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Acronym

DIGcapabilities

Project Reference

N/A

Start / End

2024

Funding (Total)

N/A

Funding Programme

Research Council of Norway

Status

Ongoing Projects

Leading Partner

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre

Lusófona University

Stiftinga Vestlandsforsking

The Open University

In contemporary societies, increasingly diversified with multiplied social, economic, and cultural variations, digital technology is more than ever fused together with and through daily life. There is a pressing need to reduce socio-digital inequalities in the context of a highly digitalized working life and welfare services. At the same time, there is a knowledge gap about how youth in disadvantaged situations, such as those in NEET situations (not in education, employment, or training), can take advantage of their own digital practices. Through four interconnected work packages, this study contributes to filling this gap. It investigates ways in which migrant NEET youth (15-29 years old) employ strategies and experience struggles to reach favorable outcomes from their digital practices in: a) the migrant NEET youths’ everyday life (WP1), b) a family context (WP2), and c) interaction with public welfare services (WP3).

Team

Maria José Brites

Teresa Sofia Castro