About SciLit
SciLit is a European Erasmus+ project that aims to develop young people's critical thinking in the face of misinformation and to promote human rights.
Our objectives
Build critical thinking — and pass it on
A free course and interactive platform on recognizing pseudo-science and disinformation — and why they threaten human rights, with a dedicated track and facilitation guides for youth workers.
Turn ideas into action
National ideation labs in all six countries bring young people and youth workers together to design responses to disinformation in their local context. Virtual workshops then build the advocacy skills to carry those ideas further.
Campaign locally
Participants design and run awareness campaigns in their own communities, where disinformation actually circulates. This is where what they've learned becomes action: they don't just recognize disinformation, they challenge it in public.
Influence policy
The campaigns feed into policy recommendations and a position paper. Participants present these directly to local decision-makers, so their experience reaches the people who can act on it.
Young people trained
Youth workers trained
National ideation labs
Policy recommendations
Why This Matters
Misinformation is one of the biggest challenges of our digital age.
of internet users have been fooled by fake news at least once
faster: how quickly false news spreads compared to accurate news
of young people struggle to identify unreliable sources online
The Good News
Research shows that media literacy education works. Young people who learn critical thinking skills are significantly better at identifying misinformation and are less likely to share false content. That's why SciLit exists — to give you the tools to navigate the information landscape with confidence.
Our Integrated Approach
SciLit brings together two things we usually look at separately: how science works, and why accurate information is a right. Science gives you the tools; human rights show you what's at stake.
Science Literacy
The scientific method is a tool for everyday life, not just a school subject. Understanding how science works — from hypothesis to evidence — is the foundation of critical thinking.
- ✓You evaluate claims on the evidence, not on the authority of whoever makes them.
- ✓You understand how studies are conducted and peer-reviewed.
- ✓You tell correlation from causation — two things often confused.
- ✓You recognize a study's limits: how large it is, who funded it, what it actually shows.
Human Rights
Disinformation isn't only an intellectual problem: it threatens fundamental rights. We connect critical thinking to the real impact disinformation has on human dignity and democracy — because when falsehood wins, someone pays.
- ✓You recognize how hate speech and propaganda spread online.
- ✓You understand the right to accurate information and why it matters for democracy.
- ✓You see how misinformation hits vulnerable groups first.
- ✓You protect yourself and others from manipulation.
Why Integration Matters
Teaching facts alone isn't enough. By connecting scientific thinking to human values, we create lasting change. Young people who understand WHY misinformation matters (not just HOW to spot it) become active defenders of truth and dignity.
What Learners Will Gain
SciLit equips you with practical skills that last a lifetime. Here's what you'll be able to do after completing our modules.
Detect Manipulation
Recognize propaganda techniques, emotional manipulation, and persuasion tactics used in media and advertising.
Verify Sources
Master fact-checking techniques including reverse image search, source evaluation, and cross-referencing information.
Understand Your Biases
Identify cognitive biases like confirmation bias, anchoring effect, and availability heuristic that affect your judgment.
Apply Scientific Thinking
Evaluate claims like a scientist: understand evidence quality, statistical significance, and peer review processes.
Navigate Digital Spaces
Understand how algorithms work, recognize echo chambers, and make informed choices about your media consumption.
Defend Your Rights
Connect media literacy to human rights: understand how misinformation threatens democracy, health, and social cohesion.
Our Partners
SciLit brings together 6 organizations from across Europe, each contributing unique expertise in education, critical thinking, and youth engagement.
ASUR
Asociația Secular-Umanistă din România
Founded in 2010, the Romanian Secular Humanist Association works to strengthen scientific literacy, critical thinking and evidence-based education in Romania. It develops national and European projects at the intersection of science communication, human rights education and non-formal youth work, including workshops, school collaborations and a long-running science festival in Bucharest.
Mythodologie
Association Mythodologie is a French organisation dedicated to bringing critical thinking and scientific reasoning into public debate. It runs a monthly conference series and delivers educational interventions in schools, universities and public spaces, and has developed digital tools for critical thinking education, including ArguMentor, gamified learning activities and automated content analysis.
CICAP
Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze
Founded in 1989 by science communicator Piero Angela, Fondazione CICAP ETS is an Italian non-profit promoting scientific inquiry and critical thinking. It focuses on educating new generations and training teachers, journalists and researchers through public events, conferences and publications that help people navigate claims, evidence and misinformation with a more rational, evidence-based approach.
SOYA
Square of Youth Association
Square of Youth Association is a Hungarian youth NGO founded in Budapest in 2023 by young people with Erasmus+ and youth work experience. It connects Hungarian youth with Europe through non-formal learning that builds competences, supports personal and professional growth, and promotes intercultural dialogue using a "young people to young people" approach.
Zavod Boter
Zavod Boter is a Slovenian non-profit organization established in 1999, focused primarily on culture, while also working in youth development and social welfare. Its mission is to support cultural initiatives through production, promotion, and marketing, while creating opportunities for education, inclusion, and international cooperation.
ECIESC
European Center for Innovation, Education, Science and Culture
The European Center for Innovation, Education, Science and Culture is a Bulgarian public-benefit foundation working in formal and non-formal education, research and social inclusion. It maintains a network of over 170 schools and develops curricula, digital resources and training that help young people and educators recognise misinformation, pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
Project Timeline
From the Bucharest kick-off to the final conference in Italy
Project kick-off in Bucharest, Romania
Content development and platform design
Platform launch and pilot testing
Online training course across partner countries
Local ideation labs and youth activities
Virtual workshops
Youth policy recommendations and advocacy campaigns
Final conference in Italy
Co-funded by the European Union
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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