Challenges and Visions on a Renewed Project for Europe
A major challenge for the EU is currently “bridging the gap” between young Europeans and EU Institutions, and improving dialogue in order to enhance young people’s trust in EU Institutions and their active engagement in EU issues. CATCH-EyoU is a research and innovation action funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Programme, SC6, topic Young 5-2014, Grant Agreement nr 649538. Through the joint contribution of different disciplines (e.g., psychology, education, political science, sociology, media and communications) the first open conference of CATCH-EyoU aims to explore the multifaceted factors that influence the different forms of youth active engagement in Europe, thus offering policy makers and professionals working with young people new instruments and “conceptual lenses” to better understand this generation and bring the EU closer to all its citizens.
1st
CATCH-EyoU
Conference
Athens
2-4 March, 2017
Organizing Committee
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi (Chair)
Vassilis Pavlopoulos
Nancy Papathanasiou
Xenia Antonopoulou
Georgia Tzima
Dimitra Kostoglou
Katerina Georgatou
Athanasios Kyritsis
Keynote Speakers
Martyn Barrett, University of Surrey, UK
Xenia Chryssochoou, Panteion University, Greece
Ariadne Vromen, University of Sydney, Australia
Language
The official language of the conference is English
Scientific Committee
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Elvira Cicognani, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Cinzia Albanesi, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Erik Amnå, Örebro University, Sweden
Shakuntala Banaji, London School of Economics, UK
Xenia Chryssochoou, Panteion University, Greece
Lorenzo Floresta, FNG Forum Nazionale Giovani, Italy
Veronika Kalmus, University of Tartu, Estonia
Philipp Jugert, University of Leipzig, Germany
Pina Lalli, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Jakub Macek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Peter Macek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Isabel Menezes, University of Porto, Portugal
Peter Noack, Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany
Nancy Papathanasiou, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Vassilis Pavlopoulos, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Jan Šerek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Dora Giannaki, Panteion University, Greece
Scientific Programme
The scientific programme of the conference consists of invited keynote lectures, invited and submitted symposia, individual papers, poster sessions, and interactive events aiming to bring together researchers with stakeholders, e.g., policy makers, youth organizations, and young people.
Important Dates
July 15, 2016 1st announcement
September 20, 2016 2nd announcement; opening of registration and abstract submission
December 15, 2016 Extended deadline for abstract submission
January 10, 2017 Notification of acceptance
February 15, 2017 Final programme announcement
Venue
Amalia Hotel Athens
10 Amalias ave., Syntagma Square
Athens 105 57, Greece
Special prices are reserved for conference participants in Amalia Hotel (single room: 95€; double room: 105€; breakfast included). The city of Athens offers a wide range of hotel accommodation, available through online search.
HELLENIC REPUBLIC
NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Psychology
Athens, Greece
Contact
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi (Chair)
Department of Psychology
School of Philosophy
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Panepistimiopoli, Zografos 15784, Greece
E-mail: catcheyou.conference@gmail.com
Programme
| 12:30 – 14:30 | Registration |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Welcome |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Overview of CATCH-EyoU project
Elvira Cicognani |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | KEYNOTE LECTURE Imagining political futures: Young people’s new approaches to participation
Ariadne Vromen |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee break |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | SYMPOSIUM European citizenship between nationalism and tolerance: Results from the CATCH-EyoU project
Convenors: Petr Macek, Peter Noack |
| SYMPOSIUM School as a context for active young Europeans: How textbooks, teachers and students envision active citizenship in Europe today
Convenors: Isabel Menezes, Norberto Ribeiro |
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| ORAL SESSION Contexts of political participation of European youth | |
| 19:00 | Welcome reception |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | SYMPOSIUM In search of European youth active citizenship: Competing narratives, ethics, and epistemologies
Convenor: Shakuntala Banaji |
| SYMPOSIUM School and country level contextual influences on youth citizenship competencies across Europe
Convenor: Philipp Jugert |
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| ORAL SESSION Radicalization/Extremism and alternative styles of political participation | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | KEYNOTE LECTURE Competences for democratic culture: Using education to empower youth
Martyn Barrett |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | SYMPOSIUM Youth extremism and radicalization: Critical interventions
Convenors: Hilary Pilkington, Alexandra Koronaiou |
| SYMPOSIUM European youth in the media landscape: Challenges and findings
Convenor: Pina Lalli |
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| ORAL SESSION The identity of European youth | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | POSTER SESSION |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Lunch break |
| 15:00 – 17:30 | INTERACTIVE EVENT involving High School students |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | INTERACTIVE EVENT involving High School students (cont.) |
| INTERACTIVE EVENT involving Erasmus students | |
| ORAL SESSION Digital participation of European youth
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| 09:00 – 10:00 | KEYNOTE LECTURE Are they truly radical? Representations of the social order, identities, ideologies and political engagement of young people in Europe
Xenia Chryssochoou |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | ORAL SESSION Meanings and representations of democracy and political participation of European youth |
| ORAL SESSION Strategies and projects to promote youth active citizenship in Europe | |
| ORAL SESSION European youth and in a changing world | |
| INTERACTIVE EVENT The Youth Organizations Blvd | |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | ROUND TABLE What promotes and what hinders young citizens to become active in European politics?
Moderators: Elvira Cicognani, Frosso Motti-Stefanidi |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Closing of the conference |
Interactive Events
(1) The interactive event involving High School students will present the first outcomes of the
intervention on youth active citizenship performed within the CATCH-EyoU project.
Students from High Schools in five countries will present and discuss their work and will
welcome feedback and suggestions from conference participants.
(2) The interactive event involving Erasmus students will be a simluation game, in the form of
a debate, aiming to explore the conditions and potential obstacles in the dialogue of
European youth with EU institutions.
(3) The Youth Organizations Blvd will be an exhibition of projects and activities carried out by
local (Greek) and European youth organizations.
