmartOnline! Advisory Board. She obtained her PhD ‘Children and New Media. A Psychosocial Approach to Understanding how Preadolescents Make Sense of Online Risks’ from the University of Malta.
  • Social psychology
  • Media Psychology
  • Online Risks
  • Child Rights
  • Monitoring & Evaluation
__Publications
  • FSD2003 - Current Family Issues in a Changing Society
  • LHL5002 - Methodologies in Media Literacy Education
  • PSY1315 - Understanding Research in Psychology
  • PSY1606 - Social Psychology
  • PSY1628 - Introduction to the Psychology Profession
  • PSY2628 - Quantitative Research Methods and Data Analysis
  • PSY3353 - Psychology Synoptic Study-Unit 2
  • PSY3631 - Symposia in Psychology
  • PSY3651 - Introduction to Critical Psychology
  • PSY5700 - Research Methods
  • PSY5702 - Qualitative Research
  • SWB5005 - Systemic Approaches to Understanding Mental Wellbeing of Children
  • YTH1022 - Social Media Platforms and Young People
__Other

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