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[ecrea] CFP for EU Kids Online conference, London, September 2011

Sat Apr 09 13:03:02 GMT 2011


When and where

This international conference for researchers, policy makers, industry, educators, NGOs and
government will be held on 22-23 September 2011 at LSE, London, UK.

Conference theme
The conference will ask a series of pressing questions:
• Are all children benefiting from the internet and if not, why not?
• What new digital literacies and coping skills are they developing?
• How can parents and policy makers balance online opportunities and risks for children?
• How do children themselves perceive online risk and safety issues?
• Why do risks differ from country to country, and what new risks are emerging?
• How can governments, educators, NGOs and industry better support children online?

EU Kids Online survey results
The conference will showcase final results and recommendations regarding online activities,
risks and safety, based on a survey of 25,000 European children conducted by the EU Kids
Online network of more than 100 researchers in 25 countries and funded by the European
Commission’s Safer Internet Programme.

Papers
We invite research papers on children's online experiences, to be submitted by 30/4/11 to
http://goo.gl/kauq Abstracts (300-500 words), please, on the following topics:
• Participation, creativity and media literacy
• Risks, victims and perpetrators
• Vulnerability and coping with risks
• Parental, peer and teacher mediation
• Mobile. Gaming and other emerging platforms
• Safety tools and their effectiveness

Registration:
Registration will begin in April (to be announced on www.eukidsonline.net. A non-refundable
conference fee of £40 will cover the conference reception and materials.
We look forward to welcoming you to LSE to celebrate the end of our project and to debate the
future agenda for research and evidence-based policy on children, risk and safety online.

Prof. Sonia Livingstone, Dr Leslie Haddon and the EU Kids Online network

See: www.eukidsonline.net

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