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ECREA is happy to announce four types of grants and support measures to provide greater inclusion of scholars the ECC 2024 Ljubljana conference. 

YECREA early-career scholar conference fee grant

YECREA grants are aimed at general inclusion of early-career scholars and are not related to specific region or topic. 

YECREA will offer 10 grants for early-career scholars (PhD students and scholars 1 year after completion of their PhD) in the form of conference fee waivers. 

YECREA early-career scholar travel grant 

YECREA grants are aimed at general inclusion of early-career scholars and are not related to specific region or topic. YECREA grants are aimed at general inclusion of early-career scholars and are not targeting specific region or topic.

YECREA will offer 5 travel and accommodation grants for early-career scholars. (PhD students and scholars 1 year after completion of their PhD).

Both conference fee grants and travel grants will be awarded to early-career scholars whose presentations have been accepted to the conference. The applicants will be allowed to combine travel grants with the conference fee grants. Conditions will be announced with the separate call for applicants in March 2024. 

ECREA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion conference fee grants 

These grants will be awarded to address barriers and biases experienced by underrepresented groups, aiming to make ECREA to be more equal, diverse and inclusive. 

15 grants in the form of conference fee vouchers will be offered by ECREA to scholars who would otherwise have difficulties accessing the conference. 

ECREA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion travel grants

These grants will be awarded to address barriers and biases experienced by underrepresented groups, aiming to make ECREA to be more equal, diverse and inclusive. 

5 travel and accommodation grants will be offered by ECREA to scholars who would otherwise have difficulties accessing the conference. 

The applicants will be allowed to combine travel grants with the conference fee grants. Both types of grants will be awarded to scholars whose presentations have been accepted to the conference. Conditions will be announced with the separate call for applicants in March 2024.

Two other types of grants, targeting early-career scholars from the region of former Yugoslavia and Ukraine will be offered by conference Local Organising Committee. More information on conference grants: https://ecrea2024ljubljana.eu/grants/ 

Local Organising Committee of the ECC 2024 is happy to announce two targeted grants to provide greater inclusion of PhD students and early-career scholars from the region of former Yugoslavia and Ukraine at the Ljubljana conference. 

Grants for early-career scholars from the region of former Yugoslavia

Local organising committee of the conference will award 5 grants to early-career scholars from the region of former Yugoslavia.

The aim of the grants is to facilitate greater inclusion of scholars from the region, promote critical regional perspectives on conference topic Communication and Social (Dis)Order, and promote cooperation among scholars and institutions in the region.

The grants will be awarded in the form of conference fee vouchers to early-career scholars (PhD students and scholars 1 year after completion of their PhD) whose presentation has been accepted to the programme of the conference. 

Grants for early-career scholars from Ukraine

Local organising committee of the conference will award 5 grants to early-career scholars who are based at academic institutions in Ukraine to facilitate their greater participation at the Ljubljana conference.

The grants, consisting of conference fee vouchers, will be awarded to early-career scholars (PhD students and scholars 1 year after completion of their PhD) whose presentations have been accepted to the conference.

Both calls will be released in March 2024. For updates on the call, follow the news at the conference website, ECREA website or ECREA weekly digest.

Four other types of grants and support measures will be offered for scholars irrespective of the region in which they are based. These will include YECREA Early-career fee waivers and travel grants  and ECREA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion fee waivers and travel grants. More information on conference grants: https://ecrea2024ljubljana.eu/grants/ 

The submission of abstracts for the 10th ECREA ECC in Ljubljana (24-27 September 2024) with the title ‘Communication & social (dis)order‘ is only possible for one more week!

The deadline for abstract submission is 11 January 2024.

The organisers ECREA, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Slovene Communication Association are calling for proposals that contribute to rethinking communication and social (dis)order from the different perspectives of ECREA sections, networks and working groups. Proposals for individual papers, panels and roundtables can be submitted to all ECREA sections, temporary working groups and networks via the ECREA ECC 2024 submission platform.

ECREA is horrified by the terrible mass shooting event that took place at Charles University in Prague on Thursday 21st December. We extend our deepest sympathies to all those affected by this tragic event and stand in solidarity with our many friends and colleagues who work at Charles University and our colleagues and collaborators who work for and with ECREA who are based in Prague.

We are happy to inform you that the new management team of Journalism Studies has been elected:

• Corinna Lauerer (chair)
• Lada Price (vice-chair)
• Yael de Haan (vice-chair)

You can check their CVs and statements here: S/N/TWG additional election.

The 10th ECREA ECC conference in 2024 will take place from 23 to 27 September 2024 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. With the deadline for the conference just one month away (11 January), excitement is high and the organisers ECREA, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Slovene Communication Association are inviting potential presenters to submit their proposals.

Under the title ‘Communication & social (dis)order‘, the organisers are calling for proposals that contribute to rethinking communication and social (dis)order from different perspectives of ECREA sections, networks and working groups. Proposals for individual papers, panels and roundtables can be submitted to all ECREA sections, temporary working groups and networks via the ECREA ECC 2024 submission platform.

ECREA is opening a call for proposals for the hosting of the 2025 and 2026 edition of the European Media and Communication Summer School.

Deadline: February 15, 2024

ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School is established to support integration of PhD students within Europe and beyond into an academic culture in constructive and supportive manner, respectful towards disciplinary differences, inclusive across different aspects of media and communication fields and methodologies. They are intended to facilitate network-building that will last across academic career paths and to promote inclusive intellectual and organisational culture that ECREA stands for.

The call can be found here: https://ecrea.eu/page-18235

We are happy to inform you that there is a team of 3 candidates applying for the new management team:

• Corinna Lauerer
  
• Lada Price
  
• Yael de Haan
  

You can check their CVs and statements here: S/N/TWG additional election.

The election will take place online between December 6-12, 2023. Members of the Section will receive the link with all the instructions before the election.

We are happy to invite you to participate in the ECREA Summer School 5-11 August at Roskilde University, Denmark.

The application deadline is 15 February, 2024.

The ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School brings together members of the European research community to explore contemporary issues within media and communication studies. The Summer School offers a supportive international setting for European doctoral students, where you can present and develop your ongoing PhD projects and build valuable networks. Our main aim is to provide you with support, knowledge, and guidance through a variety of activities, including individual feedback seminars with leading media and communication scholars.

Full call can be found here: https://ecrea.eu/page-18214

Deadline: January 9, 2024

The ICA 2024 conference theme Communication and Global Human Rights invites communication scholars to take stock of the contributions of communication scholarship to the study of human rights; to foreground current research and practice; and to outline promising directions for communication studies. Human rights are a central topic and point of concern in many overlapping crises and regarding fundamental questions of our times about war and conflict, climate change and the environment, health, migration, food insecurity, threats to public safety, social exclusion and hate and polarization.

ECREA will host one panel at ICA 2024 and invites the submission of panel proposals that are focused on timely and innovative topics and are diverse in terms of methodologies, theoretical standpoints and/or nationalities of the presenters. We especially encourage panel proposals which include a European perspective and a comparative research focus. This call for panel proposals is open to ECREA members of all ECREA sections and to all topics.

Please note the following information:

Panel submissions. Panels provide a good forum for the discussion of new approaches, ongoing developments, innovative ideas, and debates in the field.  If you plan to submit a panel, please submit the following details: (a) Panel theme or title, (b) a 75-word description of the panel for the conference program, (c) a 400-word rationale, providing justification for the panel and the participating panelists, (d) 300-word (max) abstract of each paper, (e) names of panel participants (usually 4-5 presenters, plus an optional designated respondent), and (f) name of panel chair/organizer. In terms of diversity, we expect a strong panel proposal to (a) include contributions of at least two different countries, (b) feature gender balance, and, ideally, (c) include not more than one contribution from a single faculty, department or school. Panel proposals need to be original and may not have been submitted to ICA before or at the same time. Panels consisting of personal on-site presentations are given priority, hybrid capabilities cannot be guaranteed. Please indicate in your submission if your panel consists of on-site presentations only or not. Accepted panel presentations do not count towards the max. allowed individual paper presentations at the ICA conference.

Registering panelists. All panelists must be ECREA members by the time the conference takes place and agree in advance of submission to participate as panel presenters and to register for the ICA conference. ICA only provides a registration waiver for the panel convener, not for the other panelists.

How to submit?

• Email to: info@ecrea.eu

• Submission deadline is 9 January 2024, 23:59 CET

• In case of questions please contact: Andreas Schuck (a.r.t.schuck@uva.nl)

ECREA-ICA Conference Review Committee:

Andreas Schuck (U Amsterdam, chair)

Christina Holtz-Bacha (U Erlangen-Nürnberg, co-chair)

Irena Reifová (Charles U Prague, co-chair)