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Natálie Terčová

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Affiliation: ALAC, ALT, EURALO, IGF Czechia
Country: Czech Republic
Email: natalie.tercova[at]gmail.com
Website:

   https://natalietercova.eu

LinkedIn:    Natálie Terčová
Twitter:    @natalieterc

Natálie (Naty) Terčová serves on the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), and ALAC Leadership Team (ALT), representing the European region at ICANN. She is also the Founder and Chair of the Czechia IGF (Internet Governance Forum Czechia).

As a researcher and lecturer, she focuses on the digital skills of adolescents and their association with online opportunities and risks. She has contributed to projects addressing online privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), digital wellbeing, and online safety.

Her past recognitions include being a NextGen@ICANN at ICANN 78, ICANN 79 Fellow, RIPE90 and RIPE88 Fellow, 2024 Early Career Fellow at Internet Society (ISOC), and Generation Connect Alumna at ITU, UN, where she represented Europe as a Youth Envoy in 2022 and 2023.

Education[edit | edit source]

  • 2021–⁠present: Ph.D. in Media Studies I Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
  • 2020–⁠2022: M.A., Social Work - Counselling I Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
  • 2019–⁠2021: M.A., Media Studies I Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
  • 2016–⁠2019: B.A., Media and Communication Studies, Public Policy I Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University

Courses

  • 2024: Structural Equation Modeling using Mplus | Utrecht University
  • 2024: Confronting Truth, Trust, and Hope in Internet Governance | North American School of Internet Governance (NASIG 2024), Puerto Rico
  • 2024: Introduction to Internet Governance | Virtual School on Internet Governance (VSIG)
  • 2023: Summer school for Ph.D. students | Masaryk University, Telč
  • 2023: Causal Inference Using Survey Data | GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
  • 2022: Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) | Università della Svizzera italiana

Scientific and Research Activities[edit | edit source]

Projects[edit | edit source]

  • Excellence in Research on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing (DigiWELL)
  • National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Disease and Systemic Risk (SYRI)
  • Youth Skills (ySKILLS)
  • MediaParents - Competence training for media education of parents in rural areas
  • Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being (FUTURE)

Selected Publications[edit | edit source]

  • Terčová, N., & Šmahel, D. (2025). Digital Skills’ Role in Intended and Unintended Exposure to Harmful Online Content Among European Adolescents. Media and Communication, 13(January), s. 1-21.
  • Terčová, N., Kaymakci, S., Hunfeld, M. (2024). From Data to Dialogue: Youth Perspectives on Child Sexual Abuse in the Digital Sphere. [Report].
  • Kalmus, V., Batista, S., Opermann, S., Terčová, N., & Jaroň Bedrošová, M. (2024). Child Vulnerability in the Digital World. In Dagmar Kutsar, Mai Beilmann, Oliver Nahkur (Eds.). Child Vulnerability and Vulnerable Subjectivity : Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives (Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Vol. 27, s. 131-152.). Springer.
  • Blahošová, J., Terčová, N., Švestková, A., & Šmahel, D. (2024). Umělá inteligence a zdraví : Jak čeští dospělí využívají AI. 22 s.
  • Šmahel, D., Mascheroni, G., Livingstone, S., Helsper, E. J., van Deursen, A., Terčová, N., Stoilova, M., Georgiou, M., Macháčková, H., & Alho, K. (2023). Theoretical Integration of ySKILLS : Towards a New Model of Digital Literacy. 60 s.
  • Vissenberg, J., Spurava, G., Terčová, N., Morávková, H., Bedrošová, M., Bossens, E., Macháčková, H., Kotilainen, S., & d’Haenens, L. (2022). Report on the role of critical information skills in recognising mis- and disinformation. 64 s.

Awards[edit | edit source]

2025: RIPE 90 Fellowship (Réseaux IP Européens, RIPE)

2024: Early Career Fellowship (Internet Society, ISOC)

2024: RIPE 88 Fellowship (Réseaux IP Européens, RIPE)

2024: ICANN79 Fellowship (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

2024: NASIG Fellowship (North American School of Internet Governance)

2023: NextGen@ICANN78 (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

2023: YOUthDIG 2023 (The Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance)

2021: Scholarship for the best students of faculty I Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Child Sexual Abuse Material

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