Dr. Kayla Cooley

I’m Dr. Kayla Cooley, suicide researcher, nonprofit director, and educator based in Limerick, Ireland. My work explores how suicide shows up online and can shaped by digital culture, harmful online content. I specialise in suicide methods and locations.
Through both academic research and frontline crisis reposnse work, I aim to challenge how we think about suicide prevention, intervention and postvention care in complex, intersectional contexts.
Other areas of interest include LGBTQ issues, queer parenting and social activism.
Work with Me

Current Projects

Here are some of the things I’m currently working on

The Postgraduate Research Hub

Founder and manager of the Postgraduate Research Hub. The PGRH is a digital community of over 1000 members, connecting postgraduate researchers all around the world.

Research

My PhD took a transdisciplinary approach to exploring the intersection of suicide and our digital lives. I’m a critical suicidologist and my research explores harmful or extreme content online.

Non-Profit Work

I am co-founder and chairperson of a non-profit working in the area of suicide since 2016. I’m also involved and deeply passionate about a number of LGBTQ+ projects.