Natálie Terčová
Natalie Tercova edit
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| Affiliation: | EURALO, Fellow ICANN79, NextGen ICANN78, IGF Czechia, ISOC YSG |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Email: | natalie.tercova[at]gmail.com |
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| LinkedIn: |  Natálie Terčová
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| Twitter: |  @natalieterc
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Natálie Terčová is a research specialist and a Ph.D. candidate in Media Studies at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University. Her main research focus is on the digital skills of children and adolescents. Furthermore, she is interested in online privacy, sharenting, AI, and counseling related to adolescents' risk-taking and addictive behavior.
She is also the founder of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Czechia (Czechia IGF), a former NextGen@ICANN at ICANN 78, ICANN 79 Fellow. Additionally, she is a member of EURALO Individuals' Association at ICANN, Vice Facilitator on the Board of the Internet Society, Youth Standing Group (ISOC YSG), and 2024 Early Career Fellow at Internet Society.
Education edit
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
- 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
Projects edit
- 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)
Research focus edit
- Digital skills
- Media literacy
- Online privacy
- Sharenting
Memberships edit
2024–present: Vice Facilitator, Board of the Internet Society, Youth Standing Group (ISOC YSG)
2024–present: Member of EURALO Individual Members Association, ICANN
2023–present: Founder and Coordinator, Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Czechia
2023–2024: Ambassador for the Brave Movement Youth Cohort I Brave Movement
2022–2024: Youth Envoy for Europe (GC-EUR) I International Telecommunication Union, United Nations
2024: Fellow ICANN79, ICANN I San Juan, Puerto Rico
2023: Member of the NextGen@ICANN78 I Hamburg, Germany
2023: Czech Envoy at the Internet Governance Forum I Kyoto, Japan
2023: Member of the Czech delegation at the YOUthDIG & EuroDIG 2023 I Tampere, Finland
2022: Member of the Czech delegation at the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) I Kigali, Rwanda
Member of the Czech Association of Doctoral Researchers
Member of the Internet Society I ISOC Youth Standing Group
Awards edit
2024: Early Career Fellowship (Internet Society, ISOC)
2024: RIPE 88 Fellowship (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre, RIPE NCC)
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