The overarching aim of the project is to expose and break down biases that contemporary societies face in the context of rapid digitalization and increasing resistance to diversity by learning from three unique contexts that empower youth to deal with these challenges. We will do so by organizing research-oriented, collaborative winter schools in 1) Uganda (2025) to explore digital literacy and health misinformation among diverse youth (in collaboration with Kampala International University and the NGO Junior Achievement Uganda); 2) Kenya (2026) to investigate resilience of disadvantaged and diverse youth in Africa's largest urban slum, Kibera, particularly the role of digital media in social entrepreneurship and political empowerment; and 3) Italy (2027) to study social cohesion and the creation of inclusive multicultural and multiethnic communities in times of increasing socio-political polarization in Europe. The predominant methods of data collection will be 1) community-engaged learning, meaning here the active involvement of local stakeholders in both designing and carrying out the research; and 2) qualitative and creative (digital) methods, drawing on narrative, audio-visual, arts-based and experiential forms of knowledge production that provide alternative and empowering channels for expression for youth and community members alike.

• drs. Gerrit Dielissen
• dr. Ester Driel MSc
• dr. Sarah Anschütz

It is important for students to be able to use reliable sources in courses they are taking or for their thesis. It can also be useful to make use of online news articles.
This educational research project at Utrecht University collaborates with Sourcer (https://getsourcer.com), an organization that provides a tool that helps students self-assess the reliability of online news articles. We would like to know what students' experiences are with this tool.
Therefore, in this exploratory project, we are asking students if they could test this tool for us. Participation is, of course, completely voluntary. Moreover, they can decide to stop their participation at any time, should they change their mind later. They also sign an informed consent form. REBO's ethics committee has approved this educational research project. S
When students participate, we install the tool on the laptop they use when they search for online news articles for a course or their thesis. This is a tracker they use only for the news articles they find online and use. So only the results of their searches for online news articles are tracked (anonymized, not traceable to their person), their other searches on the Internet are not tracked. And the answers to the questions abut their experiences with Sourcer, we will ask them, after the project, about their experiences with this  tool cannot be traced back to their person either.

• prof. dr. Eugène Loos
• prof. dr. ir. Marcel Boumans
• dr. Maryse Chappin
• dr. Rianne van Lambalgen
• dr. Marie-Louise Goudeau

• Wout Haakman MSc