Democracy meets arts: critical change labs for building democratic cultures through creative and narrative practices

Project Information

CRITICAL CHANGELAB

Grant agreement ID: 101094217

DOI

10.3030/101094217

Project closed

EC signature date 9 December 2022

Start date 1 April 2023

End date 31 March 2026

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost

€ 2 999 050,00

EU contribution

€ 2 999 050,00

Coordinated by

OULUN YLIOPISTO
Finland

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (7)

Communication plan
Youth perspectives on everyday democracy
Critical ChangeLab Model: Framework and Toolkit
Instrument: Democracy Health Questionnaire and Index
Everyday democracy in formal and non-formal education institutions
Quality assurance plan
Policy Brief 1

Policy Brief 1 - based on outputs from WP1 (Map & Design), in particular on the reports D1.2 and D1.3.

Data Management Plan (2)

Data management plan 1
Data management plan 2

Data management plan

Publications

Conference proceedings (8)

Critical Change Laboratories for reimagining democracy using participatory approaches

Author(s): Durall Gazulla, E., Kinnula, M.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Imagining possible futures conference (17th-19th of June)

Extending the Child-Centred Ethics Framework: Researchers’ Reflections on Multiple Projects with Children and Teenagers

Author(s): Sumita Sharma, Najme Babai, Eva Durall Gazulla, Heidi Hartikainen, Netta Iivari, Marianne Kinnula, Pauli Klemettilä, Yusra Niaz, Behnaz Norouzi, Priyanka Sebastian, Ruut Tikkanen, Leena Ventä-Olkkonen, Janet C. Read, Matthew Horton, and Daniel Fitton
Published in: Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’26), April 13–17, 2026, Barcelona, Spain., 2026
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3793214

Reflecting on Successes and Challenges when Conducting Research Studies in Schools.

Author(s): Fitton, D., Sharma, S., Read, J. C., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Hartikainen, H., Iivari, N., Kinnula, M., Sebastian, P., Tikkanen, R., Monga, C., Horton, M., Durall Gazulla, E., Niaz, Y., Babai, N. and Norouzi, B.
Published in: Proceedings of the 25th Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC ’26), June 22–25, 2026, 2026
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
DOI: 10.1145/3773077.3806121

Unpacking Computational Empowerment in Participatory Design with Children: Opportunities, Tensions, and Emerging Questions

Author(s): Durall Gazulla, E., Sharma, S., Iivari, N., Kinnula, M., Schaper, M.M., Antle, A., Veldhuis, A., Kafai, Y., Kayali, F., Göbl, B., Weixelbraun, P. F., Satavlekar, S., Venkatachalam, H., Iversen, O. S.
Published in: Proc. Interaction Design and Children 2026, 2026
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3773077.3812172

About the theoretical contributions of the Affective Turn to the methodology of Participatory Action Research (PAR) in education. Conference Proceedings CIVAE 2025.

Author(s): Couto, R.F.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Adaya Press, Madrid, Spain.
DOI: 10.58909/ADC25771457

Critical Change Laboratories towards justice oriented transformations. ACM SIGCHI Conference 2024 Workshop. Transformative Technologies for Children: Going beyond 'Good'

Author(s): Hartikainen, H., Niaz, Y., Durall, E., & Kinnula, M
Published in: 2024
Publisher: ACM SIGCHI Conference 2024 Workshop, Hawaii, USA
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20407321

Design Citizenship: Reflections on the Value of Participatory Design in Cultivating Democratic Cultures in Design Projects with Children

Author(s): Kinnula, M., Durall Gazulla, E. and Iivari, N.
Published in: Adjunct Proceedings of the Sixth Decennial Aarhus Conference: Computing X Crisis (AAR Adjunct '25), 2025
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA
DOI: 10.1145/3737609.3747120

Demokracija i aktivno sudjelovanje – iskustva mladih iz 10 europskih država [Democracy and active participation - experiences of young people from 10 European countries]

Author(s): Baketa, N.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Pod napadom? conference 2025, Zagreb, Croatia

Peer reviewed articles (1)

A relational turn for child-computer interaction research? A scoping review.

Author(s): Niaz, Y., Durall Gazulla, E., Kinnula, M.
Published in: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, ISSN 2212-8697
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJCCI.2026.100803

Book chapters (1)

Youth, Imagination, and the Postdigital: Reflections from Participatory Speculative Design Activities

Author(s): Eva Durall Gazulla, Mairéad Hurley, Netta Iivari, Marianne Kinnula, Najme Babai, Yusra Niaz
Published in: Postdigital Science and Education, Postdigital (Re)Imaginations, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-01539-6_15

Other (10)

Demokracija u svakodnevnici škola i zajednica [Democracy in Everyday School and Community Life]

Author(s): Jokic, B.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Days of Educational Sciences 2024, Zagreb, Croatia.

Biti mlad u pograničnom području: studija slučaja [Being Young in a Border Area: a Case Study]

Author(s): Odak, I., & Matić Bojić, J.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Days of Educational Sciences 2024, Zagreb, Croatia.

Youth Perspectives on Everyday Democracy

Author(s): Jokić, Boris; Ristić Dedić, Zrinka; Matić Bojić, Jelena; Baketa, Nikola; Odak, Iva; Šimon, Jana
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.11032141

Democracy Health Questionnaire (DHQ) and Democracy Health Index (DHI)

Author(s): Jokić, Boris; Matić Bojić, Jelena; Ristić Dedić, Zrinka; Baketa, Nikola
Published in: 2023
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.11031705

Democratic Health of Croatian Schools: Assessments of the Importance, Current State and Expectations for the Development of Democratic Practices and Values

Author(s): Ristić Dedić, Z., Jokić, B., & Matić Bojić, J.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Days of Educational Sciences 2024, Zagreb, Croatia.

Critical Changelab - Model rada s m ladima [Critical Changelab - Model of Work with Youth]

Author(s): Baketa, N.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Days of Educational Sciences 2024, Zagreb, Croatia.

Critical ChangeLab Model: Framework and Toolkit

Author(s): Durall Gazulla, Eva; Cornér, Tuija; Niaz, Yusra; White, Caitlin; Payne, Elspeth
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14259812

Everyday democracy in formal and non-formal education institutions

Author(s): Jokić, Boris; Ristić Dedić, Zrinka; Matić Bojić, Jelena; Odak, Iva; Šimon, Jana; Lovrečki, Klara
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14060500

Policy Brief 1

Author(s): Baketa, Nikola; Jokić, Boris; Ristić Dedić, Zrinka; Matić Bojić, Jelena; Odak, Iva; Šimon, Jana
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14060521

Are Croatian Schools Really Less Democratic Than Finnish or Irish Schools: Perspectives from Research on the Democratic Health of Schools in 10 European Countries

Author(s): Jokić, B., & Ristić Dedić, Z.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Days of Educational Sciences 2024, Zagreb, Croatia.