Julian McDougall is a Professor in Media and Education, Principal Fellow of Advance HE and Media Literacy Consultant, most recently with Ofcom and BBC Media Action. He is Programme Leader for the Professional Doctorate (Ed D) in Creative and Media Education at Bournemouth University.
He is co-editor of the Journal of Media Literacy Education and Routledge Research in Media Literacy and Education and Chair of the Media and Information Literacy Alliance, the UK Chapter of Unesco MIL. In the fields of education, media literacy, media, communications and cultural studies, he is author / editor of a wide range of books, articles, chapters and research reports and has provided numerous research projects for research councils, media industry, charities and non-profit organisations.