DigiGen aims to develop knowledge about how children and young people use and are affected by the technological transformations in their everyday lives.
About the project
The project takes as its focus children and young people, a group growing up today that is described as the digital generation (DigiGen).
Together with researchers from institutions across Europe, we will investigate how children and young people use and are affected by the technological transformations in their everyday lives. The project aims to achieve this by explaining the conditions under which harmful versus beneficial effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use by children and young people occur in order to develop effective social, educational, health and online safety policies, practices and market regulation.
This will be achieved through the use of participatory methodologies that focus on understanding why and how some children and young people benefit from ICT use while others seem to be impacted negatively. Through sustained engagement with the digital generation as co-researchers, the project will include the use of innovative quantitative and qualitative methods and in- depth case studies. In the project the cross-disciplinary team of researchers will enhance cooperation between home, schools and the wider community to ensure safe and productive ways of using ICTs.
The overall objectives of the project aim to contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals within good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequalities, and sustainable cities and communities.
The project is led by Professor Halla Bjørk Holmarsdottir at the Faculty of Education and International Studies, with participation from Norwegian Social Research – NOVA.
The consortium consists of research institutions from seven European countries, as well as a European network of civil society associations representing the interests of families.
More from DigiGen
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Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People
This Open Access book presents an in-depth portrait of the use and impact of digital technologies by learners ages 5-18 years in their everyday lives. The portrait is framed by the ecological-systems theory and situated across four domains: home, leisure time, education, and civic participation.
The purpose of this edited collection is to shed light on both beneficial and harmful effects of digital technology from a perspective that children are active agents who are empowered to accentuate the positives of digital technology use and over common challenges that inhibit digital competence with support from education stakeholders.
Participants at OsloMet
Partner institutions
- OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
- Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (UPSPS), Greece
- University of Leicester (UOL), United Kingdom
- Austrian Institute of Family Studies, University of Vienna (AIF), Austria
- Universitat de Girona (UdG), Spain
- Paderborn University (UPB), Germany
- University Babes-Bolyai (UBB), Romania
- Tallinn University (TLU), Estonia
- Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union (COFACE)
