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Plan your visit

Belval Campus, 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

Belval Campus is the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg鈥檚 main site. Close to Esch-surAlzette, Luxembourg鈥檚 second largest city, Belval combines research with teaching and urban life with leisure activities. Once home to Luxembourg鈥檚 largest steelworks, this site now features research and learning facilities, the 8xav福利导航 library and learning centre as well as student accommodation. The campus is located at the centre of an urban district and has excellent connection to public transportation.

The international conference, 鈥淒emocracy and Youth in the Digital Age: Evolving Technologies and Political Participation鈥 will take place at Belval Campus (2, place de l’Universit茅, L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette).

Free public transport

Free transport since 1 March 2020

Public transport (buses, trains, and tram) is free of charge in Luxembourg.

#ItWasABigDay. Free buses, trains and tram

How to get to Belval Campus

The website of the Luxembourg Public Transport Administration,, makes it easy to plan your journey.

By bus

Two bus routes (6 and 16) take you into the city centre every 10 to 15 minutes. The bus stop is in front of the terminal.
Lines 29 and 223 take you to Luxembourg Central Station (journey time: approximately 25-30 minutes).

By taxi

Taxis are a more costly alternative in Luxembourg. Expect to pay around EUR 40 for a trip to Luxembourg Central Station (15-minute journey).

Direct trains run every 15 minutes between Luxembourg Central Station and 鈥Belval-Universit茅, Gare鈥 station (direction P茅tange Gare/Rodange Gare; journey time: around 30 minutes).

Several bus routes serve different stops on the Belval Campus. For more details,

Direct trains run every 15 minutes between Esch-sur-Alzette station and 鈥Belval-Universit茅, Gare鈥 station (direction P茅tange Gare/Rodange Gare; journey time: around 3 minutes).

Taxis are a more costly alternative in Luxembourg. The fare from the airport to the campus is at least EUR 100, and the fare from Luxembourg Central Station to the campus is around EUR 75. WEBTAXI offers transparent prices and guarantees the advertised price;

Pay car parks (outdoor and underground) are available throughout the campus, including the Maison du Savoir car park and the

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Six sections

The conference will address six interconnected sections, each exploring a critical aspect of democracy and youth engagement in the digital age.

Fragmentation versus participation: The public sphere in digital age

Section 1

Addressing the paradox of digital platforms: they expand access but create echo chambers. The goal is to find strategies for balanced, informed public spheres that fosters diverse democratic participation.

Location: Maison du Savoir 4.500

Chair: Prof. Dr Robin Samuel

  • Robin Samuel

    Assoc. Prof Robin SAMUEL

    Associate professor in Youth Studies

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9.30 -10.15
Youth, Social Media, and Democracy: The Influence of Digital Platforms on the Building of Opinions and Values.
Presentation 1

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

10.15-11.00
The Theatrical Public Sphere and Young Citizens in the Age of Climate Change and Health Crisis.
Presentation 2
  • Stephen Ogheneruro Okpadah

8xav福利导航 of Warwick, UK

11.15 鈥 12.00
Silencing Falsehoods: Enhancing the EU’s Regulatory Approach to Online Gendered Disinformation.
Presentation 3
  • Valentina Golunova

Maastricht 8xav福利导航, Netherlands

12.00-12.45
Access Creep: A Mixed Methods Approach Exploring Political Participation Among Adolescents in Luxembourg.
Presentation 4

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

15.00-15.45
Distinct Young and Old Interests? Age Differences in the Policy Preferences of Candidates and the Public.
Presentation 5
  • Clemens Nollenberger

8xav福利导航 of Konstanz, Germany

15.45-16.30
Empowering Youth through Digital Sovereignty: A Framework for Political Participation in the Age of AI.
Presentation 6
  • Dr Christian Filk

Europa-Universit盲t Flensburg, Germany

Parliamentary democracy versus activism: Techniques of engagement

Section 2

Exploring the intersection of parliamentary democracy and digital activism, focusing on youth engagement and how formal processes and grassroots activism shape the political landscape.

Location: Maison du Savoir 4.510

Chair: Prof. Dr Stefan Braum

9.30 -10.15
Astroturfing and Legitimacy Illusion 鈥 Harming Democratic Dialogue.
Presentation 1
  • Sahajveer Baweja

8xav福利导航 of Cambridge, UK

10.15-11.00
Practicing Democracy – What鈥檚 There to Learn? Following Young Activists鈥 Media Practices in Institutional Politics鈥
Presentation 2
  • Alice Bergholtz

S枚dert枚rn 8xav福利导航, Sweden

11.15 鈥 12.00
A Laboratory for Democracy: the FreeSZFE Protest and Reimagining Youth Political
Participation
Presentation 3
  • Kyle Mares

S枚dert枚rn 8xav福利导航, Sweden

12.00-12.45
Social Media Algorithms and Youth Political Participation: Analysing Segmentation, Polarization, and Engagement Strategies in the Digital Age.
Presentation 4
  • Ignacio Fornaris Valls

Royal 8xav福利导航 Institute for European Studies, CEU San Pablo 8xav福利导航, Spain

15.00-15.45
Antisemitism in the protest communication of Fridays For Future.
Presentation 5
  • Prof. Dr Olaf G盲tje
  • Dr Felix B枚hm

8xav福利导航 of Kassel, Germany

15.45 鈥 16.30
Empowering Youth Through Digital Active Citizenship Workshops: Bridging Democratic Participation and Digital Activism.
Presentation 6
  • Efe Kayra Soylu

Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa, Berlin, Germany

16.30-17.15
The postdigital city as networked civics classroom: future imaginaries of a global climate strike.
Presentation 7
  • Saralie Sernhede

Maastricht 8xav福利导航

Truth versus trust: Affective politics after the end of argument

Section 3

Focusing on the rise of emotional appeals over facts in politics, examining its impact on democratic dialogue and youth engagement.

Location: Maison du Savoir 4.520

Chair: Prof. Dr Anna-Lena H枚genauer

  • Assoc. Prof Anna-Lena H脰GENAUER

    Assoc. Prof Anna-Lena H脰GENAUER

    Associate professor

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9.30 -10.15
Are the Public and the Political Elite Living in the Same Information Bubble? A Comparison of Uses from an Intergenerational Perspective in Luxembourg.
Presentation 1

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

10.15-11.00
Trump Dancing. Mimesis, Music and Politics on Social Media.
Presentation 2

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

11.15 鈥 12.00
Fact-Checking and Opinion Making: A Crisis of Deliberation?
Presentation 3

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

12.00-12.45
Language use and democracy: : pedagogical implications.
Presentation 4

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

15.00 鈥 15.45
The Mediality of Post-Truth: A Heterarchy of Realities in the Digital Age.
Presentation 5
  • Alexander Mellin

Freie Universit盲t Berlin, Germany

15.45 鈥 16.30
New Generation, Lower Trust? Media Use and Political Trust of Dutch Adolescents.
Presentation 6
  • Prof. Dr Marc Verboord

Erasmus 8xav福利导航 Rotterdam, Netherlands

16.30-17.15
The New Apostolic Reformation: U.S. Religious Movements and Digital Democracy.
Presentation 7
  • Dr Andrew Mackey

Creighton 8xav福利导航, USA

Memory versus history: Imagined identities and ethical claims

Section 4

Exploring how digital media shapes youth perceptions of identity and ethics, focusing on its role in balancing political discourse and diverse cultural memories.

Location: Maison du Savoir 4.200

Chair: Prof. Dr Andrea Binsfeld

  • Assoc. Prof Andrea BINSFELD

    Assoc. Prof Andrea BINSFELD

    Associate professor

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9.30 -10.15
I Am Fed Up with the Conflict in Ukraine: The Interplay of Young Europeans’ Crisis Memory, Social Media Use, and Their Democratic Disposition.
Presentation 1
  • Dr Eva Tamara Asboth
  • Dr Andreas Schulz-Toman膷ok

Austrian Academy of Sciences & 8xav福利导航 of Vienna

10.15-11.00
Digital Nostalgia: PASOK’s Governmental Past as a Consumerism Utopia during the Greek Economic Crisis.
Presentation 2
  • Dr Nikolaos Gkionis

Min. of Digital Governance, Greece Advisor at Hellenic Parliament

11.15 鈥 12.00
Inequalities in Youth Development: Social Origin, Developmental Tasks, and Socio-Political Attitudes in Switzerland.
Presentation 3
  • Prof. Dr Andreas Hadjar
  • Prof. Dr Dirk Baier

8xav福利导航 of Fribourg, Switzerland & Zurich 8xav福利导航 of Applied Sciences

12.00-12.45
Public Online Space and Gift Economy.
Presentation 4
  • Prof. em. Mag. Dr phil. Marc Ries

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

15.00 鈥 15.45
Transforming Education Through Technology: How Blockchain and Tokenization of Identity Capital Can Shift the Paradigm of Learning for Youth.
Presentation 5
  • Dr Igor Dunayev

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National 8xav福利导航, Ukraine

15.45 鈥 16.30
Digitization of World War II and Holocaust Remembrance in the Context of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Presentation 6
  • Prof. Dr Hedwig Wagner

Europa-Universit盲t Flensburg, Germany

16.30-17.15
Democracy as an imposition: a re-reading of Lefort and Gauchet
Presentation 7

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

Gaming versus explaining? The future of political education

Section 5

Focusing on how interactive games can enhance civic education, comparing gaming with traditional methods to boost youth engagement and critical thinking.

Location: Maison du Savoir 4.190

Chair: Prof. Dr Pedro Cardoso Leite

  • Assoc. Prof Pedro CARDOSO LEITE

    Assoc. Prof Pedro CARDOSO LEITE

    Associate professor in Cognitive Science and Assessment

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9.30 -10.15
Gamifying Civic Education: Engaging Youth in Political Learning Through Interactive Games.
Presentation 1
  • Matteo Bartolini

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy

10.15-11.00
Empowering Play: Bridging Technology and Democratic Engagement.
Presentation 2
  • Irene Medina Sanchez Vilar

Fundac铆on Cibervoluntarios, Spain

11.15 鈥 12.00
Gamifying Political Education: Bridging the Digital Divide.
Presentation 3
  • Prof. Dr Andreas Hadjar
  • Dr Juliette Torabian

8xav福利导航 of Fribourg, Switzerland

12.00-12.45
Holographic Historical Personalities as Democracy Teachers: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as Catalysts for Civic Education.
Presentation 4
  • Dr Cringuta Pelea

Titu Maiorescu 8xav福利导航, 8xav福利导航 of Bucharest, Romania

15.00 鈥 15.45
Civic Participation in the Era of Gamification and New Technologies.
Presentation 5
  • Chenet Marie Joseph V茅rane

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

15.45 鈥 16.30
School Mock Elections in the Early Digital Age: Teaching Parliamentary Democracy in 1980s-90s Britain.
Presentation 6
  • Dr Helen Sunderland

8xav福利导航 of Oxford, UK

16.30-17.15
Learning history through serious games – The example of 鈥濼he Migrants’ Chronicles: 1892鈥
Presentation 7
  • Dr Johannes Pause
  • Marie-Paule Jungblut

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

Cultures of democracy: Political narratives and forms of representation

Section 6

Focusing on how populist narratives influence discourse and the need for democracies to promote and transmit their unique cultural identities.

Location: Maison du Savoir 4.530

Chair: Matjaz Gruden

  • Matja啪 Gruden

    Matja啪 Gruden

    Director for Democracy at the Council of Europe

9.30 -10.15
Digital Democracy and Cultural Narratives: Navigating Nationalism and Representation in the Digital Age.
Presentation 1
  • Pedro Abrantes Martins

Paran谩 State Court of Appeals, Brazil

10.15-11.00
Web Literary Criticism and Digital Literacy: On the Fundaments of Political Ethics in the Digital Society.
Presentation 2
  • Prof. Dr Thomas Ernst

8xav福利导航 of Antwerp, Belgium

11.15 鈥 12.00
Education for Democracy: From Communitarian Participation to Public Discourse Participation.
Presentation 3
  • Dr Jean-Marie Weber (Uni.lu)
  • Christiane Meyers (Uni.lu)
  • Andreas Vuori (SNJ)
12.00-12.45
The Crisis of Liberal Democracies
Presentation 4
  • Dr Harry Lehmann

8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg

15.00 鈥 15.45
Digital Diplomacy in Wartime: Narrative Framing of Sexual Violence in the War in Ukraine.
Presentation 5
  • Valeria G膬voaz膬
  • Prof. Dr Miruna Butnaru Troncot膬

SNSPA Bucharest, Romania

15.45 鈥 16.30
Welche Rolle Spielen AI und Desinformation in den Arbeitspraxis von BEE SECURE.
Presentation 6
  • Dr rer. nat. Debora Plein

BEE SECURE /SNJ (Luxembourg)

16.30-17.15
‘I Believe That Democracy Is Connected to Citizenship’. Young Danes and Informed, Democratic Citizenship.
Presentation 7
  • Associate Prof. Dr Gitte Bang Stald

8xav福利导航 of Copenhagen, Denmark

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Hosted during Luxembourg鈥檚 chairmanship of the council of Europe

Evolving technologies and political participation

The conference is organised by the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg in the framework of Luxembourg’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. This conference is part of Luxembourg’s commitment to promoting the core values of the Council of Europe 鈥 human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. It aims to develop concrete solutions to the challenges and opportunities of youth political participation in the digital age.

Exploring a critical aspect of democracy and youth engagement in the digital age

The advent of the digital age has fundamentally transformed the landscape of political participation, creating unprecedented opportunities and challenges, particularly for the younger generation. This international conference, “Democracy and Youth in the Digital Age: Evolving Technologies and Political Participation”, aims to explore the complex and dynamic relationship between young citizens and the digital political sphere.

In an era where social media platforms, online forums, and artificial intelligence increasingly shape political discourse and engagement, it is crucial to understand how these technologies influence young people’s political awareness, activism, and the formation of their political identities. This conference seeks to bridge the gap between cutting-edge academic research and practical, real-world applications by bringing together a diverse array of experts from various scientific fields, policymakers, activists, and educators.

Practical information

  • Auditorium 3.500 / Maison du Savoir, Belval Campus

  • No conference fees

  • Registration mandatory.

  • 19 – 21 March 2025

  • English, French, German

Hosted during Luxembourg’s chairmanship of the council of Europe.

Programme

Wednesday 19 March 2025

  • 12.00


    Registration

    Entry closes at 15.45.

  • 16.00 – 17.30

    Ceremonial opening
    In the presence of His Royal Highness, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg

    铀 Wilhelmus by Blechensemble Harmonie Clemency (Luca Wolff, Josy Simon, J茅r么me Hautus, Olivier Schroeder, Eric Wolff)

    • Welcome by Prof. Dr. Georg Mein, Director of the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg Institute for Digital Ethics
    • Speech by Prof. Dr. Jens Kreisel, Rector of the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg
    • Address by His Royal Highness, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
    • Speech by St茅phanie Obertin, Minister for Research and Higher Education
    • Keynote by His Excellency Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
    • Address by Clifton Grima, Minister of Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation (Malta)
    • Closing words by Claude Meisch, Minister of Education, Children and Youth

  • 17.30

    Welcome reception and networking

Thursday 20 March 2025: 6 parallel sections

  • 8.30

    Welcome

  • 9.30

    • Presentation 1 (9.30 – 10.15)
    • Presentation 2 (10.15 – 11.00)

  • 11.00

    鈽 Coffee break

  • 11.15

    • Presentation 3 (11.15 – 12.00)
    • Presentation 4 (12.00 – 12.45)

  • 12.45

    Lunch

  • 15.00

    • Presentation 5 (15.00 – 15.45)
    • Presentation 6 (15.45 – 16.30)
    • Presentation 7 (16.30 – 17.15)
    • Presentation 8 (17.15 – 18.00)

The second day of the Democracy and Youth in the Digital Age conference (20 March 2025) is recognised as professional development for teachers by IFEN (Institut de formation de l’茅ducation nationale).
Registration is available via IFEN using the course codes or .

Friday 21 March 2025

  • 9.30

    Welcome

  • 10.00

    Presentation and synthesis of the panels by the chairs and discussion of results

  • 11.30

    Round table discussion

  • 12.30

    Final reception

Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe
Logo: Presidency of Luxembourg. Council of Europe November 2024-May 2025

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