well-being
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Dr Mariya Stoilova on recent social media bans for children
Dr Mariya Stoilova is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Manager of the Digital Futures for Children centre (DFC) investigating children’s rights in the digital environment. She recommends amongst others to combine strong enforcement of existing regulation, child-rights-by-design obligations on ...
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Francesca Pisanu on recent social media bans for children
"A social media ban alone cannot address the full spectrum of risks children face online," says international children's rights expert Francesca Pisano. She is an EU Advocacy Officer at Eurochild, where she informs and influences EU policy and legislation to advance children’s rights across Europe. How do you balance the legitimate need to protect children from ...
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Dr Péter Benczúr on measuring wellbeing rather than economic prosperity
“The ultimate objective should always be to provide a good life and wellbeing to all people” Dr Péter Benczúr is a scientific officer at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), where he is one of the coordinators of the transversal work on ‘sustainable and inclusive wellbeing’ (SIWB). He has been involved in the development ...
The potential of digital well-being in times of physical social distancing
Digital well-being tools hold the promise of empowering users to regain control of time spent online. How successful are these tools during the Covid-19 global pandemic?
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Prof Sarah Diefenbach about digital well-being
Interview with Sarah Diefenbach, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Psychology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, German. What does your research investigate exactly? Sarah Diefenbach: In general, my research is centred on digital products from a psychological perspective. On the one hand, this includes the application of psychological knowledge (“psychological needs frameworks”, for example) ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Matthew James Dennis about digital well-being
Interview with Matthew James Dennis, ethicist of emerging technologies at Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. What is the focus of your research? Matthew James Dennis: My main research question concerns how we can live well with technology, especially new and emerging online technologies. Basically, I’m interested in the extent ...