Updates

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.

CO:RE Blog

How the digital divide hinders children’s right to education: Online learning in Brazil

The digital divide in Brazil is both well-known and well documented. Although trends show growth in the general use of the internet, almost 5 million Brazilian children live in homes without internet access. In terms of quality, the situation is aggravated by the fact that there is a predominance in the use of mobile phones for internet access, especially by poor children.

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Empowering educational decision-makers through evidence: here’s what we learned

Our team at European Schoolnet organised a series of consultation meetings with educational stakeholders from seven European countries, during which teachers, students and policymakers came together to discuss how research about children and online technologies can be brought closer to those making decisions in this area. Here’s what we learned…

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Online opportunities for children: decoding benefits and constraints

Online opportunities bring diverse benefits for children’s learning, participation, creativity and identity. Or so it is often claimed. Although society has invested hugely in access to digital technologies, a recent evidence review found that surprisingly little is understood about how online opportunities generate tangible outcomes for children…

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TikTok, Tweens and Influencers: Exploring Children’s Digital Playgrounds

Rarely does a day pass without TikTok mentioned in the media: whether it is a report of the latest viral video, a social media influencer’s shocking behaviour, or the platform itself allegedly failing to protect children’s safety and data, all of which leave many adults worried and puzzled at the appeal of the platform. For children, however, when it comes to TikTok, it is a different story altogether.

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About CO:RE

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.

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Our mission

The aim of the coordination and support project “Children Online: Research and Evidence (CO:RE)” is the conception and implementation of a comprehensive and at the same time dynamic, pan-European knowledge platform on the experiences of children and young people in digital communication spaces and the effects of technological changes on children and young people.

The CO:RE knowledge platform provides a holistic overview of the current research landscapes and enables access to empirical data for re-analysis. Furthermore, it offers a range of resources and materials, such as blog posts, reports, and e-brochures for researchers, educators, and policy-makers alike for more than 30 European countries.

The project is funded within the EU framework of DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-07-2019: “The impact of technological transformations on children and youth” and has a duration of three years.

CO:RE Project Structure

Structure of the Project

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.

WP 1: Management

WP 1 coordinates the project and the consortium and ensures that all project objectives are achieved and that the CO:RE platform is implemented.

Further, it coordinates the communication and dissemination activities that both promote the CO:RE platform to researchers and other stakeholders, i.e. educators, policymakers and industry partners. Ultimately, the goal is to anchor the CO:RE platform as the central hub for children’s and youth’s ICT research, evidence, and data for all concerned actors.

WP 1 Lead: Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut

CO:RE Management
CO:RE Evidence Base

WP 2: Evidence Base

WP 2 collects existing research evidence about how children and young people behave and interact online, as well as the risks they may encounter while online. Thereby, particular attention is devoted to the vulnerabilities of children and young people in the digital environment, published in all participating and affiliate countries since 2010 (2010-2013: EU Kids Online; as of 2014: CO:RE).

In doing so, WP 2 provides a structured database identifying and describing research evidence to make them available and researchable to European researchers and stakeholders.

Additionally, the CO:RE Evidence Base cross-references to the CO:RE Data Archive for data sets applicable for re-analysis.

WP 2 Lead: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

WP 3: Data Archive

WP 3 identifies and collects existing data sets that can be used for re-analysis.

In this process, it builds a systematic and comprehensive data archive on the impact of digital technologies on children and youth in Europe since 2010 (2010-2013: EU Kids Online; as of 2014: CO:RE). Furthermore, the CO:RE Data Archive cross-references to the CO:RE Evidence Base and links together published evidence and data sets.

WP 3 Lead: University of Akureyri

CO:RE Data Archive
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WP 4: Key Topics

WP 4 identifies and monitors the most relevant topics in the broad and multidisciplinary research area of children and youth in digital media environments.

In doing so, WP 4 interlinks vital issues with existing theoretical insights and empirical evidence and publishes a series of short reports and blog postings to inform stakeholders and to instruct policy recommendations in national as well as international contexts.

WP 4 Lead: University of Tartu

WP 5: Theories

WP 5 provides a series of cross-fertilising mechanisms and activities to coordinate and support the theoretical plane of research on the impact of technological transformations on children and youth.

By identifying disciplinary perspectives, interrogating theoretical and conceptual assumptions and bringing together contrasting academic positions, WP 5 explores new theories, ideas and disciplinary viewpoints to refresh established lines of inquiry and thus aiding innovation and advancement in the field.

In doing so, WP 5 develops a series of constructive and practical tools to support theoretical development, such as multidisciplinary webinars, online fora and workshops.

WP 5 Leader: London School of Economics and Political Science

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CO:RE Methods

WP 6: Methods

WP 6 provides a digital portfolio of resources on qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods to researchers, universities and youth education interested in the field.

By catering to various disciplines concerned with children and youth online, WP 6 enhances the understanding of how to research the long-term impact of digital media on children and youth, including the standards, practices and particularities of co-research together with children. In doing so, WP 6 provides workshops, a summer school, as well as an online handbook on mixed methods and validation of research treating children and youth as media users as well as empirical experts.

WP 6 Leader: Tampere University

WP 7: Ethical Issues

WP 7 delivers a digital portfolio of resources on research ethics to researchers, informants (including children) and others, enhancing the understanding of how to conduct research with children in an ethical manner and in accordance with relevant law.

Thereby, the principles of good scientific practice, including reliability, honesty, respect and accountability, as described in the European Codes of Conduct for Research Integrity, are critical aspects.

In doing so, WP 7 provides an online one-stop-shop for researchers, explaining relevant laws, presenting standards of informed consent in different European countries, and offering checklists, templates and guidelines to students and researchers. Further, WP 7 gives workshops and training seminars, and publishes a handbook directed at children on participating in research and their roles as informants, which will be available in different European languages.

WP 7 Leader: University of Oslo

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CO:RE Policies

WP 8: Policies

WP 8 facilitates and promotes the uptake of state of the art scientific research by policymakers, while fostering feedback loops that allow policymakers to bring attention to under-researched, yet necessary aspects for policy making.

In doing so, WP 8 publishes a series of Policy Briefs in close collaboration with other WPs publications of reports, e-brochures, and blog postings.

Furthermore, WP 8 provides an online directory of European policymakers relevant to children, youth and digital media, offers an annual policy seminar, arrange a youth policy forum ensuring seldom heard voices’ appropriate representation and inclusion in policymaking, and hosts a joint research-industry forum, promoting exchange on topics of mutual relevance between scholars and industry policy specialists.

WP 8 Leader: TU Dublin

WP 9: Education

WP 9 bridges CO:RE to the educational sector and establishes cooperations, which aim at increasing recognition of existing evidence on the impact of technological transformations on children and youth with educational stakeholders in Europe and beyond.

Further, WP 9 engages with the educational stakeholder group in teachers training, informing curricular developments, project work as well as peer-to-peer training and parents’ information sessions around online safety.

WP 9 establishes, beyond that, a robust feedback look from the educational community that helps initiating future research and informing the work of the CO:RE project.

WP 9 Leader: European Schoolnet

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CO:RE Technical Infrastructure

WP 10: Technical Infrastructure

WP 10 develops the technical infrastructures required for the CO:RE project.

These infrastructures include an intelligent web and mobile “Research Related Content Framework” that allows accessing current research results from different stakeholder groups, an international standardised database for research data, abstracts, and research results and a smart content search engine based on the data sets and evidence relevant to all stakeholders.

WP 10 Leader: TAKEPART Media & Science GmbH

WP 11: Ethics Requirements

WP 11 is reserved for all ethical questions concerning CO:RE as a joint project.

A designated ethics officer will ensure that the project meets all ethical requirements of the EU Commission.

WP 11 Leader: Leibniz Institute for Media Research| Hans-Bredow-Institut

CO:RE Ethics Requirements

Functions

Within the next three years the CO:RE poject will establish a multifunctional knowledge platform. Discover more about our functions & services we are planning.

CO:RE Functions & Services

Evidence Base

The CO:RE Evidence Base is an online directory collecting all available publications on children and youth using online media in Europe. Thereby evidence focuses on how children and youth behave and interact online, as well as on the risks concerning children’s and young people’s vulnerabilities in digital media environments.

Data Archive

The CO:RE Data Archive is an online repository that provides a comprehensive collection of existing data sets on children’s and youth’s online media use in Europe. Beyond that, it will offer a set of interactive tools of data analysis and data visualisation to kindle the reuse and thus make the broadest possible use of this rich set of existing empirical data.

Hubs

The CO:RE Platform offers distinct areas for e.g. educators, policy & industry stakeholders and researchers, where they find resources and materials tailored to specific needs.

Blog

The blog hosts posting from internal as well as external authors on critical topics, newly published reports, CO:RE events, etc.

News Board

The News Board provides an up-to-date news digest on relevant topics, partners, network activities.

Publications

Here, interested audiences can read and download all published CO:RE e-brochures and reports.

The Consortium

Teams

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
Uwe Hasebrink

WP1/11 leader

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
Claudia Lampert

WP1/11 co-leader

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
Valentina Dopona

WP1/11 member

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
Piermarco Aroldi

WP2 leader

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
Giovanna Mascheroni

WP2 co-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.

Davide Cino
Davide Cino

WP2 member

Davide Cino is a PhD Candidate in Education. His doctoral research focuses on parents’ governance of and digital dilemmas associated with their children’s social media presence. He is a member of the Work Package 2 team.

Kjartan Olafsson
Kjartan Ólafsson

WP3 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
Maria Murumaa-Mengel

WP4 member

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.

CO:RE ADVISORY BOARD & ETHICS ADVISOR

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.

Katharina Kinder
Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda

Advisory board member & ethics advisor

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
Andrea Parola

Advisory board member

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
Martin Schmalzried

Advisory board member

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
Volker Stollorz

Advisory board member

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 Holmarsdottir
Halla B. Holmarsdottìr

Advisory board member & coordinator of DigiGen

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
Marco Hubert

Advisory board member & coordinator of DIGYMATEX

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 Dhaensens
Leen d’Haenens

Advisory board member & coordinator of ySKILLS

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).

Our Partners

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:

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