28 Apr FAIR GAME
28 Apr, 2026
FAIR GAME addresses the intersection between children’s rights and mental well-being in online gaming environments. As digital gaming communities continue to grow, they offer valuable opportunities for social interaction, creativity, and learning, while also exposing children to significant risks such as cyberbullying, harmful content, exploitative monetisation practices, and negative mental health impacts including anxiety, addiction, and social isolation.
Online gaming is a central part of children’s digital lives. Research shows that young players frequently encounter discrimination, aggression, and manipulative design mechanisms that prioritise prolonged engagement over users’ well-being. FAIR GAME responds to these challenges by empowering children not only as users, but as active contributors in shaping safer, fairer, and more supportive gaming spaces.
The overall objective of FAIR GAME is to strengthen the protection and realisation of children’s rights in online gaming through participatory and scalable approaches. The project operationalises key EU policy frameworks by developing co-designed tools and interventions that reflect children’s lived experiences and can be applied across diverse gaming contexts. Central to the project is the meaningful involvement of children as rightsholders, peer leaders, and decision-makers.
Project partners:
- UNIVERSITAT JAUME I DE CASTELLON (UJI), Coordinator – Spain
- ALL DIGITAL (AD) – Belgium
- 8D GAMES BV (8DG) – Netherlands
- UNIVERSITY OF LIMASSOL (UoL) – Cyprus
- SAVE THE CHILDREN (SCF) – Finland
