Program "Youth in a Digital Society" 2026

Keynote 1

Digital Media, Youth Wellbeing, and Effective Intervention

Vicky Goodyear, University of Birmingham

Keynote 2

Instagram as a Platform for Youth’s Politics

Shelley Boulianne, Mount Royal University         

Symposium 1: 

Growing Up Digital: Longitudinal Perspectives on Digital Media, Wellbeing, and Youth Development

Silje Steinsbekk, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Melissa Bohnert, University College Dublin

Kaspar Burger, University of Potsdam

Symposium 3: 

To Speak Up or Not to Speak Up: The Effects of Digital Media Use on Adolescents’ Political Engagement

Yannis Theocharis, Technical University of Munich 

TBD

Jasper Tjaden, University of Potsdam

Symposium 2: 

Digital Media and Adolescents’ Mental Health: The Role of Context, Literacy, and Resilience

Jolien Trekels, Universität Wien

Laura Vandenbosch, KU Leuven

Kevin Dadaczynski, University of Potsdam

Symposium 4:

Navigating Information in the Digital Age: Youth, Credibility, and Democratic Resilience

Sanne Tamboer, Wageningen University

Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol

Aileen Oeberst, University of Potsdam