CASE researchers took part in the European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference 2026 in Warsaw, presenting research on two timely social challenges: young people’s responses to digital risks and the politics of migration cooperation in Europe.
Martyna Gliniecka and Zuzanna Stańska presented “From Self-Directors to Passive Crowds: A Framework of Youth Digital Risk Response Profiles.” Drawing on research with young people, parents, and teachers in Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania, the study explores young people’s digital resilience and proposes four profiles of how individuals and groups respond to online risks and harms.
Jan Bazyli Klakla presented “Cooperation Mechanisms as Conflict Triggers: the Politics of (Non-)Cooperation in Polish–German Migration Governance,” co-authored with Oskar Chmiel. The research examines how mechanisms intended to support migration cooperation between Poland and Germany can themselves become sources of political conflict and polarisation, particularly when reframed through debates around sovereignty, security, and fairness.
Together, the two contributions brought CASE research into the European sociological debate on digital resilience, migration governance, cooperation, and social and political polarisation.
