A two-year survey is being undertaken to establish the prevalence of gender-based online abuse of female academics in Ireland. In 2022, the National Women’s Council published its Toolkit on Social Media Policies for Political Parties, as part of a campaign to increase women’s political participation by tackling social media abuse. The campaign followed a survey of Irish political parties on how they deal with online abuse. However, there has been no corresponding research done on the prevalence of online abuse of female academics. "As yet, no study has comprehensively explored female academics' experiences of gender-based online abuse.

Source: Irish Examiner March 06, 2026 01:59 UTC