Media Coverage
November 19, 2020
People who spend more time on their phones are more likely to reject larger, delayed rewards in favor of smaller, immediate rewards, according to a new study, by DIGYMATEX partner Peter Mohr of Freie Universität Berlin with Tim Schulz van Endert.
October 7, 2020
Dr. Pablo Gracia from Trinity College Dublin was interviewed on Tipp FM to discuss his study with sociologist Melissa Bohnert. The research, carried out by the EU-funded DIGYMATEX Project, focuses on how screen time impacts child mental health and wellbeing in Ireland.
September 22, 2020
Children who spend significant amounts of time on screens are more likely to suffer declines in emotional wellbeing, and the level of harm has increased in more recent times, according to a new Irish study.
The study, by sociologists Melissa Bohnert and Dr Pablo Gracia at Trinity College Dublin and published in the Child Indicators Research journal, is the first to look at two cohorts of children to form a comparative analysis on effects.
January 23, 2020
IE Business School is part of the scientific consortium that has received a grant from the EU for a research project intended to design tools for understanding and measuring the youth digital maturity.
November 19, 2019
The UvA is a partner in the project Establishing a Comprehensive Understanding and Taxonomy of Children’s Digital Maturity (DIGYMATEX), which is being coordinated by Aarhus University (Denmark). The UvA part is being led by developmental psychologist Dr Wouter van den Bos. The subsidy for the total project is 3.5 million euros. Eleven partner institutions are participating in the project, including IBM.