Sandra Cortesi

Professor for Participation and Diversity

Sandra Cortesi is a Rudolf Mössbauer Assistant Professor for Participation and Diversity at the Technical University of Munich (with a dual affiliation at the School of Medicine and Health and the School of Social Sciences and Technology). Sandra is also a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the IKMZ at the University of Zurich.
At Youth and Media she collaborates closely with talented young people (ages 12-18) and engages with researchers in the field who share an interest in exploring innovative ways to understand, evaluate, and shape current and future social challenges emerging in the digital world.

Personal website: sandracortesi.com

Related Projects

The Youth and Media Lab is an international hub for participatory research and policy innovation that empowers young people to co-create a safer, fairer, and more inclusive digital world.

Lab

Frontiers in Digital Child Safety

The Frontiers in Digital Child Safety initiative seeks to contribute to ongoing debates about novel ways to advance child safety through a series of open-source materials, including research briefs, issue spotters, or technical descriptions. It is complementary to existing and emerging child protection efforts. The transatlantic multi-stakeholder initiative at the TUM Think Tank is made possible by financial support from Apple. It invites collaboration among scholars at TUM, Harvard University, and the University of Zurich, and facilitates contributions by a global research community. The initiative will explore a range of innovative technological, educational, and other approaches to prevent and respond to digital child safety issues.

Project

Digital Safety

Building evidence-based policy for a safer digital world

Project

Related News

Noteworthy

Frontiers in Digital Child Safety Project Launched

The Technical University of Munich collaborates with Apple to advance child safety in the digital space. A new interdisciplinary initiative at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will explore frontier issues in digital child safety following $500’000 dollar commitment from Apple.

10. Apr 2024

Recap

The kids are alright?!

Youth & Media Lab Discusses Children’s Digital Wellbeing in Brussels

18. Dec 2025

Related Outputs

Publication

Better by design

How digital environments can support children's safety, agency, and well-being

02. Apr 2026
Policy Brief

Inverting the Brussels Effect: What the EU Can Learn from Latin America in Digital Governance

This policy brief offers insights into what the EU can learn from its counterparts in LAC. Authored by the HEMISPHERES project members – a three year collaboration funded under the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet 2024 Networks Program, which aims to foster cooperation between European and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) academic and research centers, policymakers, private sector and civil society.

15. Sep 2025
Publication

Frontiers in Digital Child Safety

Designing a child-centered digital environment that supports rights, agency, and well-being

26. Jun 2025