CURA aims to develop new knowledge and share awareness to protect, promote and implement children’s fundamental rights in the digital environment.

Participatory activities useful for gathering the needs and points of view of stakeholders and target groups, in order to address the different levels of vulnerability of children with respect to the offer of digital products and services.

Among the different scenarios, for example, we will develop a Pilot on the so-called Adoption Disclosure in order to evaluate the legal and psychological impact of the use of digital platforms with respect to the interests involved.

The consortium includes the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Denise Amram), University of Bologna (Matilde Ratti and Giusella Finocchiaro), and University of Palermo (Cinzia Novara).

CURA mira a sviluppare nuove conoscenze per proteggere, promuovere e attuare i diritti fondamentali dei bambini nell’ambiente digitale. Attività partecipative saranno svolte per raccogliere i bisogni e i punti di vista degli stakeholders e delle categorie di soggetti interessati, al fine di affrontare i diversi livelli di vulnerabilità dei bambini rispetto all’offerta di prodotti e servizi digitali. Tra i diversi scenari, ad esempio, svilupperemo un Pilot sulla c.d. Adoption Disclosure al fine di valutare l’impatto giuridico e psicologico dell’uso delle piattaforme digitali rispetto agli interessi coinvolti.

Il consorzio si compone di tre unità: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Denise Amram), Università di Bologna (Matilde Ratti e Giusella Finocchiaro), Università di Palermo (Cinzia Novara).

FUNDER

MUR

GRANT NO

2022KAEWYF

PERIOD

2023-2025
(24 months)

FUNDING

239,912 Euros

COORDINATOOR

Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa

PROJECT ACTIVITIES – ATTIVITÀ PROGETTUALI

  • 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢NOW CLOSED

    Are you a young researcher, a scholar, or a professional, a policy maker interested in children’s fundamental rights in the digital dimension ?✨ Share your ideas and send us your paper proposal!📌 Topic: Children as vulnerable users of IOT and AI-based technologies: a multi-level interdisciplinary assessment📆 Submission deadline: 15.05.2025📍 Selected papers will be submitted for peer review to be included in a special issue in Opinio Juris in Comparatione journal and presented to the CURA project final conference.💡

    To contribute, please follow the guidelines available here  👉 Closed

    Upload your paper here 👉Closed

  • 📢 Partecipa alla nostra survey 📢

    📝✨ Sei genitore di giovani tra i 12 e i 17 anni? Compila il questionario e invita i tuoi ragazzi a fornire la loro opinione!

    📌L’Unità di Ricerca dell’Università di Palermo del Progetto CURA sta studiando il rapporto tra giovani, famiglie e nuove tecnologie.

    🔗 Link and QR Code per il questionario rivolto ai ragazzi: 

    https://unibopsice.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b9JNZezcYkFlhnE

    🔗 Link and QR Code per il questionario rivolto ai genitori:

    https://unibopsice.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_23NyRJxnYjdqmRo

    Lo studio ha ricevuto l’approvazione del comitato di bioetica dell’Università di Palermo n. 180/2023

    Scarica il file PDF per consultare le istruzioni e scoprire di più sul progetto: CURA_Partecipa alla Ricerca_istruzioni

  • Online Workshop
    30 Novembre 2023
    Per brochure 

  • Partecipa al nostro seminario di studi dedicato a:
    Children as Vulnerable Users of IoT and AI-based Technologies: A Multilevel Interdisciplinary Assessment

    📅 3 aprile 2025
    📍 Università degli Studi di Palermo – Edificio 15, Aula Consiglio 
    🕣 8:30 – 13:30

    Il programma si articola in tre sessioni:

    – Relazioni familiari, aspetti giuridici e AI
    – Ambienti onlife e comunità ubique
    – L’impatto delle risorse digitali e dei social network sulle comunità locali

    👉 Per tutti i dettagli, consulta la locandina qui sotto!

    Join our study seminar on:
    Children as Vulnerable Users of IoT and AI-based Technologies: A Multilevel Interdisciplinary Assessment

    📅 April 3rd, 2025
    📍 University of Palermo – Building 15, Aula Consiglio 
    🕣 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM

    The program includes three thematic sessions:
    – Family relationships, legal aspects, and AI
    – Onlife environments and ubiquitous communities
    – The impact of digital resources and social networks on local communities

    👉 For more details, check the flyer below!

  • Blueprint guidelines

    First version of the Blueprint guidelines are under their own validation process among stakeholders, through:

    • Open consultation among professionals
    • Presentation in seminars and conferences with academics and policy makers

OUTCOMES DISSEMINATION IN OTHER CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS –

ATTIVITÀ DI DISSEMINAZIONE DEI RISULTATI DEL PROGETTO IN CONFERENZE E SEMINARI

  • 30 settembre 2024
    Digital Services Act guidelines to enforce the protection of minors online https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14352-Protection-of-minors-guidelines/F3496526_en
    Authors: Denise Amram, Nicoletta Patti, Veronica Punzo, Roberta Romano
    Call for evidence: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14352-Protection-of-minors-guidelines_en

  • 7 settembre 2024
    Protecting Children in the Digital Age: Facing the Threat of Financial Sextortion
    Authors: Nicoletta Patti
    “The 41st International Symposium on Economic Crime”, Jesus College, University of Cambridge https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c3312b1d274cbf1e812027c/t/669630c47da90d3783bb2829/1721118918914/2024+July+FINAL+SYMPOSIUM.pdf

  • 17 June 2024
    Recent Policy Initiatives and Safeguards for Children as Online Users https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z8oAqzemFlr_Ssec2i4vxE-SPjElM33l/view
    Authors: Denise Amram – Nicoletta Patti
    23rd ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference https://sites.google.com/view/idc2024-dw/schedule?authuser=0, 17 June 2024

  • 17 May 2024
    Digital assets: a comparative law analysis
    Authors: Nicoletta Patti
    joint AIDC/DPCE Young Scholar Conference “Itineraries Of Legal Comparison. New Issues And New Perspectives”, Rome, Link University
    https://www.dirittocomparato.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/all.-1-1.pdf

  • La ricerca – L’identità digitale dei bambini: determinanti personali, familiari e di comunità nella valutazione dei rischi e delle opportunità nell’uso delle tecnologie basate sull’Intelligenza Artificiale.

    Progetto di ricerca, finanziato da FONDI PRIN 2022, su temi di grande rilevanza nazionale, come l’Intelligenza Artificiale, per il futuro dell’educazione e del benessere dei minori.

    Per iniziare basta andare sul link oppure inquadrare il rispettivo QR Code con il proprio smartphone.
    Link per i minori: https://unibopsice.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b9JNZezcYkFlhnE
    Link per gli adulti: https://unibopsice.eu.qualtrics.com

  • 3-6 giugno 2024. Educational and/for Social Justice 3° International Conference of the Journal Scuola Democratica – University of Cagliari. The Educational Needs of Adopted Children: The Contribute of The School Climate. Author: Cinzia Novara.
  • 9 novembre 2024. Una nuova alleanza per un consapevole e intelligente utilizzo di smartphone e device. Author: Cinzia Novara.

  • 27.06.2025 At the workshop on “Searching for the boundaries of vulnerability”, organised by EUI, CURA preliminary Blueprint guidelines have been presented to scholars for methodology validation. by  D. Amram , Searching for the boundaries of vulnerability, the case of children’s digital rights protection and promotion.

  • 31.5.2025 AIDC Conference in Palermo “Comparative law in the age of Disorders”, also the preliminary results of PRIN CURA have been presented within a wider paper on the role of comparative law to face the challenges of datafication, D. Amram – C. Sganga, Enhancing Participation and Autonomy in Times of Disorders: lessons from (digital) children protection and new data governance paradigms.

  • Scientific publications in open access:

    • Piombo, M. A., La Grutta, S., Epifanio, M. S., Di Napoli, G., & Novara, C. (2025). Emotional Intelligence and Adolescents’ Use of Artificial Intelligence: A Parent–Adolescent Study. Behavioral Sciences, 15(8), 1142. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15081142.
    • C. Novara, G. Di Napoli, I. Marino, & S. Ruggieri (2025). Vulnerable Narcissism and Sense of Community Among Adolescents: The Role of Self-Esteem and Use of Social Media, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 35:e70067, https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.70067 
    • D. Amram, Non ho l’età, ma… Costruire competenze abilitanti per una società dell’informazione a prova di (in)capacità del minore di età, Milano, 2025, pp. 1 ss
    • Special issue C. Novara (ed.), Addressing change in digital tools and AI use by youth, families and communities, in Psicologia di comunità, 1, 2025, pp. 1 ss
    • Special issue D. Amram, C. Novara, M. Ratti (eds), Towards a multilevel and interdisciplinary assessment for children as vulnerable users, in Opinio Juris in Comparatione, 2/2025, forthcoming p. 1 ss, including
      • N. Patti, V. Punzo, R. Romano, Child Vulnerability in the Digital Environment: Comparative Insights and Operational Guidelines, 2/2025, Opinio Juris in Comparatione, pp. 1 ss
      • S. Rigazio, Yes, We Can.. and We Must! Changing the Narrative of Children’s rights Protection in the Digital Environment through a Child-Centred Approach. The lesson From the UK Children’s Code, online first
      • A. Jaci, Minors’ Contractual Autonomy in the Digital Ecosystem: Legal Protection and Self- Determination in Private Law, online first
      • F. Casarosa – L. Vizzoni, Let’s play together: fair rules for minor video gamers, 2/2025, Opinio Juris in Comparatione, online first
      • S. Tibidò, N. Spatari, S. Lilli, and M.V. Zucca, A Story of and for Children: The Lifecycle Loop of Child Rights-Based AI, 2/2025, Opinio Juris in Comparatione, online first
      • M. Ratti, La tutela del minore nell’era dell’intelligenza artificiale: questioni aperte sul metodo di gestione del rischio, 2/2025, Opinio Juris in Comparatione