Aleksandra Milenovic is a Research Assistant at University College Dublin. She is working on the project Investigating Fictional Representations of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Contemporary Culture: Myths and Understanding, or the “CSAreps project”.

The project aims to both examine fictional representations themselves through a cultural studies approach, along with examining the reception of these representations by survivors, support professionals and general audiences. She is currently involved in the operationalizing of the project, ensuring compliance with governing bodies such as the Data Protection Commission and the European Research Council in terms of data privacy and policy, while balancing the protection and participation of survivors/support professionals. She is also currently examining how academics are studying CSA representation in non-fiction.

Her interdisciplinary background consists of a Masters of Media Studies from Utrecht University from the thesis concerning communities forming around “cringing” and their implication for the online alt-right pipeline. She graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with her thesis examining Non-content features of comics and their effects on participants, and is currently part of the UCD Media and Entertainment Psychology Lab.

Digital Cultures & Online Abuse Gender, Sexuality & Power