The project “Grasping Data. Empowering young children to understand and benefit from their personal data” has been announced among the thirty-six successful projects that will share £32.4m from the UKRI’s cross-research council responsive mode round 1 pilot scheme, designed to stimulate exciting new interdisciplinary research.
Prof Andrew Manches, Director of the Centre's Children and Technology research strand and Chair in Children and Technology, will lead the project to change perceptions about children and their personal data through the creation of cutting-edge, child-centred tools and teaching practices.
The research team will include Centre colleague Dr Cara Wilson as Project co-lead (UK), Ayça Atabey (University of Edinburgh) as Researcher co-lead, Dr Uta Hinrichs (University of Edinburgh) as Project co-lead (UK), and Prof Stephen Brewster (University of Glasgow) as Project co-lead (UK).
In partnership with SSERC, Edinburgh Zoo and Glasgow Science Centre, the project will work with 270 children (aged 3-8) in schools to construct physical representations of personal data and help children have a better understanding and value of their personal data, and greater confidence that they should and can play a role in the design of their future.
Explore the full project page: Grasping data: empowering young children to understand and benefit from their personal data | Digital Education.