Facing up to the dilemma of sustainable digital futures – Neil Selwyn
By Neil Selwyn, professor at the faculty of education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia How can we balance our desire to help all young people become actively engaged in digital lifestyles, with the long-term environmental unsustainability of current technology...
Digitally deprived children in Europe – webinar and new working paper
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the need for internet connection and for technological devices among the whole population, but particularly so, among children. Having a computer connected to the internet makes the difference between...
Children must be heard as they are human beings, not human becomings
By Kärg, a 17-year-old from Estonia. Kärg is a member of the Youth Council of the Estonian Union for Child Welfare and Eurochild Children’s Council. The Estonian DigiGen team has been in contact with her and asked her to tell us about her motivation to join both...
The digital generation’s political voices – a DigiGen webinar
Wednesday 26 May 2021 | 12:00 – 14:00 CEST DigiGen’s focus on civic participation assesses the role of digital transformations in young people’s online political behaviour. The project assesses their online political behaviour accounting...
Webinar: How to work qualitatively with small children – theoretical and practical considerations
Monday 22 Mach 2021 | 15:30 – 17:30 CET DigiGen is trying to better understand the impact of digital transformations on children and young people. In the context of its focus on the family, the project investigates children’s use and assessment of ICT and...
eTwinning: Enabling digital collaboration of students and teachers – Antonia Loncar
By Antonia Loncar, Communication Coordinator of eTwinning eTwinning is the community for schools in Europe and neighbouring countries bringing teachers and students together since 2005. Funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS + programme, eTwinning is a...
No chance to experience a Safer Internet for those who are digitally deprived
On the 2021 edition of Safer Internet Day, DigiGen’s consortium member COFACE Families Europe marks that not every child in Europe has the chance to fully experience a Safer Internet, or any Internet for that matter, because they live in a household that lacks...
Digitally deprived children in Europe – Sara Ayllón and Samuel Lado
By Sara Ayllón, associate professor and Samuel Lado, researcher, the department of economics, university of Girona Possibly one of the pictures that impressed us most during the first wave of the pandemic was one that went viral in social media showing school-aged...
Research on young people’s civic participation in racial, social and environmental justice movements
Digital transformations have undoubtedly had a strong impact on civic participation and on the ways in which active digital citizenship is conceived, perceived and experienced. DigiGen has identified six primary case studies across three countries, the UK, Estonia and...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870548.
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