About

DIGINEQ (Digital Time Use, Adolescent Well-Being and Social Inequalities) examines how adolescents’ digital use shapes well-being and social inequalities.

Main Objectives

  1. Lifespan inequalities – Track how changes in digital use from childhood to late adolescence shape well-being by family social background.
  2. Mechanisms – Disentangle how specific types of digital time relate to adolescent well-being across socioeconomic groups.
  3. Digital interventions – Apply RCT designs to foster adolescents’ healthy digital use and well-being and reduce inequalities across the population.

Timeline & Funding

Project duration: October 2024 – September 2029.
Funded by the European Commission through an ERC Consolidator Grant.

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