Our Consortium
The strength of the PRODIGI team lies in its diverse capabilities, aligned with the project’s scientific and policy-relevant objectives.
PRODIGI brings together four academic partners
KU Leuven (coordinator)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Jagiellonian University
University of Physical Culture
The project runs from 2025 to 2027 and is coordinated at KU Leuven by Prof. Leen d’Haenens and Dr. Tania Azadi with Prof. Łukasz Tomczyk from Jagiellonian University in Kraków and Prof. Cristina Ponte from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa as beneficiaries and co-leaders.
A dissemination network will be established, leveraging the policy expertise of civil society organisations to engage with PRODIGI partners. In addition to their academic excellence, partners have contributed research and policy reports to various national, European, and international institutions, including the EC and multiple national governments.
The PRODIGI team has been structured to cover all the research themes explored in the project, drawing upon a wealth of academic excellence and diverse disciplinary approaches. Partners have previously collaborated on various projects (ySKILLS, REMEDIS, EU Kids Online) and will once again participate together in all WPs.
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This collaborative approach fosters strong synergies among the different WPs. In establishing the consortium, we also aimed for balanced geographical representation within the EU, with partners from Belgium, Poland, and Portugal.
We have also expanded our expertise by forming the PRODIGI advisory board, comprising accomplished experts.
Our Team
Leen d'Haenens
Full professor
Project coordinator
WP1 & WP5 leader
Expertise
Youth and digital media, Impact measurement of media literacy and digital skills intervention programmes, Measuring diversity in media, Narratives on migration, Attitudes towards migration
Tania Azadi
Postdoctoral researcher
Researcher
& Project Manager
Expertise
Media and information literacy assessment, Information seeking behaviour, Information evaluation behaviour, Interventional study design, participatory design, Refugee youth
Ans De Nolf
Postdoctoral researcher
Researcher
Expertise
Islamophobia among young people and well-being of youth.
Postdoctoral researcher
Researcher and trainer
Expertise
Digital and media literacy, online safety and the well-being of youth in digital environments.
Cristina Ponte
Full professor
WP4 leader
Expertise
Vulnerable youth, education and digital media. Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation resources.
Assistant Professor
Researcher
Expertise
Dissemination and Communication expert. Expertise in the domain of young people and digital skills.
Postodoctoral Researcher
Researcher and trainer
Expertise
Education and Media and Information Literacy with young people and vulnerable groups. Implementation of the student’s training and teachers’ training.
Full professor
Researcher
Expertise
Hate speech and disinformation, news media consumption, media diversity, news literacy.
Associate Professor
WP2 & WP3 leader
Expertise
Digital competence, media education, cybersecurity, digital inclusion, and the impact of digital technologies on teaching, learning, and youth development
Librarian and Educator
Teacher
Expertise
Digital education, coding education, digital literacy, online safety, information literacy, and supporting children, teachers, and seniors in using technology effectively and safely
Postdoctoral Researcher
Researcher
Expertise
Developmental and health-related psychology with a focus on child and adolescent physical and behavioural outcomes.
Co-lead and conduct training sessions in module 1, 2, 3. Collect data in pre-test and post-test. Co-participating in the preparation of the measurement research reports for each intervention