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

2 999 050,00

Coordinated by

OULUN YLIOPISTO
Finland

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Deliverables

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 1
Data management plan 2

Data management plan

Publications

Designing future cities: Using futures literacy to promote youth agency

Author(s): D'Arcy, G., White, C., Devitt, A., Hurley, M., Kilper, D., Butz, C., & Chihenseck Blanco, M.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Proceedings of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference 2025

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

“Democracy is broken, but is there something better?” - the perspectives of European youth on the state and future of democracy.

Author(s): Jokić, B., Ristić Dedić, Z., & Baketa, N.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: 9th European Congress of Qualitative inquiry (ECQI) 2026, Athens, Greece

Designing for the pluriverse in education for democracy: Reflections from the Critical ChangeLab

Author(s): Durall Gazulla, Niaz, Y., del Razo, P.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: ECER2026 symposium submission

A Series of Fortunate Events: Reflecting on Lessons Learnt from Challenges and Failures in CCI Research

Author(s): Hartikainen, H., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Sharma, S., Fitton, D., Durall, E., Niaz, Y., Kinnula, M., Iivari, N.
Published in: Proceedings of Interaction Design and Children (IDC2026), 2026
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA

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

What does it mean for young people to make democracy? Explorations through arts and design-based methods.

Author(s): Riera, M., Malinverni, L., Durall Gazulla, E., Niaz, Y., Kinnula, M., Vesseur, E.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Riera, M., Malinverni, L., Durall Gazulla, E., Niaz, Y., Kinnula, M., Vesseur, E.

Theatre of the Tech-Oppressed: Exploring Algorithmic Injustice Through Participatory Performances

Author(s): Najme Babai, Eva Durall Gazulla, Netta Iivari, Marianne Kinnula, Ole Sejer Iversen
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 1: Full Papers, 2026
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3796624.3796649

Expansive Learning in Action: Critical Literacies in Ireland’s Critical ChangeLab

Author(s): Jokic, B., Hurley, M., White, C., & Payne, E.
Published in: Abstracts for ECER 2024 have been published on the EERA website and in the EduTopics-ECER tool., 2024
Publisher: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

Scaling democracy in education: Practices, principles and policy pathways from Ireland and Europe

Author(s): Rami, J., Hurley, M., Suiter, J., Mallon, B., Lalor, J., Eren, E., White, C., & Saintraint, F.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Education Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference 2026, Galway, Ireland.

Democracy Health Index: Assessing education institutions' democracy health across ten EU countries

Author(s): Jokic, B., Ristic Dedic, Z., Matic Bojic, J., & Baketa, N.
Published in: Abstracts for ECER 2024 have been published on the EERA website and in the EduTopics-ECER tool, 2024
Publisher: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

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

Ensuring Comparison between Education Institutions and Youth in Challenging Contexts in 10 European Countries - Methodological Dilemmas, Decisions and Limitations

Author(s): Jokic, B.
Published in: Abstracts for CIES 2025 have been published on the CIES website and in the CIES 2025 mobile app, 2025
Publisher: Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2025, Chicago, USA.

The challenges of imagining possible futures with youth: Reflections from the Critical Change Lab project.

Author(s): Malinverni, L., Riera, M., Durall Gazulla, E., Hartikainen, H., White, C., Hurley, M.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: ECER Abstracts

Democracy Health of European Schools and Non-Formal Educational Institutions: A Comparative Perspective

Author(s): Matic Bojic, J., & Ristic Dedic, Z.
Published in: Abstracts for CIES 2025 have been published on the CIES website and in the CIES 2025 mobile app., 2025
Publisher: Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2025, Chicago, USA.

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

Youth Perceptions of Everyday Democracy: a Case Study with Early School-leavers in Barcelona, Spain

Author(s): Jokic, B., Porquer, J. M., Hernández-Hernández, F., & Malinverni., L.
Published in: Abstracts for ECER 2024 have been published on the EERA website and in the EduTopics-ECER tool, 2024
Publisher: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

Democracy Health of Educational Institutions and Perspectives of Youth on Democracy and Education in Digital Societies – Insights from 10 EU Countries

Critical ChangeLab – Democracy Health of European Educational Institutions, Perspective of Youth on Democracy and New Model of Democratic Pedagogy

Author(s): Jokic, B., & Jovanovic Milanovic, O.
Published in: Abstracts for ECER 2024 have been published on the EERA website and in the EduTopics-ECER tool, 2024
Publisher: uropean Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

Youth in Challenging Contexts: Democracy, Education, and the Role of Technology in 10 European Countries

Author(s): Baketa, N., & Odak, I.
Published in: Abstracts for CIES 2025 have been published on the CIES website and in the CIES 2025 mobile app., 2025
Publisher: Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2025, Chicago, USA.

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

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

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

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

Critical ChangeLabs as spaces for reimagining society

Author(s): Durall Gazulla, E., Kinnula, M., Niaz, Y., Hartikainen, H., White, C., Malinverni, L. Riera Ratamero, M.
Published in: European alternatives journal. , 2025
Publisher: European alternatives

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.

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