Symposium on Youth Meanness and Cruelty

As part of the Berkman Center‘s partnership with the Born This Way Foundation, the Youth and Media team has aggregated and summarized recent academic literature on youth bullying, both online and offline, released as part of the Kinder & Braver World Project: Research Series. The purpose of “Bullying in a Networked Era” is to translate scholarly research into terms that resonate with a concerned public audience, which may include but is not limited to parents, caregivers, educators and practitioners. In addition, the Lab‘s team provided significant assistance to the Berkman Center core team in the lead-up to the February 2012 Symposium on Youth Meanness and Cruelty, co-hosted by the Berkman Center as part of the official launch of the BTWF at Harvard University. In the near term, the Lab‘s team will also engage its ambassadorial program in topics of kindness, bravery, and healthy relationships and support the development of the Kinder & Braver World Project.