The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and Hivos<http://http//www.hivos.net/>have assessed the state of knowledge on the potential impact of youth for social transformation and political engagement in the South. This report ‘*Digital Natives with a Cause?’* charts scholarship and practice of youth and technology and informs further research and intervention within diverse contexts and cultures. The report displays that digital natives have a potential impact as agents of change. It concludes that multidisciplinary theoretical approaches venturing beyond the cause-and-effect model and providing the necessary vocabulary and sensitivity are crucial to understanding Digital Natives. The lament that youths are apolitical is a result of insufficient attention to activities that do not conform to existing notions of political and civil society formation. Digital Natives are sensitive and thoughtful; it is time to listen to them and their ideas, and to focus on their development as responsible and active citizens rather than on their digital exploits or technologised interests. The report specifically focuses on youth as e-agents of change within emerging Information Societies to explore questions of technology mediated identities, embedded conditions of social transformation and political participation, as well as potentials for sustained livelihood and education. It identifies Knowledge Gaps and Networks and further areas of intervention in the field of Digital Natives. As a first step in working towards enabling digital natives for social transformation and political engagement, Hivos and CIS will organize a multistakeholder conference fall 2010. A Summary of the report, as well as the detailed narrative are now available for discussion, debate, suggestions and ideas. The report is available at http://cis-india.org/research/dn/dnrep and also at http://http://www.hivos.net/Hivos-Knowledge-Programme/Themes/Digital-Natives-with-a-Cause/News/New-Publication-on-Digital-Natives<http://http//www.hivos.net/Hivos-Knowledge-Programme/Themes/Digital-Natives-with-a-Cause/News/New-Publication-on-Digital-Natives> Apologies for Cross-posting Warm regards Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884