Youth as digital citizens: before, during and after the pandemic

Debates for Future
Youth and Pandemic: how to build a post-crisis world

Series of virtual forums organized by
Policy and Citizens Observatory: digitalization, migration, climate

in cooperation with DETECT project and CERMES

Youth as digital citizens:
before, during and after the pandemic

June 10, 5pm-6.30pm CET (18-19.30 Bulgarian time)

Join the debate: https://sciencespo.zoom.us/j/97701810197

Register athttps://bit.ly/2MyyHM5

The pandemic enabled the massification of the new digital world: e-learning, e-government, e-commerce, e-culture, but also digital inequalities, more fake news and conspiracies, strengthening of authoritarian tendencies. Did the increased use of digital technologies empower digital citizens?


The debate will focus on three major topics:

  • Digital citizens for a better future: what does the youth want to change in the previous ’normal’ and what is the new post-pandemic world it aspires to?
  • E-teaching & e-learning: digital school & university – the dream of the digital natives or an imperfect version of a true education?
  • Digital activism: how to get mobilized during lockdown and what are the causes that inspire the (post)pandemic generation?

Moderator: Vanina Ninova, Policy and Citizens Observatory
Speaker: Alexandra Mircheva, co-founder of Zone 21 - skills development hub; expert in the field of youth participation, education and training
Discussants: Ivaylo Dinev, Vanessa Andonova and Katerina Zaharieva
Discussants DETECT: Evelina Staykova and Stefani Bogomilova

You could ask your questions before the debate (during registration) and during the discussions.

Joining the session:
https://sciencespo.zoom.us/j/97701810197
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