About
Clara Julia Reich researches children and young people's digital everyday lives, and the role consumption plays. Her research spans from children's sociodigital belonging practices on social media to video games and digital literacy. Clara has extensive qualitative research experience with child-centred research design, ranging from interviews, focus groups, netnography, to arts-based methods. Over the past years, she has led several research projects, such as for the Norwegian Media Authority and the Norwegian Ministry for Children and Families.
Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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Practices and policies of belonging among minority and majority children of low-income families (BELONG)
This project seeks to increase current knowledge of the practices causing marginalization and social exclusion of minority and majority children of low-income families.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Steinnes, Kamilla Knutsen
;
Reich, Clara Julia
(2026).
Cosmetics as social currency: young people playing out identities through skins in free-to-play games.
Consumption and Society.
https://doi.org/10.1332/27528499Y2025D000000066
Reich, Clara Julia
;
Laamanen, Mikko
(2026).
Flat relationality in digital practices of belonging.
Consumption and Society.
https://doi.org/10.1332/27528499Y2025D000000062
Reich, Clara Julia
;
Amilien, Virginie
; Mahawong, Lopat; Abdillahi, Zumeya Rashid; Abdillahi, Fathiya Douale; Lønnerød, Maiken
(2025).
Leftovers. From Waste to Taste.
Dolphijn, Rick; Polson, Nicholas (Ed.).
Food, Migration and Belonging: A Glossary for Doing Fieldwork in Contemporary Europe. p. 257-260.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68445-6_21
Roos, Gun
;
Reich, Clara Julia
;
Terragni, Laura
(2025).
Belonging.
Dolphijn, Rick; Polson, Nicholas (Ed.).
Food, Migration and Belonging: A Glossary for Doing Fieldwork in Contemporary Europe. p. 77-84.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68445-6_5
Reich, Clara Julia
;
Steinnes, Kamilla Knutsen
;
Teigen, Helene Maria Fiane
(2025).
Digital economy of dignity: children’s belonging(s) and digital facework.
Information, Communication & Society.
Vol. 28.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2472949
Haugsrud, Ingrid
;
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad
;
Reich, Clara Julia
(2025).
Kledd for tilhørighet: Barns bruk av klær for å skape likhet.
Borch, Anita; Bilgrei, Ola Røed (Ed.).
Barns tilhørighet blant mennesker og ting. p. 71-91.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.250
Reich, Clara Julia
(2024).
Shipping on Social Media – Early Adolescents Playfully Exploring Relationships.
Nordisk tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning (NTU).
Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.18261/ntu.5.2.2
Reich, Clara Julia
;
Bøyum, Live
;
Steinnes, Kamilla Knutsen
;
Teigen, Helene Maria Fiane
(2024).
“You don’t have to share every single small moment on social media” Exploring Tensions Between Parents and Children in Sharenting Practices.
Nordisk tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning (NTU).
Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.18261/ntu.5.2.1
Horan, Conor; Nasya, Bahanur;
Reich, Clara Julia
; Krebs, Roland
(2023).
Using Dialogical Exchanges and Social Interactions to Evaluate and Improve Placemaking Practices.
Costa, Carlos Smaniotto; Fathi, Mastoureh; García-Esparza, Juan A. (Ed.).
Placemaking in Practice Volume 1
Experiences and Approaches from a Pan-European Perspective. p. 163-181.
De Gruyter Brill.
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004542389_011
