ICT and Youth at Risk of Social Exclusion
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Expert Workshop on "The Paradoxes of ICTs and Social Inclusion: Do ICTs increase Opportunities for Young People at Risk?" 1-2 December 2010, Brussels.
As part of IPTS' e-Inclusion research activities, this workshop presented and discussed the state of the art on the topic of youth at risk and ICTs. IPTS presented the first results of its studies on the topic, developed by Arcola Research and the Tavistock Institute.
The focus of the first day of the workshop was on the discussion of the policy context and several studies on youth, youth at risk and ICTs, exploring the many methodological challenges that this area of research entails. On the second day the characteristics and impact assessment strategies of ICT-based policies and initiatives for inclusion of young people were discussed. For more details, see the agenda, participants list and
Contact: Clara Centeno
Presentations:
DAY 1: The Analysis of Youth at Risk and ICTs: State of the Art and Current Challenges
Welcome and Introduction
- Introduction to IPTS & Workshop Objectives - Gabriel Rissola (Information Society Unit, JRC-IPTS, EC)
- Digital Agenda for Europe and e-Inclusion - Giorgio Zoia (ICT for Inclusion, DG Information Society and Media, EC)
Youth at Risk & ICT: Policy and Research Challenges
- ICT and social inclusion: A youth policy perspective - Finn Denstad (Youth Policy, DG Education and Culture, EC)
- Youth at Risk & ICT: Policy and Research Challenges - Marc Goffart (Research in the Economic, Social Sci. and Humanities, DG Research, EC)
- Safer Internet programme - Pia Lang (Safer Internet Plus Programme, DG Information Society and Media, EC)
Socio-demographic Analyses of Youth and ICTs: State of the Art
- Community Survey on ICT usage in households and by Individuals 2010 - Albrecht Wirthmann (Information Society and Tourism Statistics, Eurostat, EC)
- Internet Uses, Experiences of Online Risk & Harm, & Coping Strategies Among European Children - Leen d’Haenens (Euromedia Research Group - K.U.Leuven)
- Towards a better understanding of ICT appropriation: the benefits of a clustering approach - Pieter Verdegem (MICT – University of Gent)
Youth at Risk and Online Practices
- Learning exclusion in education, training and employment: UK update December 2010 - Don Passey (Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology, Lancaster University)
- Digital Technologies and Marginalized Youth - Experiences and Findings - Nadine Dittert (University of Bremen)
- Downloading Inclusion: A statistical study of young people's communication inequalities - Esteve Sanz (Information Society Unit – JRC-IPTS, EC)
Survey on Youth at Risk and ICTs in Urban Deprived Areas
- Survey Challenges - Joe Cullen (Arcola Research)
- Methodological Challenges: UK Pilot: Sampling areas - Greg Holloway (Arcola Research)
- Preliminary Results - Joe Cullen (Arcola Research)
DAY 2: Policies and ICT-based Initiatives on Youth at Risk: Characteristics and Impact Assessment
Introduction
- FP7 ICTs and Youth at Risk Research Projects - Giorgio Zoia (DG Information Society and Media, EC)
- ICTs and Youth at Risk: Linking Practices with policies - Ellen Helsper (Media and Communications Department, London School of Economics)
- Policies and Analytical Typology of ICT- driven initiatives for Youth at Risk - Joe Cullen (Tavistock Institute)
Impact Assessment of ICT- driven initiatives for Youth at Risk
- Impact Assessment Strategies: Key Challenges - Alexandra Haché (Information Society Unit, JRC-IPTS, EC)
- Proposing an “Outcome Score” to Measure Impacts - Joe Cullen (Tavistock Institute)
- Reaching & teaching youth at risk: Dilemmas and challenges of measuring the impact of e-inclusion initiatives - Ilse Marien (IBBT-SMIT - Vrije Universiteit)
Presentation of ICT-Based Initiatives
- FLORA Network: Working in and with a network: Social inclusion and ICT - Isabelle De Vriendt
- CYBERHUS - Kristian Lund
- Savvy Chavvy & the power of bespoke social networks - Nathalie McDermott
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