E-READ COST

What is E-READ?

Evolution of reading in the age of digitisation (E-READ) is Action with goal to improve scientific understanding of the implications of digitization, hence helping individuals, disciplines, societies and sectors across Europe to cope optimally with the effects. E-READ comprises a number of projects and initiatives at different levels and scientific scope. There are several strategic, within-Working Group projects. Read more

Working Groups

Working Group 1

Continuing/skilled (PISA-age) reading International assessments (e.g., PISA 2009, 2012; PIRLS 2011) have underlined that the increasing literacy demands of everyday life demand improvement of the reading skills of all students, not just those in difficulty. Individuals of all ages are increasingly exposed to information in a wide range of digital...

Working Group 2

Developmental aspects of reading Today’s children are steeped in digitally dominated media; this digital exposure is likely to affect deep reading. Deep reading is a complex process that builds on the efficiency of lower level linguistic skills, such as orthographic, phonological, semantic, morphological and syntactic knowledge, to decode and comprehend...

Working Group 3

Experiential and emotional aspects of reading Empirical research shows that literary deep reading, by virtue of its appeal to first-person experience, yields potentially unique cognitive and emotional benefits (enhancing the capacity for empathy, social inference, emotional self-regulation, verbal abilities and intelligence). The increasing use of e-readers and tablets for literary...

Working Group 4

The ergonomics of reading (physiology; haptic & tactile feedback) Reading has usually been considered as a purely cognitive process, only based on visual perception, and not really involving body actions except eye movements and, to a lesser extent, head movements. Yet, reading is a multimodal activity involving other body parts,...

Latest News

IGEL Conference – 25-28 July 2018

We are proud to welcome you to Stavanger, Norway, for the 16th biennial IGEL Conference, taking place on July 25–28, 2018. Save the dates! Cfp will be announced during September. For more information, see link and the conference web site: http://igel2018.no/…

E-READ featured in extensive coverage of E-READ in Deutschlandfunk Kultur on deutschlandfunkkultur.de portal! Read article

Dear all, This letter represents the official launch of the second call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STMS) proposals with a deadline of 10th August 2017. Herewith, please find attached three files with the relevant documents for the Call for…

E-READ featured in extensive coverage of E-READ in on goethe.de portal! Read article

All the summer 2017 news click away NEWSLETTER #5

International Scientific Conference “Books and Screens and the Reading Brain” will be held at Vilnius University from September 27-29, 2017

E-READ featured in extensive coverage of E-READ in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Woche! Download article

Dear all, This letter represents the call for applications for our Training School “Eye-tracker use for reading data collection” in Paris (from 14 to 16 June) with a deadline of May 15 . Only 10 trainees will be invited to…

Dear all, This letter represents the official launch of the first call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STMS) proposals with a deadline of 10th May 2017. Herewith, please find attached three files with the relevant documents for the Call for…

E-READ featured in extensive coverage of E-READ in the major German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – even front page mention! Download article

E-READ featured in an article on print and screen reading in the New Scientist in February 2017. Download article

IGEL Conference – 25-28 July 2018

E-READ media coverage on deutschlandfunkkultur.de

Second call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STMS) 2017

E-READ media coverage on goethe.de

eRead Newsletter summer 2017

What is E-READ?

Working Groups

Latest News

IGEL Conference – 25-28 July 2018

E-READ media coverage on deutschlandfunkkultur.de

Second call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STMS) 2017

E-READ media coverage on goethe.de

eRead Newsletter summer 2017

Books and Screens and the Reading Brain

E-READ in FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE WOCHE 17/2017

Eye-tracker use for reading data collection

Short Term Scientific Mission (STMS) proposals 2017

E-READ in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

E-READ in the New Scientist in February 2017.