public statement committee

The ECREA Public Statement Committee’s mission is to produce statements of support or protest related to cases of violations of academic freedom and undue pressures on our members or academic communities in countries with a substantial ECREA membership. The Public Statement Committee will generally reacts to alerts coming from the membership but can also act on its own initiative. 

Members or Sections, Networks or Temporary Working Groups are invited to contact the Committee with alerts and proposals at info@ecrea.eu. Within the scope of its available resources, the Committee investigates the cases and draws up statements or endorses statements prepared by others. All statements are confirmed by and issued on behalf of the ECREA Governing Body.

The Public Statement Committee consists of Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Beata Klimkiewicz and Jelena Kleut as members of the ECREA Governing Body.

Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, president of ECREA - Professor in Media and Communication studies at School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University Sweden. Her academic journey is marked by her interests in cultural citizenship and participation, engagement in museums, libraries, public broadcasting, and the social applications of new technologies. Her research approach is characterized by creativity and collaboration.

Beata Klimkiewicz, member of the ECREA Governing Body - Professor in the area of media and social communication studies, based at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication, JU, Kraków. She held Jean Monnet Chair for 2019 – 2024 (Media Freedom, Trust and Transparency in the European Union). Recently, she became a member of the Euromedia Research Group (EMRG). Her research interests include media pluralism and diversity; media policy and regulation in Europe; media systems in Central Europe.

Jelena Kleut, member of the ECREA Governing Body - Associate Professor at the Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.  Her research interests lie in audience and journalism studies, specifically in relation to digital media and transitional democracies. As an academic omnivore, she studied audience engagement and participation, local news, and post-communist transformation of media and journalism.

Former members of Public Statement Committee (2016-2024)

John Downey (ECREA Executive Board)
Göran Bolin (ECREA Executive Board)
Ilija Tomanic Trivundza (ECREA Executive Board)
Murat Akser (ECREA Executive Board)
Koen Leurs (representative of S/N/TWG management teams)