CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE ONLINE…
We are two individual researchers and consultants dedicated to conducting, gathering and communicating research about a safe, social and sustainably connected online environment for children and young people. Tech&Childhood communicates critical analysis’, reports, articles and news about growing up in an online world ruled by private tech companies.
Ben Tarnoff, 2022
“The internet was remade for the purpose of profit maximization, which turned a small research network into a powerhouse of global capitalism.”
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Mie Oehlenschlager is a tech ethics and policy expert advising private and public actors both nationally and internationally (2022-2024).
Appointed to an independent external expert group to support the Government’s work on setting the framework for Big Tech in Denmark and the EU (2022-2024).
Appointed member of The Danish Council of Ethics (2022-2025).
Appointed member of the Danish well being Commission (2023-2024)
Author of a number of analyses and reports including "Big Tech - Soft Power" (July 2023 with DataEthics.eu), "Online games gamble with children's data" (April 2021 with DataEthics and IDA) and "Green Paper on initiatives to protect children online" (December 2021 with Digitalt Ansvar) and various articles. Expert advicer to the The US Future of Tech Commission and former writing member of the Danish DJØF's TechDK Commission.
Independent consultant for the non profit association Digitalt Ansvar.
Years of professional experience with Strategic Communications, Campaigning, CSR and Public Affairs. M.A., Modern Culture and Cultural Communication (University of Copenhagen, 2008), B.A. Comparative Literature (University of Copenhagen, 2003). With DIS since 2018.
Over the course of nearly two decades, Katrine K. Pedersen has dedicated her career to exploring the profound impact of digital culture, with a particular focus on threats to democracies and the challenges faced by marginalized communities. Her work has revolved around counterculture, youth culture, pop culture, polarization, radicalization and abuse. Furthermore, she has sought to investigate the hidden consequences of profit-driven business models in the digital economy, often overlooked by mainstream discourse.
Katrine is a Media Studies PhD Fellow at Copenhagen University and an internationally renowned specialist and author, credited with the creation of several books, indlucing he Digitally Native Exposed - The Negative Impact of Tech on Childhood (2018).
She has contributed with research and strategic counseling for different organizations, including: a part of an advisory group for UNICEF regarding children and online influencers; and as an associate researcher at ENAR - The European Network Against Racism research project about government agencies' use of AI and data-driven decision making.
She hosts the podcast "MEME dig til magten" at the Danish daily broadsheet newspaper, Politiken, which explores digital culture's impact on societal power dynamics.