Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Youth in the Digital and AI Era: Connection, Participation, and the Future of Work
This course explored youth and youth transitions in the context of the digital age, including online interactions, communities, wellbeing, and digital participation. It covered activism in digital spaces, the opportunities and risks of online mobilisation, and the role of AI in civic participation. It also explored policy implications, the political economy of technology, education-to-work transitions, finding work in the digital age, and collective responses to digital technological change.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Ionut Cioarta
University Lecturer, Research Associate (Urban Studies and Social Policy)
The University of Glasgow
Professor Mark Wong
Professor of Social and Digital Policy (Urban Studies and Social Policy)
The University of Glasgow
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Evaluate youth policy approaches in relation to digital and AI-driven transformations
- Explore and apply research evidence, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual tools to support independent learning and critical reflection on the social impacts of digital technologies and AI
- Compare similarities and differences in how youth, policy, and digital governance are conceptualised and organised across cultural and national settings
- Identify how local and global technologies, including artificial intelligence, platforms, and data-driven systems, shape young people’s experiences, wellbeing, and social and political participation in contemporary digital societies
Syllabus
- How digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) shape social connections, everyday life, and youth experiences
- The role of data, algorithms, and platforms in influencing wellbeing, identity, participation, and belonging
- How young people engage with online communities, cultures, and support networks across
- Understanding how new digital technologies shape the culture of work and the workplace and its implications for youth online and offline spaces
- Exploring the concept of marginalisation and “hidden youth” in the digital age, including new forms of visibility and exclusion
- Implications for youth policy and welfare, including ethical challenges and the need for socially just, digitally informed policy responses
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Issued on 13th September 2026
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