Karolin Rippich is a PhD researcher with DCU Anti-Bullying Centre and DCU Law & Tech Research Cluster, where she investigates children’s online safety and the protection of LGBTQ+ groups. Her research focuses on the influence of anti-gender ideologies on the EU’s child online safety framework, situated within the broader context of digital constitutionalism in the EU.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Science from Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree (EMJMD) in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS), jointly awarded by the University of Glasgow, Dublin City University and Charles University Prague. Her academic background includes work on social engineering, critical infrastructure and data protection. She contributed to the University of Glasgow’s Games and Gaming Lab on projects such as “Access to Wargaming in Education” and “Tempest”, worked at the IUBH’s incubator on “Young Women in STEM” and explored how transnational feminist advocacy movements and the EU account for gender and sexual diversity within their articulations of digital rights.

In addition to her academic work, Karolin brings experience from roles in IT governance, data protection and cybersecurity. As Communications Manager at the Young Security Conference, she helped facilitate dialogue on European foreign and security policy by connecting emerging scholars with policy experts and high-level decision-makers.