Youth, New Media, and Public Participation Project (Youth & New Media)
The goal of the Youth, New Media, and Public Participation Project is to develop a new conceptual framework for understanding civic, political, and public participation in the age of networked media. For more on Youth & New Media

The Civic Implications of Kids' Participation w/Digital Media (Digital Media)
A longitudinal quantitative analysis of how adolescent engagement with digital media relates to their civic and political knowledge, commitments, and activities. For more on Kids & Digital Media

California Survey of Civic Education (California Survey)
CERG in partnership with the Educating for Democracy Initiative, provides a longitudinal assessment of civic development opportunities and outcomes in a number of school districts throughout California. For more on the California Survey.

Completed projects include

The Pew Internet & American Life Project (Pew)
CERG, in partnership with the Pew Internet & American Life Project, has developed a nationwide telephone survey, carried out in the Fall 2007, intended to examine young people's video game habits and experiences, and the relationship of those experiences to civic commitments and activities. For more on Pew

Developing Citizens: a Longitudinal Study of High School Student Civic Commitments (Chicago)
This study examines the impact of classroom practices, extracurricular activities, family conversations, neighborhood contexts, school contexts, and academic performance on students' developing commitments to civic participation. For more on Developing Citizens

Democratic Values Initiative Study
In collaboration with Joel Westheimer of the University of Ottawa, this study examined 10 exemplary educational programs designed to promote democratic values. For more on Democratic Values.

CityWorks Evaluation
A study of CityWorks - an experiential high school government curriculum - carried out in collaboration with Bernedette Chi. For more on CityWorks.