Dawn Branley-Bell

@northumbriapsy.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

Delighted to receive this Changing Policy and Practice funding 🎉 With @pactlab.bsky.social colleagues, REDCAN (redcan.org.uk) & award-winning comedian and mental health campaigner Dave Chawner, we’ll develop practical guidelines to embed remote care into a national eating disorder policy ✨

Opportunity to showcase your brand at the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference 2026 to expert researchers, and our wider cyber community 🗣️ We have a range of sponsorship tiers, to learn more get in touch with our team: cyber.mns@bps.org.uk

#Cyber26 #Exhibit #Conference #Cyberpsychology

Grown up? Journeys to adulthood - Nuffield Foundation Grown up? dives into how young people aged 14 to 24 are making the journey to adulthood - and what this means for policy, research and wider society.

Attending the "How is Gen Z faring?” event, part of the @nuffieldfoundation.org ‘Grown Up? Journeys to Adulthood’ programme. Delighted to be an External Expert Advisor for this great programme of work. More details here: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/evidence-and-impact/our-programmes/grown-up

This compelling piece by @cliffmanning.bsky.social @parentzone.org.uk and Natalie Foos at VoiceBox explores how hard it is for young people and parents to navigate autonomy and care in the era of pervasive digital technology. See our Grown Up? project bit.ly/3K1RAbE @thecyberpsyche.bsky.social

And she was fantastic!! Dawn’s research is so interesting, and makes a difference for people. It was a fascinating lecture and I learned so much!

#Cyberpsychology

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We’ve been made aware we might be having some issues with our contact emails - we might be the cyber section but it seems we get tech issues just like everyone else 👩‍💻 If you’ve emailed us recently and not received a reply please message our page on LinkedIn so we can get back to you ASAP!

Delighted to guest lecture on 'Body image, Disordered Eating & the Internet' at @myiadt.bsky.social yesterday. I discussed @pactlab.bsky.social research on social media, chatbots, and remote healthcare. Thanks @nicolafh.bsky.social for the invite & to everyone for their engagement✨ #cyberpsychology

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👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Dr Dawn Branley-Bell (@thecyberpsyche.bsky.social) who serves as Past Chair on the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee. Dawn has chaired our section for the past 3 years, completing her term at the 2025 conference in Birmingham 🌟

#Cyberpsychology

You can catch me this evening talking at the BPS Education in the Age of AI event. I’ll be talking about the impact of AI on education and how we can balance innovation and academic integrity ⬇️

Checked in at the conference venue, and set up our
@bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social stand – check out that shiny new banner 🤩 If you’re attending, come say hi 👋 and find out more about what our section does, how you can get involved, and upcoming events!

#BPSCyberpsychology

Reflecting on a brilliant day as the postgraduate conference comes to a close - the event showcased amazing postgraduate research across psychology, and it was great to see cyberpsychology representated amoungst these presentations🌟

#Cyberpsychology #BPS #PostgraduateResearch #FutureOfPsychology

Watch @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social for live updates from the Scottish Branch PG conference tomorrow ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Delighted to be invited to talk at this event about AI in education. Free to @bpsofficial.bsky.social members -

Views from this morning’s run before another inspiring day at the @EHPSociety conference ✨ #Groningen #Netherlands

Delighted to have participated in this year’s @ehpssynergy.bsky.social Expert Meeting on participatory research in Groningen, Netherlands. Fantastic discussions & great people. Now immediately off to the opening of the 2025 @ehps.bsky.social conference ✨

BPS #Cyber25 conference Last week I had the pleasure of opening the British Psychological Society’s Cyberpsychology Section annual conference, #CYBER25. I’ve been honoured to Chair the Cyberpsychology Section …

We now have a PaCT Lab (@pactlab.bsky.social) blog on our website! You can find my post about the @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social #Cyber25 conference here: pactlab.co.uk/2025/07/15/b... (featuring PaCT alumni @andrewrmcneill.bsky.social & @catherinetalbot.bsky.social) 🎉

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Feeling those post-conference #cyber25 blues (or is it just the lack of sleep and overstimulated socialising)? 😆⭐️ Either way we’d love to continue connecting with you all on our group in the BPS circle network! You can join by following the link: www.bps.org.uk/online-commu...

Great to see @andrewrmcneill.bsky.social at the @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social #Cyber25 conference in Birmingham. Andrew presented his fascinating research into historical discussions around Irish unification on Reddit 🇮🇪 #cyberpsychology

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Thank you for the kind words & congrats to Dave & Lisa who will be fantastic Co-Chairs ✨ Huge thank you to the committee conference team, student rep team & all the volunteers that made this years conference such a great success 👏🏼 Looking forward to seeing everyone at #Cyber26!

It's good to be here at #cyber25 today. Please stop by for a chat in the refreshment or lunch breaks, I'd love to talk about any book ideas (whether concrete or very hypothetical for the future!)

Our panel session on ethical issues in Cyberpsychology with leading experts is under way, with crucial questions being tackled such as the use of content on social media, AI, and public versus private content for data collection #cyber25

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Captured by our wonderful undergraduate student ambassador @frasercarey.bsky.social - the STEAM house, this years venue for #cyber25 ☀️☀️

Looking forward to it 😊

Great talk from Emma Sullivan from University of York during day one of @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social #Cyber25 conference. Talking about social media and digital detoxes in adolescents. #cyberpsychology

BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee 2025 ✨ #Cyber25 @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social

See you tomorrow and thanks for following virtually today 😊

Ozzy the mechanical bull must mean one thing… it’s almost #CYBER25 time 🎉 Who else is looking forward to the kick off of the @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social conference tomorrow? See you soon!

It’s the @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social #CYBER25 conference in less than 2 days & the programme looks amazing! 🎉 This is my last time opening the conference as Chair! What a privilege it has been to chair this wonderful section for the last 3yrs. Looking forward to seeing you all in Birmingham! 😊