Programme 2026

1 June 2026

9.00 - 9.30
Moscow time

Moderator: Alexander Veraksa

Head of the Psychology of Education and Pedagogics Department of the Faculty of Psychology at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Deputy Director of the Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Vice-President of the Russian Psychological Society, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Doctor of Psychology

9:30 - 11:10
Moscow time

Moderator: Alexander Veraksa

Head of the Psychology of Education and Pedagogics Department of the Faculty of Psychology at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Deputy Director of the Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Vice-President of the Russian Psychological Society, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Doctor of Psychology

  1. A Supportive Tool or a Shortcut: Lower Secondary Students’ Perceptions of AI Use in Learning
  2. Understanding Responsible AI for Children Through a Psycho-Socio-Technical Lens
  3. Reimagining Children’s Poetry Through Digital Adaptation
  4. Effectiveness of a gamified attentional training for children with learning disorders
  5. Tactile-Digital Environments as a Methodological Response to the "Screenification" of Preschool Education: Recognizing Physical Objects through Computer Vision
11:20 - 13:00
Moscow time

Moderator: Apollinaria Chursina

Researcher at Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Researcher at the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy at Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and doctoral student of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain)
  1. The Mediating Role of Social Media Addiction and Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) in the Relationship Between Digital Technology Use and Mental Health Among Vietnamese High School Students
  2. From Digital Risks to Safe Online Behavior: An Educational Intervention to Enhance Parents' Conscious Use of Smart Devices
  3. Between Screens and Nature: Adolescents’ Reflections on Online–Offline Tensions in Everyday Life
  4. How Do Adolescents Use Social Networks and What Are Their Potential Dangers? A Qualitative Study of Gender Differences
  5. The relationship between preschoolers’ chore participation and problem-solving ability——Scaffolding Role of Parents
13:10 - 14:50
Moscow time

Moderator: Apollinaria Chursina

Researcher at Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Researcher at the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy at Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and doctoral student of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain)

Moderator: Larisa Shevchenko

Chairwoman of the Russian Committee of the World Organization for Preschool Education under the auspices of UNESCO (OMEP), Director of the organization of autonomous preschool education "WORLD OF CHILDHOOD"

  1. Innovative pedagogy as a conductor of cultural code: new facets of working with preschoolers
  2. Education for Sustainable Development starts early: In Early Childhood Education and Care
  3. Traditions and Innovations as Leading Trends in Modern Italian Early Childhood Education
  4. Preschool Education in Uzbekistan Today: Key Trends, Innovations, and Traditions
  5. Socio-political analysis of the use of ICTs in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Case of the City of Matadi
  6. Contribution of Generative Artificial Intelligence to Playful Learning: The Case of Nursery Schools in the Sub-divisions of Mbanza-Ngungu
  7. Fostering School Readiness in a Digital Era: The Role of Child Agency
15:00 - 16:40
Moscow time

Moderator: Apollinaria Chursina

Researcher at Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Researcher at the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy at Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and doctoral student of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain)
  1. Lack of information ecology as one of the causes of speech delays in children
  2. Digital Space: Risks to Children's Health
  3. Universal Profiles, Specific Risks: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Relationship Between Psychological Well-Being and Problematic Social Media Use Among Adolescents in Cuba and Russia
  4. Sustainable Hearing and Listening: Protecting the Child With the Cocktail Party Problem in a Digital World
  5. “Simplicity Is Voluptuous”: Valuable Lessons on Screen-Time Risks When Life Was Much Simpler
16:50 - 18:20
Moscow time

Moderator: Apollinaria Chursina

Researcher at Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Researcher at the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy at Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and doctoral student of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain)
  1. Smartphone exposure and sleep patterns in Brazilian children and adolescents: Findings from the SmartKids and Smarteens studies
  2. The adult and the teacher as important mediators in the play activity
  3. Neuropsychological and Personality Assessment in Institutionalized Children
  4. Collaborative Creativity Beyond Screens: Contributions of Learning in Co-presence
  5. Grooming Prevention Using an Educational Robot: Design-Based Research

2 June 2026

9:00 - 10:40
Moscow time

Moderator: Anna Leybina

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, PhD in Psychology

  1. Popular or Original? The Interplay Between Peer Status, Originality and Inhibitory Control in 5-to-7-Year-Old Children
  2. Multilingualism and creativity in the context of cognitive regulation
  3. Ethics of Scientific Experimentation Involving Children
  4. Indonesian Government Regulations and the Role of Psychology in Providing Protection for Children in the Digital Space
  5. Predicting Psychotic-Like Experiences in Children: ADHD, Cognitive Flexibility, and Quality of Life — Lessons for the Digital Age
10:50 - 12:30
Moscow time

Moderator: Anna Leybina

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, PhD in Psychology

  1. Digital approach to physical development of children through phygital play
  2. The Impact of Digital Game Preferences on Executive Function Development in Preschoolers With Low Level of Self-Regulation
  3. Use of Digital Technologies by Children Aged 2 to 5 Years: Conceptions and Practices of Parents, Guardians, and Educators in Luanda, Angola
  4. Status of Pre-Primary Education in Bangladesh in the Digital Age: Challenges and Way Forward
  5. Open-World Video Games, Moral Agency, and Identity Formation among Adolescents
12:40 - 14:20
Moscow time

Moderator: Apollinaria Chursina

Researcher at Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Researcher at the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy at Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and doctoral student of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain)
  1. A Cultural-Historical Approach to Developing Children’s Cognition and Environmental Risk Intelligence Through Digital Tools
  2. Raising Children in a Digital Age: A Cultural-Historical Approach to Supporting Parents in Times of Rapid Transformation
  3. Digital Citizenship in Early Childhood: A Call for Care and Responsibility
  4. Screen-Based Storytelling vs. Traditional Reading: Cognitive and Emotional Impacts on Narrative Processing in Children
  5. Synthetic Mediation and the Zone of Proximal Development: Rethinking Vygotsky in AI-Mediated Childhoods
14:30 - 16:10
Moscow time

Moderator: Apollinaria Chursina

Researcher at Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Researcher at the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy at Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and doctoral student of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain)
  1. Digital Parenting, Self-Regulation, and Psychological Well-Being Among Vietnamese Adolescents in the Context of Social Media Use
  2. Creative Parenting in the Digital Era: The Case of Parenting in Bafang in the West Region of Cameroon
  3. Exploring Social Media Engagement Among Young Children in India
  4. The Parents' Role in Mediating the Impact of Negative Media News on Children
  5. Family structure, loneliness, and internet use strategies as predictors of adolescent psychological well-being
16:20 - 18:20
Moscow time

Moderator: Apollinaria Chursina

Researcher at Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Researcher at the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy at Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and doctoral student of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain)
  1. Digital Violence Against Children
  2. Participation of mothers and preschool children in joint use of mobile devices
  3. Developing Revitalizing Digital Ecologies with Children and Youth
  4. Psychological Well-being Scale for Children from 31 Countries: Analysis from Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory
  5. Relationship between the use of digital technologies and the executive functioning of Cuban adolescents
RPS

Russian Psychological Society

e-mail: ruspsysoc@gmail.com

FSC PIR

Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research,
Moscow, Russia

e-mail: forumdigitalchildhood@gmail.com

Faculty of Psychology of MSU

Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Moscow, Russia

e-mail: psy@psy.msu.ru