DIGYMATEX Project – Final Conference
Growing Up on Screens
Children's Digital Maturity
Supporting parents, educators, and policymakers
December 9, 2024
9:00 – 17:30 CEST
Aula am Campus, Campus der Universität Wien (Hof 1.11), 1090 (+ streamed online)
Please Note: This conference is organised by DIGYMATEX Project. This hybrid event is free to attend and open to all, but pre-registration is required. By registering, you agree that your contribution can be recorded and made available online and that the DIGYMATEX can send you notifications.
Growing Up On Screens – Children's Digital Maturity
DIGYMATEX is an EU-funded project working to develop evidence-based tools for understanding and assessing digital maturity in children and adolescents. The project is being funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme and is comprised of 12 partner organisations from leading universities, research institutions and technology companies in 10 countries.
The project developed a new tool to measure young people’s digital maturity at the consortium meeting. Known as the Digital Maturity Inventory (DIMI), the scale was developed and validated by DIGYMATEX researchers from the University of Vienna and Aarhus University. The DIMI proved to be a reliable and valid measure to study digital technology usage by young people.
The final conference will summarize the work done by the partners of DIGYMATEX over the last four years in understanding young people’s use of digital technologies and aspects of a self-determined and socially responsible technology use.
Keynote Speaker
Sonia Livingstone (The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Taking a comparative, critical and contextualised approach, her research examines how the changing conditions of mediation are reshaping everyday practices and possibilities for action. Much of Sonia’s time these days is concerned with Children’s Rights in the Digital Age.Sonia has published 20 books on media audiences, especially children and young people’s risks and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment, including The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age (New York University Press, with Julian Sefton-Green). Her new book is Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape children's lives (Oxford University Press), with Alicia Blum-Ross.
Agenda
