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Digital inclusion in the neighborhood: six months of fieldwork in Rotterdam
What does digital inclusion look like in the everyday lives of families in Rotterdam? In this reflection on six months of fieldwork, Rosa explores how neighbourhood networks, informal support, and parenting shape the digital lives of parents and children.
The DigiMig Webinar series: Reflections
We are already (over) halfway through our webinar series. High time to reflect a little on past webinars with great speakers, and great webinar speakers yet to come! Read more about it here.
DigiMig at conferences: DAMR and Informed Citizenship for All
The past few months have been a busy and inspiring period for the DigiMig team, filled with engaging conferences and meaningful connections. We are excited to highlight two key events where we shared our research and insights in Groningen: the DAMR Annual Conference and the Informed Citizenship for All conference.
Cinekid for Professionals 2025 – Industry Forum
On Tuesday, October 21st, Denise attended the Cinekid for Professionals Industry Forum, a gathering dedicated to advancing the quality and impact of children’s media. Read more about her experiences at Cinekid for Professionals here.
Exploring Digital Inclusion in Culturally Diverse Contexts: Reflections from Denise’s visit to Melbourne
In May 2025, Denise, the postdoctoral researcher on the project, had the opportunity to engage with a range of scholars exploring the intersections of (digital) media practices, digital inclusion, migration, and diversity. In this blogpost, she highlights the rich diversity of the projects and reflects on the complex ways in which technology, migration, identity, and inclusion are interwoven within the Australian context. She concludes the blog by sharing her overarching observations.
ECREA 2025 – Conference in Tallinn
Halfway through September our Digimig research team traveled to Tallinn in Estonia, for the conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), sections Diaspora, Migration and the Media – International and Intercultural Communication. with the theme “Beyond Borders: Creative Methods and Reflexive Approaches to Migration, Media, and Intercultural Dialogue”. The conference offered an inspiring stage to share results from our project for the first time.
Help mijn kind wil op TikTok! – Parenting in a digital age
How do you teach your child to interact with others in a group chat? What if your child is allowed to game much longer at a friend’s house than at home? How do you help your child become resilient against online dangers like hacking and phishing? In other words: how do you best support your child in taking their first steps into the digital world? These are some of the questions that Denise Mensonides, together with Peter Nikken and Mandy Oude Veldhuis-Talhout discussed in a panel organized by the Jantina Tammes School at the Forum Groningen on February 4th 2025.
Webinar at Media Education Lab
On 15. January 2024, Annamária Neag and Çiğdem Bozdağ presented their co-authored paper on participatory action research for knowledge production with marginalized communities (co-authored with Koen Leurs and Sanne Sprenger). The webinar took place in the Media Education Lab´s webinar series on ‘Inequalities and Media Education’ (IME) and can be viewed online.
ReDICo Encounters – Presentation and Dialogue
Together with Daniel Silva, Çiğdem Bozdağ participated in the online dialogue series ReDICo Encounters. In the dialogue session, both researchers discussed their individual researches focusing on Germany and Brazil and the engaged in a dialogue about the role of digital practices in the lives of marginalised young people addressing questions related to social justice. The talks and the discussion can be viewed online.