AI, society and the family

Today, nearly everyone uses smartphones, apps, and other digital devices at home. These tools reshape how families communicate, watch over one another, and share support across generations. Our research examines how families navigate, negotiate, and manage digital technologies, including AI assistants, in daily life, viewing technology as a blend of hardware, software, and surrounding social habits.
We investigate how family support networks influence the risks and opportunities young people face online, how children, teens, and parents develop digital skills, and how digitalisation transforms caregiving, intergenerational aid, and routine activities. Special attention is given to often overlooked groups (such as children in care) to ensure their perspectives shape digital policy debates. We explore how inequality creates digital gaps and how families can bridge them to enhance well being, considering the full lifespan from childhood through couple relationships to adult child ties with older parents.

Our interdisciplinary, rigorous, and participatory approach follows open science principles, transparent data practices, and treats participants as partners in knowledge creation.