{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100270"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100270","attributes":{"code":"FT250100270","administering-organisation":"The University of Melbourne","announcement-administering-organisation":"The University of Melbourne","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2030-01-01","grant-summary":"Enhancing ethical design and use of data in child tracking apps. This project aims to enhance the ethical design and use of data in child tracking apps. It will employ innovative co-design research with children, and analyse family practices, public discourses, mobile platforms, developer perspectives, and the regulatory environment of children’s mobile tracking app technologies and services. Expected outcomes include recommendations for families about the benefits and risks of child tracking apps, ethical design guidelines for educators and app developers, and policy advice for regulating child tracking technologies and protecting children’s personal data. This will bring significant benefits to Australian families via improvements in the ethical design and data privacy of child tracking apps.","funding-current":1149057.00,"funding-at-announcement":1124643,"investigators-current":[{"title":"A/Prof","firstName":"Bjørn","familyName":"Nansen","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-6215-8768 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"A/Prof","firstName":"Bjørn","familyName":"Nansen","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-6215-8768 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"The University of Melbourne","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"The University of Melbourne","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"460806","name":"Human-Computer Interaction","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4701","name":"Communication and Media Studies","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"470102","name":"Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"220103","name":"Mobile Technologies and Communications","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"220407","name":"Human-Computer Interaction","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"220502","name":"Internet, Digital and Social Media","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Denmark","England","Estonia","Italy","Sweden","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Children’s everyday lives are now routinely tracked through the widespread and daily use of mobile applications, or apps, designed to measure and manage childhood activities. As they measure their sleep, physical activity, location and movement, screen time and alertness, chores and spending, apps generate valuable data about the lives of children. Although this personal data collection is valued within families, it is also of societal concern for risks to children’s privacy, independence, safety, health and wellbeing. This project will work with children and families, app developers, and policy advisory organisations to understand the use of tracking app technologies. It will improve the ethical design of children’s apps and strengthen children’s personal data protections. The project will produce consumer safety resources for families, ethical design guidelines for educators and app developers, and policy resources on best practice for regulating child tracking technologies. Outcomes will be communicated outside academia through public engagement activities including news coverage, documentary materials, website information, public talks and a conference. Improvements to the design, education, and regulation of tracking apps for children will bring significant benefits to Australian families and the mobile app economy. Protecting children’s personal data will ultimately contribute to the digital health and wellbeing of Australian children."}}}