PRECISION Voices: Children, Communication and Digital Safety

15th – 16th October 2026

Presentation

15th – 16th October 2026

Universitat Politècnica de València, València (Spain)

Project PRECISION invites submissions for an interdisciplinary conference exploring children’s communication in digital environments and its implications for online safety.

The conference brings together researchers and practitioners to examine how children’s communicative practices and perspectives can inform more effective prevention and protection strategies.

Topics of interest

We welcome contributions from disciplines including linguistics, communication studies, psychology, criminology, law, education, media studies and computer science.

Relevant topics include:

Children’s socio-affective communication in digital environments
  • All aspects of children’s multimodal discourse and interaction in socio-affective digital contexts – with adults, with other children and with AI systems
  • Explore: identity, relationship management…
Digital violence against children
  • Digital manipulation of children, including grooming
  • Psychological dynamics of technology-assisted violence against children
  • Educational and family prevention and support in contexts of digital violence against children
Law and policy
  • Child rights in digital environments
  • Regulation and platform responsibility in keeping children safer online
  • Legal responses to technology-assisted (sexual) violence against children
Lived-experience perspectives
  • Lived-experience perspectives on technology-assisted violence against children
  • Lived-experience approaches to prevention, protection and support

Key dates

— Abstract submission deadline: 30th June 2026

— Notification of acceptance: 10th July 2026

— Registration: 10th July – 15th September 2026 (early bird: 10th July – 7th September)

Registration may be cancelled with the right to get a fee refund until 16th September 2026.

Participation in the conference requires prior registration.

Venue

Escuela Técnica Superior de Informática, Universitat Politècnica de València, València (Spain)

Contact

For all communication, please use the project email address: projectprecision@upv.es