CO:RE – Children Online: Research and Evidence is a highly dynamic project in which different actors are involved and in which different activities take place. Here we inform about all activities relevant to the project, be it events, publications, blog posts, or press releases.
Our team in work package 4 (University of Tartu) is releasing regular blog postings on the key themes and hot topics in the research of children’s and young people’s online experiences. Give the first one a read now!
Our CO:RE WP5 team (LSE) releases a new vlog series based on interviews with key experts whose work can help us understand children’s online lives. We asked a series of prominent scholars in the field to reflect on their disciplinary origins and perspectives …
We discussed questions related to children’s well-being in ever more digitized environments with Dr Richard Graham, Professor Laura Lundy, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Professor David Smahel, and Professor Kitty Stewart. Read what they had to say …
CO:RE European Consultation | 27 & 29 October 2020 | By CO:RE WP9 – European Schoolnet. Teenagers and parents invited to take part in a Europe-wide consultation series. If you are interested in participating, please write to nike.retzmann[at]eun.org …
CO:RE Consultations in Belgium | 22 October 2020 | By CO:RE WP9 – European Schoolnet. Teachers invited to take part in a Europe-wide consultation series. If you are interested in participating, please write to nike.retzmann[at]eun.org …
How do we imagine children and young people’s role as digital citizens? What do we expect them to know and understand about online platforms? Over the last decade, we have witnessed major transformations in children’s …
CO:RE Consultations in Portugal | 20 & 27 October 2020 | By CO:RE WP9 – European Schoolnet. Teenagers, parents and teachers invited to take part in a Europe-wide consultation series. If you are interested in participating, please write to nike.retzmann[at]eun.org …
CO:RE Consultations in Ireland | 05-09 October 2020 | By CO:RE WP9 – European Schoolnet. Parents and teachers invited to take part in a Europe-wide consultation series. If you are interested in participating, please write to internetsafety[at]pdst.ie …
Save the Date: Friday, 18 September 2020 | 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE. A multidisciplinary webinar on theories in relation to digital technologies in the lives of children and young people
Well-being has become a bit of a buzzword, but what is it? How does it relate to cognate terms like happiness, health or quality of life? Is it a feature of an individual or a society, and what does it depend on?
Understanding children online: Theories, concepts, debates – Every time we begin to write something about children online, we have to choose our words.
Save the Date: Friday, 03 July 2020 | 16:00 – 17:00 CEST | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE. A multidisciplinary webinar on the theoretical foundations of digital skills, literacies and citizenship …
Save the Date: Friday, 26 June 2020 | 17:00 – 19:00 CEST | By CO:RE WP8 – TU Dublin. World experts and practitioners review the growing significance of ethical leadership and corporate accountability in digital environments …
The CO:RE project aims at developing a European knowledge platform on digital technologies in the lives of children and young people. To become a partner, contributor or supporter, read on …
Save the Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 | 16:00 – 17:00 CEST | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE. A multidisciplinary webinar on the impacts of digital technologies on children’s and young people’s well-being …
The dialogue between science and society has never been more critical. Advisory Boards and Ethics Advisors are important bodies safeguarding science-society relations and thus the quality of a project. Read on to see who’s on board for CO:RE.
With the start of the year, the CO:RE project has picked up speed. Read more about our first steps and aims for year 1 here.
On 16 January 2020, the CO:RE project members met at the European Leibniz Office in Brussels for the first time, kicking off a three-year project to create a comprehensive knowledge platform on children and youth online.
Children and young people go online virtually every day. International data on children and online media is extensive, heterogeneous and partly contradictory.
Our aim is to create a comprehensive pan-European knowledge platform with the participation of international researchers, educators, policy makers and concerned dialogue groups. Providing an overview of the research situation, enabling access to empirical data, distributing policy recommendations and offering resources for education lie at the heart of our work.
The work of the CO:RE consortium is structured in eleven distinct work packages (WPs) over the project duration of three years (2020-2022).
Thereby, the objectives, tasks and deliverables within the WPs are closely interlinked to achieve the CO:RE project goals. WPs 1 and 10 support and coordinate the overall project framework.
Within the next three years the CO:RE poject will establish a multifunctional knowledge platform. Discover more about our functions & services we are planning.
Leibniz Institute for Media Research
Hans-Bredow Institut
Coordinator and Lead of WP1 – Coordination
Lead of WP11 – Consortium Ethics
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore (USCS)
Lead of WP2 – Evidence base
Lead of WP3 – University of Akureyri
Lead of WP4 – Key topics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Lead of WP5 – Theories
Lead of WP6 – Methods
Lead of WP7 – Ethical Issues
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin)
Lead of WP8 – Policies
European School Net (EUN Partnership Aisbl)
Lead of WP9 – Education
TAKEPART Media + Science GmbH (Takepart)
Lead of WP10 – Technical Infrastructure
Behind CO:RE is a team of renowned scientists and experts who have been working for many years in different contexts and projects on the online use by children and young people.
Uwe Hasebrink, PhD, is director of the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) (DE) and professor in Empirical Communication Research at the University of Hamburg. Since 2014, he is the coordinator of the European research network “EUKidsOnline” and is member of the steering group of the research network “GlobalKidsOnline”.
He is the Coordinator of the CO:RE project, oversees the general management, and coordinates the project work and information flow.
Claudia Lampert, PhD, is senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute (HBI) (DE) and coordinator of the research program “Knowledge for the media society”.
She is member of the Work Package 1 team, mainly responsible for communication and dissemination.
Valentina Dopona, M.A., is research assistant with focus on research management at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) (DE).
She supports the research team in the section “Growing Up in Digital Media Environments” in managing and implementing the CO:RE project.
Piermarco Aroldi, PhD, is Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the School of Education of Università Cattolica in Piacenza and Milan (IT), where he coordinates the Master Program in Media Education. He is Head of OssCom, Research Centre on Media and Communication. He is a member of the European research network “EUKidsOnline” since 2007.
He is Work Package 2 Leader.
Giovanna Mascheroni, PhD, is Associate Professor of Media Sociology at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. Her work focuses on the social shaping and the social consequences of the internet, mobile media and IoTs for children and young people, including issues of digital citizenship and datafication. She is part of the EU Kids Online Management team and WP6 Leader within the H2020 ySKILLS project.
She is Work Package 2 Co-Leader.
Kjartan Ólafsson is lecturer in quantitative research methods at the faculty of psychology at the University of Akureyri (IS).
He is Work Package 3 Leader.
Maria Murumaa-Mengel, PhD, is a Social Media lecturer and the program director of Journalism and Communication BA programme at the Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu (EE).
She is a member of the Work Package 4 team and contributes to editing CO:RE blog posts.
Signe Opermann, PhD, is a researcher in Media Sociology at the Institute of Social Sciences, the University of Tartu (EE).
She is a member of the Work Package 4 team and contributes to editing CO:RE short reports.
Andra Siibak is full professor of Media Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu (EE).
Marit Sukk is a doctoral student at the Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu (EE). She is a member of the Work Package 4 team and contributes to its activities.
Mari-Liis Tikerperi is a doctoral student at the Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu (EE). She is a member of the Work Package 4 team.
Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, OBE, is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). She currently directs the projects “Children’s Data and Privacy Online,” “Gobal Kids Online” (with UNICEF) and “Parenting for a Digital Future”, and she is Deputy Director of the UKRI-funded “Nurture Network.” Since founding the 33 country EU Kids Online research network, Sonia has advised the UK government, European Commission, European Parliament, Council of Europe, OECD and UNICEF, among others, on children’s internet risks, safety, media literacy and rights in digital environments. She blogs at www.parenting.digital.
She is Work Package 5 Leader.
Sirkku Kotilainen, PhD, is professor in Communication Sciences at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences of Tampere University (FI). She has over 20 years of experience in research topics mainly covering digital literacies and media education among children and youth, teacher’s media competencies and media education in youth work. More recently, her research has focused on promoting media education among at-risk youth and, methodological developments in co-research with young people as empirical experts in their uses of online media.
Jussi Okkonen, PhD, is University Researcher at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication of Tampere University (FI).
Elisabeth Staksrud is a full professor at the Deptartment of Media and Communication, University of Oslo (NO). She is principal investigator in EU Kids Online Norway and part of the EU Kids Online management team, and in 2018 she lead and coordinated the European survey and data collection in the project (9-17 year olds in 10+ countries).
She is Work Package 7 Leader.
Brian O’Neill is Professor of Media and Communications and Director of Research, Enterprise & Innovation at Technological University Dublin (IE). As well as leading policy development as a member of the EU Kids Online network, he is a member of Ireland’s National Advisory Council for Online Safety and chaired the Irish government’s task force on Internet Content Governance. He chairs the Steering Group for Media Literacy Ireland, a multi-stakeholder initiative supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. In 2018, he contributed to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 10 country study on “Youth, digitalisation and gender equality”.
He is Work Package 8 Leader.
Dr. Thuy Dinh is Senior Research Assistant at Centre for Social and Educational Research, TU Dublin. She holds a PhD in Sociology from University of Essex, UK. She has been engaged with various research projects related to children, families and communities in Asia and Europe in last 15 years. Her research interests have focused on children, young people and their use of the Internet to ensure their on-line safety, without impeding their right to digital opportunities. She is co-author of various papers, reports and articles on children’s use of the internet, online risk and opportunities. These publications support statutory agencies in development of national policy, as well as partnership with corporate bodies on the ethical and social responsibilities to ensure online safety of children. She is members of the Work Package 8 team.
Sabrina Vorbau is Project Manager at European Schoolnet (EUN) (BE) and has been a member of its Digital Citizenship Team since 2014. She is involved in a variety of online safety projects such as Better Internet for Kids (BIK), the eSafety Label and SELMA (Social and Emotional Learning for Mutual Awareness). She is Work Package 9 Leader and manages all related CO:RE activities of European Schoolnet (EUN).
Hans Martens, PhD, is European Schoolnet’s (EUN) (BE) Digital Citizenship Team and Programme Manager. He is responsible for the Digital Citizenship strategy of the organisation, managing a team of 10+ staff members dedicated to a variety of public and private projects covering aspects ranging from digital skills to media literacy and online safety. Within this context, Hans is leading the Better Internet for Kids project, and advising on CO:RE WP9 activities.
Verónica Donoso, PhD, is a Digital Literacy and Child Online Safety consultant at the European Schnoolnet (BE) with more than 16 years of experience in the field of children, digital technologies and internet safety. Through her career she has advised UNICEF, United Nations and the European Commission, among others ande is a member of the Global Kids Online International Advisory Group.
She is Work Package 9 Co-Leader.
Eray Basar is Junior Project Officer at European Schoolnet (EUN) (BE) and works on a range of digital citizenship projects such as Better Internet for Kids (BIK), eSafety Label (eSL) and CO:RE. He is a member of the WP9 team.
Andreas Ott (Senior Project Management IT) is lead web developer for TAKEPART Media + Science GmbH (DE) and councils on management level since 2004. He is Work Package 10 Leader …
Katja Matthias, M.A., works as a producer for TAKEPART Media + Science GmbH (DE) since 2009 , is head of the producer team of TAKEPART since 2010 and responsible for the conceptual and creative side of the company’s film projects.
Niamh Ní Bhroin is a Researcher at the Department of Media and Communications, University of Oslo (NO). She is a member of the Norwegian EU Kids Online Team. She is also a Team Member in Work Package 7
Veronika Kalmus is full professor of Sociology at the Institute of Social Studies, the University of Tartu (EE). Since 2007, she has been the leader of the Estonian team of the EU Kids Online network and has served as an independent expert in the field of the Information Society and Media for the European Commission.
She is Work Package 4 Leader, coordinates the publication of CO:RE short reports and contributes to editing the reports.
Iiris Tuvi, PhD, is a post-doctoral Research Fellow a the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences of Tampere University. She has long experience in experimental psychology and methods involving psychometrics and data analysis. Currently working on methods used to research children in digital environment. Iiris is a member of Work Package 6 team.
The CO:RE Advisory Board is a body of external experts who provide critical strategic advice in developing the CO:RE knowledge base. We invited senior members of key institutions and organisations in the domain of children and youth digital media use. Additionally, we are glad to have the project coordinators of three corresponding EU-funded Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs) on board. Moreover, we are grateful to have a renowned expert in her field as CO:RE Ethics Advisor, who supports the CO:RE project in ethics compliance.
Dr. Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda is a cultural anthropologist with research interests in big data, algorithms, social media, open science and internet research ethics. She is a senior researcher and team leader for “Data Linking and Data Security” in the “Data Archive” department at the GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Cologne. Her work at GESIS includes the implementation of Open Science for research data that requires special protection. In addition to detailed survey data, this includes digital data traces, for example from social media.
Andrea Parola is consultant based in Brussels. He is currently the project manager of the ICT Coalition for Children Online. The coalition aims to help younger Internet users across Europe to make the most of the online world and deal with any potential challenges and risks. Andrea also leads as Managing Director, the company he created in 2009, EU Strategy, which is involved in public affairs and advocacy.
Martin Schmalzried holds a Master’s Degree from the ULB (Brussels) in Political Science and is a licensed sociology teacher in upper secondary education. He has been working at COFACE (Confederation of Family Organisations in the EU) as a Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer for over nine years. He was responsible for the content of the #DeleteCyberbullying project and was involved in a number of European Projects as external expert including POSCON, ENABLE and SIP-BENCH II and III. He follows the DG CNECT Alliance to better protect minors online and is an expert to the Council of Europe on Digital Citizenship Education.
Volker Stollorz is the chief editor and managing director of SMC. A passionate science journalist, he has been reporting at the sometimes difficult interface between science and society since 1991. After studying biology and philosophy at the University of Cologne and the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, Volker was involved in the launch of three science desks first-hand (ZEIT, Die Woche, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung). He is a long-standing member of the Association of German Science Journalists, WPK, and has won multiple awards for his print, online and radio reports.
Halla B. Holmarsdottir is Professor and Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty of Education and International Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Her research experience includes ethnographic fieldwork with children and young people, scientific coordination and collaboration in cross-national and interdisciplinary research teams, supervision of junior researchers, and co-editing and reviewing of scientific publications. Her research draws on interdisciplinary approaches and includes research on language issues, marginalization in education, social justice, gender, education and youth. This work has taken a central focus in looking at the way in which education and more specifically teacher education can contribute to providing competencies for democratic participation. She is currently the coordinator of a large-scale European Research project funded by Horizon 2020 (Grant Agreement no. 870548) entitled The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation (DigiGen).
Marco Hubert is Associate Professor in the Area of Marketing at AU BSS, Aarhus University, Denmark. In general his research deals with questions on the intersection of marketing, innovation and consumer research while focusing more specifically on consumer behavior and user acceptance, innovation communication, digital environments and entrepreneurship. His research has been published in journals like MIS Quarterly, Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Marketing, or Journal of Economic Psychology. He has broad industry experience working with companies like Mars, Siemens, IBM, Bahlsen and Deutsche Bank. He is currently the coordinator of a large-scale European Research project funded by Horizon 2020 (Grant Agreement no. 870578) entitled Establishing a comprehensive understanding and taxonomy of children’s digital maturity (DIGYMATEX).
Leen d’Haenens is a Professor in Communication Science at the Institute for Media Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences in KU Leuven, where she teaches ‘Analysis of Media Texts’ and ‘European Media Policy’ at the BA level, and ‘Media, Audiences and Identity’ at the MA level. Her research interests touch upon the topic of young people and (social) media use, with a focus on vulnerable youth. She combines quantitative and qualitative methods, multi-site comparisons, and in recent years ‘small data’ with ‘big data’ methods. She is co-editor of Communications: the European Journal of Communication Research and associate editor of the International Communication Gazette. She is a member of the Euromedia Research Group. She is currently the coordinator of a large-scale European Research project funded by Horizon 2020 (Grant Agreement no. 870612) entitled Youth Skills (ySKILLS).
The CO:RE project is funded within the EU framework of DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-07-2019 “The impact of technological transformations on children and youth” and connected with the following Research and Innovation Actions:
CO:RE – Children Online: Research and Evidence
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