The aim of this first session was to identify the diversity of problems around the world and the research challenges that result. In particular, contributors discussed the particular barriers to, and opportunities faced by, children in engaging with digital technologies in their country or region, also identifying areas where more research is needed.

1. Researching
children’s
rights
globally
in
the
digital
age
#LSEchildrights
wifi
_The
Cloud
§ Arrival,
welcome
and
introduc2ons
Jasmina
Byrne,
UNICEF
Office
of
Research
§ Mee2ng
overview:
context,
aims,
challenges
Sonia
Livingstone,
LSE
and
EU
Kids
Online
Website:
Hackpad:
h>p://bit.ly/1zI7Q4e
h>p://bit.ly/1EWl2pc

2. Mee>ng
aims
§ To
examine
how
children’s
rights
to
provision,
protec>on
and
par>cipa>on
are
being
enhanced
or
undermined
in
the
digital
age.
§ To
build
on
current
understandings
of
the
risks
and
opportuni>es
afforded
to
children
worldwide
as
they
gain
access
to
internet-­‐
enabled
technologies
of
one
kind
or
another.
§ On
the
one
hand,
it
is
vital
to
learn
from
the
research
experiences
and
methodological
exper>se
already
developed.
§ On
the
other
hand,
it
is
>mely
to
rethink
the
current
research
and
policy
agendas,
largely
developed
in
the
global
North,
by
addressing
the
ques>ons
and
concerns
that
arise
in
the
global
South.

3. Background
This
mee>ng
extends
ongoing
collabora>ons
of
several
kinds.
§ h>p://www.unicef-­‐irc.org/publica2ons/702
§ h>p://www.unicef-­‐irc.org/research/264/
§ h>p://www.unicef-­‐irc.org/publica2ons/715/
§ www.eukidsonline.net
§ h>p://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2013/10/
global_research_agenda
§ h>p://www.digitallyconnected.org/agenda/

4. Six
challenges
1. To
iden>fy
the
key
opportuni>es
and
barriers
to
children’s
rights
in
a
digital
age,
viewed
from
diverse
perspec>ves
and
con>nents.
2. To
debate
the
merits
and
challenges
of
standardized
versus
contextual
approaches
to
cross-­‐cultural
research.
3. To
address
the
research
challenges
regarding
research
and
policy
priori>es,
research
training
needs
and
research
impact.
4. To
consider
mul>stakeholder
engagement
and
funding
prospects.
5. To
recognise
the
prac>cal,
poli>cal
and
ethical
challenges
of
conduc>ng
such
research.
6. To
scope
key
elements
that
could
be
developed
for
a
flexible,
modular
research
toolkit
likely
to
be
of
wide
benefit.

5. Research
agenda(s)
§ Condi>ons
of
access
and
use
in
daily
life?
§ Greater
opportuni>es
for
informa>on,
educa>on,
par>cipa>on?
§ Compounds
or
adds
new
risks
of
harm?
§ Effec>ve
ini>a>ves,
policies
and
prac>ces?

6. EU
Kids
Online
§ EU
Kids
Online
aims
to
enhance
knowledge
of
the
experiences
and
prac>ces
of
European
children
and
parents
regarding
risky
and
safer
use
of
the
internet.
§ It
aims
to
provide
a
rigorous
evidence
base
to
support
stakeholders
in
efforts
to
maximize
online
opportuni>es
while
minimizing
the
risk
of
harm.
§ Three
phases
of
work
from
2006-­‐2014.

7. Activities
Literacies
Strategies
Affordances
Design
Practices
Benefits and
harms that affect
well-being and
empowerment
SOCIAL MEDIATORS
SOCIETAL CONDITIONS
O
N
L
I
N
E
Outcomes
Digital
ecology
User-led
Family Educators
Peers and
community
Cultural values,
norms, practices
Education
system
Technological and
regulatory infrastructures
Structures of inclusion
and inequality
Identities
Experiences
Capacities
Children
Opportunities
and risks
INDIVIDUAL

8.
Comparing
countries
§ Na>on
as
object
of
study:
idiographic,
seeing
our
own
country
be>er
§ Na>on
as
context
of
study:
tes2ng
hypothesised
generali2es
across
countries
§ Na>on
as
unit
of
analysis:
seeking
systema2c
rela2ons
among
a
priori
dimensions
§ Na>on
as
component
of
transna>onal
system:
comparing
systema2cally
related
countries

9. EU
Kids
Online
Research
Toolkit

10. Challenge
1:
What’s
the
problem?
Opportuni>es
and
barriers
to
children’s
rights
in
a
digital,
global
age
§ Chair:
Sonia
Livingstone
§ Alexandre
Barbosa,
Ce2c.br
and
EU
Kids
Online
Brazil
§ Patrick
Burton,
Centre
for
Jus2ce
and
Crime
Preven2on,
South
Africa
§ Nishant
Shah,
Centre
for
Internet
and
Society,
India
§ Bu
Wei,
Chinese
Academy
of
Social
Sciences,
China

11. Challenge
2:
Se`ng
the
standards
for
rigorous
and
comparable
methods
of
inves>ga>on
cross-­‐na>onally
§ Chair:
Ellen
Helsper,
LSE
and
EU
Kids
Online
§ Fiona
Brooks,
Univ.
of
Herordshire,
Health
Behaviour
of
School
Children,
UK
§ Kjartan
Ólafsson,
University
of
Akureyri
and
EU
Kids
Online
§ Clara
Sommarin,
UNICEF
Child
Protec2on,
New
York,
Violence
Against
Children
Surveys

12. Challenge
3:
Research
contexts
–
priori>es,
training
and
impact
§ Chair:
Jelena
Zajeganovic
Jakovljevic,
UNICEF
Serbia
§ Dorothea
Kleine,
Royal
Holloway,
UK
§ Joe
Khalil,
Northwestern
University,
Qatar
§ Surya
Av,
IMRB
Social
&
Rural
Research
Ins2tute,
India

13. Working
lunch
5th
floor
Old
Building
1
-­‐
2.30
pm
§ Lunch
+
moderated
break
out
discussions
to
review
research
or
policy
priori2es
§ (1)
Research
discussion
leader:
Leslie
Haddon,
Rapporteur:
Giovanna
Mascheroni
(Chairman’s
Dining
Room)
§ (2)
Policy
discussion
leader:
Dale
Rus2n,
Rapporteur:
John
Carr
(Room
5.11)

14. Challenge
4:
Mul>stakeholder
engagement
and
research
funding
§ Chair:
Monica
Bulger,
Berkman
Center
for
Internet
&
Society,
Harvard
University
§ Eija
Heitavuo,
UNICEF
Corporate
Social
Responsibility
Sector
§ Natasha
Jackson,
GSMA,
UK
§ Yves
Boillot,
Orange,
France

15. Coffee/tea
+
moderated
discussions
on
evalua>on
or
impact
of
evidence-­‐based
interven>ons
(3.30
–
4.30
pm)
§ (1)
Evalua2on
discussion
leader:
Dorothea
Kleine,
Rapporteur:
Clara
Sommarin
(Vera
Anstey
Room)
§ (2)
Impact
discussion
leader:
Robin
Mansell,
Rapporteur:
Eija
Hietavuo
(OLD.1.28)

16. Challenge
5:
Implemen>ng
evidence-­‐based
policy
interna>onally:
prac>ce,
poli>cs,
ethics
§ Chair:
Lely
Djuhari,
UNICEF
CEE/CIS
regional
office
§ Robin
Mansell,
Media
and
Communica2ons,
LSE,
UK
§ Nevine
Tewfik,
Ministry
of
Communica2ons
&
Informa2on
Technology,
Egypt
§ John
Carr,
ECPAT
Interna2onal

17. Challenge
6:
Producing
a
robust
yet
flexible
cross-­‐
na>onal
research
toolkit:
learning
from
experience
§ Chair:
Cris2na
Ponte,
New
University
of
Lisbon
and
EU
Kids
Online
§ Deborah
Fox,
Kantar
Interna2onal
§ Giovanna
Mascheroni,
Catholic
University
of
Milan
and
Net
Children
Go
Mobile
§ Lucinda
Pla>,
Social
Policy,
LSE
and
Millennium
Cohort
Study,
UK

18.
Reports
from
break
out
discussions
Conclusions
and
next
steps
Sonia
Livingstone
and
Jasmina
Byrne