About IRTIS
Interdisciplinary Research Team
on Internet and Society is based in
Masaryk University, Brno,
the Czech Republic.
Our members carry out research
related to the social, psychological,
sociological and political implications
of the use of information and
communication technologies.
We co-organize the annual
international conference Cyberspace
and publish Cyberpsychology: Journal
of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace.
Our research interests
- ICT and well-being
- Cyber aggression (bullying, online harassment, cyberhate)
- Online relationships, online communication, and interactions
- Children, adolescents, and ICT
- Parental mediation
- Excessive internet use
- eHealth and mHealth
- ICT security
- New media audiences
- New media and civic participation
- Local media
- Human-computer interaction
Web of Science:
Impact Factor (2017): 1.400
Scopus database:
SCImago Journal Rank (2017): 0.774
30 November – 1 December 2018, Brno
XVIth international conference focused on legal and social aspects of cyberspace
Latest news
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We are looking for new researchers for junior positions
We are looking for two to three new researchers for junior positions for the new project "Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent's well-being (FUTURE)" .
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New project: Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being (FUTURE)
We are happy to announce that our team succeeded in the hard grant competition EXPRO (funded by the Czech Grant Agency). We received money for a 5-year long project: “Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being (FUTURE)”.
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New report: Digital technology and eating disorders
We published a new research report about digital technology and eating disorders. The report is available in Czech language.