Centre for Studies of Children, Youth, and Media
The research centre conducts cutting-edge research on the digital everyday lives of children, youth, families, and parents.
The EU Kids Online 2026 comparative study: children's views, experiences, opportunities and risks in a digital world
The report presents the full findings from the representative comparative EU Kids Online survey of 2025/26, based on responses from 28 465 children aged 10-16 years in 19 European countries. The report provides a primarily descriptive overview of children's digital lives, comparing patterns across countries and examining differences by age, gender and socioeconomic status (SES).
About us
The center convenes researchers specialising in how media are used, understood and affected by children and young people. Associated researchers also specialise in investigating how media are regulated and designed for, with and by children and young people.
The center is interdisciplinary and engages in national and international networks with authorities, stakeholders, and others working on related issues.
Research
We are interested in how children and youth use digital media, and how this usage is impacted by external factors.
Our researchers head and participate in several national and international research projects.
EU Kids Online
We coordinate EU Kids Online: an international research project that maps the digital everyday lives of children and young people, and the challenges and opportunities associated with this.
Read the international EUKO main report from 2026 here
You can read the previous reports here:
At Sikt.no you can find the international EUKO 2018 dataset and do your own analyses: EU Kids Online IV: European children’s online opportunities, risks and safety (dataset)
Obtaining research ethical consent from children and youth
This film from the Centre for Children, Youth and Media explains to you as a child or young person what it means to participate in research, and what your rights are.
The film is an open source resource for researchers working with children and youth. It can also be used by teachers and other stakeholders.
About the film
The film was developed through the EU-funded project CO:RE Children Online: Research and Evidence (core-evidence.eu) of which the Centre for Children, Youth and Media was a part.
For more information on research involving children and young people, visit the online resource CO:RE Compass for Research Ethics (core-evidence.eu).
The film is the result of a collaboration between Professor Elisabeth Staksrud and researcher Niamh Ni Bhroin from the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, senior advisors Ingrid Torp and Lene Os Johannessen from The National Research Ethics Committees, and Red Ant.
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