I have been a research fellow at the Centre of Research and Intervention in Education (CIIE) of the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto (FPCEUP) since 2010. My CV includes participation in six European and four national research projects in the field of citizenship education, lifelong learning, and social and educational innovation through technology, eleven articles in peer-reviewed journals (most of them SCOPUS), six book chapters (two of them in Routledge and Palgrave), two edited books, three conference papers, 12 reports, more than 12 oral presentations, five scientific consultancies, and participation in the organisation of five scientific events. My main contributions and achievements emerged from the work on analysing youth experiences in different social contexts for citizenship education, such as schools, voluntary associations, or videogames, and their impact on their knowledge, capacities, values, and dispositions that enable them to fully participate in society. As in the case of the current research proposal, my past research has been steered by the will to substantially improve youth experiences in diverse formal, non-formal, and informal education contexts to a more inclusive and participatory democratic society.