We invite advanced scholars as well as early-career researchers with a completed PhD to serve as mentors at the poster session of the ECREA European Communication Conference 2026 in Brno. 

This session is designed to support Master’s students and early-stage PhD candidates by combining traditional poster presentations with personalized mentorship.  

Mentors will be matched with presenters based on shared research interests.  

As a mentor, you will: 

• Provide feedback on the poster draft ahead of the conference; 

• (Ideally) attend the poster session during the conference and engage in discussion with but not limited to your assigned mentee; 

• Meet with the mentee during or after the conference (in-person or online) to offer career guidance and/or help mentees refine their research.  

After introducing the mentor and mentee to each other via e-mail in May, it will be the mentee’s responsibility to reach out to the mentor, ask for the poster draft feedback, and arrange the mentoring meeting.  

Please express your interest in serving as a mentor by April 30 using the following form: https://forms.office.com/e/U3XhhtYaT6 

We will get back to you in May to match you with a mentee. 

If you have any questions, please contact Lucie Čejková: luccej@fss.muni.cz 

Thank you for supporting this initiative and helping us create an inclusive and nurturing environment at ECC 2026!