Adrienne Katz
Adrienne Katz is an award-winning cyberbullying expert who
has extensive experience of working with schools and education providers to
deliver training in online safety. She is a CPD-accredited trainer and the
founder and leader of the annual national Cybersurvey, which provides one of
the richest databases of young people’s views on digital life in the UK.
Adrienne has supported local authorities, agencies, schools
and care settings by delivering training and education around online safety.
She has previously worked for the Anti-Bullying Alliance and led on developing
a new suite of statutory anti-bullying guidance for the Welsh Government. She
has also managed projects funded by the Department for Children, Schools and
Families (DCSF), the Home Office and The Princess Diana Memorial Fund.
Author of three books on online safety for educators, Adrienne
has also undertaken commissioned reports and evaluations. The Cybersurvey’s
research partnership with Dr Aiman El Asam of Kingston University identified the online experiences of
vulnerable children, which has constituted the focus of the organisation’s work
since 2017 – and informs the UK Council for Child Internet Safety’s Vulnerable
Users Working Group.
Named 'Inspirational Individual of the Year' in 2018 by the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation (which raises awareness of the damaging long-term effects of bullying), Adrienne is a member of AACOSS, the Association of Adult and Child Online Safety Specialists.