ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

Communication and the Public (special issue)

Deadline: March 20, 2026

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ctp

In recent decades, environmental challenges—ranging from climate change and air pollution to biodiversity loss and resource scarcity—have increasingly shaped not only policy agendas but also the very texture of public life globally. Responding to these crises, digital technologies—including sensor networks, big data analytics, algorithmic systems, and artificial intelligence—have become constitutive elements in how environmental issues are rendered visible, knowable, and actionable.

These technologies do more than document ecological change. They actively intervene in the communicative infrastructures through which publics emerge, take shape, and act. Systems of sensing, modeling, and prediction increasingly define what counts as “environmental risk,” thereby shaping understandings of responsibility, urgency, and agency. At the same time, these infrastructures operate unevenly: algorithmic filtering, platform governance, and unequal access to data intensify existing inequalities in visibility, participation, and recognition—particularly in contexts of rapid or uneven environmental degradation.

As a result, environmental publics are increasingly co-produced through the interaction of ecological conditions, technological systems, and communicative practices. Yet many existing theories of publicness and communication—largely premised on stable media environments and human-centered deliberation—struggle to account for publics constituted through algorithms, sensors, platforms, and predictive ecologies.

This special issue seeks to advance scholarly understanding of how technological systems reshape environmental communication and how ecological crises, in turn, reconfigure the communicative, institutional, and imaginative infrastructures of public life. By foregrounding the mutually constitutive relationship between technology, publics, and ecological transformation, the issue aims to deepen theoretical debates on public formation, algorithmic governance, mediated knowledge production, and collective action in an era of planetary uncertainty.

Scope and Themes

We welcome conceptual, methodological, and empirical contributions that examine how digital technologies mediate environmental governance, identity formation, activism, and the circulation of ecological knowledge. Contributions may engage with one or more of the following (non-exhaustive) themes:

• Algorithmic infrastructures and the formation of environmental publics
  
• Datafication, environmental knowledge, and public authority
  
• Public communication of climate models, predictive ecologies, and digital simulations
  
• Networked environmental activism and hybrid public mobilization
  
• Communicative agency among scientists, Indigenous communities, and climate advocates
  
• Surveillance ecologies, risk governance, and public trust
  
• Digital platforms, environmental legitimacy, and contestations of power
  
• Environmental media propaganda, misinformation, and AI-generated narratives

We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented regions (Asia, Africa, Latin America, Indigenous contexts) and interdisciplinary perspectives across communication studies, STS, environmental governance, and political ecology.

Submission Process and Key Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: March 20, 2026
  
• Notification of invitations to submit full papers: March 30, 2026
  
• (Please note that an invitation does not guarantee publication; all full manuscripts will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process.)
  
• Full paper submission deadline: July 31, 2026
  
• Planned publication: 2027
  

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Please submit an abstract of up to 500 words, in English, to all guest editors with the subject line: “CAP Special Issue Submission”

Guest Editors:

Dr. Dechun Zhang, University of Copenhagen (dezh@hum.ku.dk)

Dr. Weiai Xu, University of Massachusetts Amherst (weiaixu@umass.edu)

Dr. Han Lin, Soochow University (linhan741@gmail.com)

Full call for paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zAr6qNL5YtkC9YKQtj9VexGcPmZxelaq/view?usp=sharing

Culture Unbound (Special Issue)

Deadline (EXTENDED): February 20, 2026

Editors: Johanna Dahlin and Hossam Sultan

In many countries, research ethics in qualitative and ethnographic research—including digital and online ethnographies—are increasingly subject to formalized governance. A growing tendency toward bureaucratization introduces standardized procedures that often reflect criteria and expectations from clinical or laboratory settings. While these frameworks aim to ensure accountability, they can clash with the relational, adaptive, and context sensitive nature of ethnographic practice. Requirements such as detailed pre-study protocols, rigid consent forms, and extensive documentation can in some cases,—such as recordings, the management of sensitive data, or consent forms requested by ethics approval authorities—pose risks to participants and lead to over-bureaucratization for researchers. In other contexts, such as participant observation in large groups, it may be practically impossible to obtain informed consent from everyone involved. These developments raise fundamental questions about how ethical review systems can accommodate the complexity and unpredictability inherent in ethnographic research, without reducing ethics to formal procedures and the ticking of boxes.

The governance of research ethics is not a neutral or purely technical matter—it shapes what kinds of knowledge can be produced, whose voices are heard, and which methods are considered legitimate. As ethical review systems become increasingly standardized and bureaucratized, there is a risk that flexible, context-sensitive approaches such as ethnography are marginalized or forced into compliance frameworks that do not fit their epistemological foundations. These developments have implications not only for researchers but also for participants, communities, and the broader public.

By critically examining these transformations, this special issue aims to advance scholarly debate on how ethical governance can protect participants and uphold integrity without undermining methodological diversity and innovation. We invite academic contributions that analyze tensions, unintended consequences, and creative responses to current systems, as well as conceptual and empirical work proposing alternative approaches that better align with the relational and processual nature of ethnographic practice. The purpose is to generate knowledge and critical perspectives that can inform future discussions and scholarly agendas for ethical governance—agendas that respect both accountability and the complexity of qualitative research.

Types of Contributions

This special issue invites contributions in the form of full papers (8000 words) or short commentaries (3000-4000 words) that reflect upon current transformations in the regulation of ethics in ethnographic research with focus tensions, emergent questions, work arounds and future agendas that they see needed to be put in place. We welcome:

• Empirical studies, including shorter vignettes, examining how ethical review systems shape research practices in different contexts.
  
• Theoretical and conceptual analyses of ethics as practice, situated ethics, and reflexivity in relation to governance.
  
• Methodological reflections on alternative consent models (oral, processual, participatory) and their recognition within formal systems.
  

Contributors can reflect upon questions such as, but not limited to, the following:

• How can ethics be understood as relational and processual rather than fixed and standardized?
  
• What risks arise when journals and institutions impose “one-size-fits-all” requirements on diverse research practices?
  
• How might digital, online and hybrid ethnographies challenge existing assumptions about consent, privacy, and data security?
  
• In what ways can critical and postcolonial perspectives inform the design of ethical review systems?
  
• What strategies can researchers and institutions adopt to balance accountability with methodological flexibility?
  

Contributions are welcome from scholars working in a variety of fields and disciplines that engage in ethnographic research. The special issue will be published in the international open-access journal Culture Unbound. All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review.

Timeline:

• 20 February 2026: Deadline for Abstract submission. Please send a 500-word extended abstract to johanna.dahlin@liu.se and hossam.sultan@liu.se. Please indicate whether the intended manuscript is going to be a full article (up to 8000 words) or a short commentary (up to 4000 words).
  
• 2 March 2026: Notification of acceptance of proposal for paper.
  
• 15 August 2026: Submission of full papers
  
• 30 October 2026: Reviews in
  
• 31 December 2026: Revised manuscripts due
  
• Spring 2027: Publication in Culture Unbound
  

Submit your proposals and any queries to johanna.dahlin@liu.se and hossam.sultan@liu.se

August 21-22, 2026

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India

Deadline: March 1, 2026

The 6th Mobile Studies Congress invites researchers, creative practitioners, designers, filmmakers, and industry professionals to submit papers and proposals for presentations, workshops, screenings, showcases, and panel discussions on the theme "Go Mobile, Stay Connected." This annual event examines the transformative impact of mobile media, cellphilming and smart technologies on our lives, society, and creative industries. The congress will explore new ways to connect with culture, country, and communities. The 6th Mobile Studies Congress will also feature a screening of the Mobile Innovation Networks and Association (MINA) smartphone film festival. Selected conference papers and projects will be published in a special issue and edited collection.

Details: https://www.6thmobilestudiescongress.org/

June 27, 2026

Dublin, Ireland

Deadline: March 15, 2026

This pre-conference hosted by IAMCR’s Communication in Post- and Neo-Authoritarian Societies Working Group (CPN), examines public and communicative processes around (de-)industrialisation in Europe and North America, focusing on questions of voice, visibility, representation, and inequality. It takes a pluralist approach, combining analyses of public discourse with research grounded in lived experience.

Call for proposals

Authors are invited to submit abstracts of 250-300 words (excluding references, figures, and tables) by 15 March 2026 (23:59 CEST / 21:59 UTC).

Download the full call for papers

Abstracts must include name, affiliation, and contact information. Submissions should be written in English and include the main research question(s), research interest, theoretical framework, methodological approach, and key empirical findings (if applicable).

A selection of papers presented at the pre-conference will be invited to contribute to a special issue of the open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed Global Media Journal (German edition).

Date and time

Saturday, 27 June 2026

10:00–17:00 (to be confirmed)

Location

Dublin (venue to be confirmed)

About the pre-conference

Industrialization in Europe and North America was associated with profound societal transformations, most notably the urbanisation of populations and the creation of mass workforces. Across generations, many families expected their children to follow established occupational trajectories into mines, steelworks, docks, mills, and factories. For much of the twentieth century, heavy industries offered relatively stable employment and social security, contributing to gradual improvements in working-class conditions up to the 1960s.

Deindustrialization, by contrast, has often been experienced as a process of decline and loss – in economic as well as social terms. Beyond the erosion of material living standards, it has entailed the loss of pride, security, and self-worth among urban working-class communities. As industries disappeared, so too did the social infrastructures that sustained everyday life. Urban spaces fell into decay, amenities declined, and the voices, values and identities of communities were increasingly marginalised within broader national imaginaries. For many affected communities, this history continues to shape present experiences of being voiceless, unrepresented, and neglected.

The proposed pre-conference seeks to explore these dynamics by examining the public and communicative processes around (de-)industrialization. It aims to take a pluralist approach to industrial transformation, attending both to macro-level public discourses and to the lived experiences of communities navigating industrial decline and post-industrial restructuring. By foregrounding communication as a central site through which industrial transformation is interpreted, contested, and experienced, the pre-conference invites critical engagement with questions of inclusion/exclusion, voice, (in)visibility, (mis/under-)representation and inequality in societies shaped by ongoing processes of deindustrialization.

Guest Editor: Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Sakari Taipale

Special issue of Mobile Media & Communication

Volume 14 Issue 1, January 2026  (It is now the current issue)

This special issue of Mobile Media & Communication advances research on mobile communication and aging. It is framed as a navigation from theories to empirical frescoes, aiming "to bring into discussion various theories that help unravel the empirical reality of mobile communication in later life in its many colors, shades, and nuances.” (p.1). 

The 12 contributions take a broad approach, analyzing not only mobile devices (hardware) and digital spaces but also social, cultural, spatial, and future aspects of mobile communication. 

Introduction:

Fernández-Ardèvol, M., & Taipale, S. (2026). Mobile communication and later life: From theories to empirical frescoes. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251398570  [Free access]

Contributions (alphabetical order):

Carlo, S., & Diodati, F. (2026). Ageing and Mobile Phones: Tactical Uses/Nonuses in postpandemic Italy. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 89-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251359072

Chakraborty, D., & Garg, C. (2026). Navigating Technology: Mobile Media Usage and Reticence Among Older Adults in Rural India. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251378548 

Dalmer, N. K., Katz, S., Marshall, B. L., & Ellison, K. L. (2026). Connections, negotiations, and tensions: Talking tech with older adults. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 190-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251394803 [Open Access]

Erdenebat, A., & Veloso da Silva, A. (2026). Digital ageism? Analyzing women's depictions on TikTok through user-generated content under# aging and# antiaging. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 230-251. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251350900 [Open Access]

Fortunati, L., Farinosi, M., & de Luca, F. (2026). Aging in the digital era: A study on Italian older adults’ complex relationship with mobile phones. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 127-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251353639

Gan, J. (2026). “It's Great to have Fun While Earning Small Money”: Gamified Apps in the Everyday Lives of Older Adults in Shanghai. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 50-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251386226 [Open Access]

Hänninen, R., & Tiihonen, S. (2026). Navigating mobile technologies: Older adults’ mobile, digital, and non-digital strategies for enhancing subjective well-being. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 108-126. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251348098 [Open Access]

Li, Y., & Krijnen, T. (2026). “Vlogging my lives of two homes”: Chinese Houniao and their place-making in the online–offline nexus. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 211-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251385038 [Open Access]

McGrane, C., & Hjorth, L. (2026). Creating speculative mobile media futures with older adults in Australia. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 170-189. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251342016 [Open Access]

Pei, X. (2026). Polymedia within constraints: Negotiating smartphone usage among socioeconomically marginalized older female adults in the Global South. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 12-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251346244 [Open Access]

Rosenberg, D. (2026). Perceived health-related mobile device usefulness in older adults: Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 149-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251353644 

Wagner, S. (2026). Relational digital agency: An everyday life study of mobile communication in nursing homes. Mobile Media & Communication, 14(1), 68-88. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251379751 [Open Access]

Lund University

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Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

The Department of Communication is an interdisciplinary, international, and dynamic environment for education and research in media and communication studies, strategic communication, and journalism, with particular emphasis on digital communication technologies. The department is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences, which is highly ranked internationally (46th place according to Times Higher Education). We combine theoretical knowledge with practical skills to prepare students for professional careers as well as further academic studies.

The department has close collaborations with the media and communication industry, civil society, and public authorities. Our researchers study communication and media environments at all levels and analyze communication practices in organizations, politics, society, and culture. Research and teaching are conducted in Lund, Malmö, and Helsingborg.

About the position 

The main responsibility is to pursue your doctoral studies, which include both independent research and coursework within the doctoral programme. In addition to doctoral studies, participation in teaching and other departmental duties (up to a maximum of 20%) may be included. The position is limited to four years (up to a maximum of five years with departmental duties corresponding to 20%). Regulations concerning doctoral student employment can be found in the Higher Education Ordinance (1998:80).

As a doctoral student, you will become part of a creative and international research environment with seminars, workshops, and conferences, as well as opportunities to participate in pioneering interdisciplinary projects.

More information about the doctoral programme is available on the department’s website:

(https://www.iko.lu.se/en/research/doctoral-studies).

Eligibility

General eligibility for third-cycle (doctoral) education is granted to applicants who have completed a second-cycle degree, fulfilled course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits (ECTS), of which at least 60 credits are at the second-cycle level, or who have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad.

In addition to meeting the general entry requirements for doctoral studies, the applicant must have at least 30 higher education credits at the second-cycle level in the main field of media and communication studies, or have acquired equivalent knowledge (for example in strategic communication), in Sweden or abroad.

The applicant must also have completed independent scholarly work amounting to at least 15 higher education credits at the second-cycle level.

Applicants must have sufficient proficiency in English to be able to comprehend research literature, complete doctoral-level coursework, and participate actively in seminar activities.

Assessment Criteria

Regulations governing employment as a doctoral student can be found in the Higher Education Ordinance (SFS 1998:80). Only those who have been admitted to third‑cycle (doctoral) education may be appointed to a doctoral studentship. In the selection process, primary consideration will be given to the applicant’s ability to benefit from doctoral studies. Particular weight will be placed on the applicant’s master’s thesis (or equivalent degree project) and the proposed doctoral dissertation idea.

The assessment will also consider the applicant’s ability to work independently and in a well‑structured manner, as well as their ability to contribute to good collaboration and a positive research environment within the department.

The Application Must Include

1.    A CV including certified copies of degree certificates, academic transcripts, and other relevant documentation.

2.    A copy of the master’s thesis and, where applicable, the applicant’s other scholarly publications (for example, articles in academic journals).

3.    A personal statement describing the applicant’s background, interest in the field, and motivation for pursuing doctoral studies.

4.    A dissertation proposal outlining the applicant’s proposed doctoral project (maximum five pages). If AI has been used in preparing the application, please specify how it was used.

5.    Contact details for two referees.

Recruitment Timeline

The application deadline is 31 March. Interviews will be conducted online, and the decision on the appointment will be announced in June. The position begins on 30 August 2026.

Terms and Conditions

The position is a fixed-term employment of four years, in accordance with Chapter 5, Section 7 of the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and views gender equality and diversity as a strength.

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly decline all contact from advertising salespersons as well as recruitment and staffing agencies.

The Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University is one of the leading education and research institutions in Sweden and operates both in Lund and Helsingborg.

The Department of Communication is an interdisciplinary, international, dynamic teaching and research environment, including journalism, strategic communication, and media and communication studies. Our education emphasises theoretical knowledge and practical skills to prepare students for professional careers and further academic studies. We work closely with the media industry, civil society, corporations and the public sector to enable students and researchers to contribute to and benefit from activities outside academia. Our researchers study communication and media environments at the local, national and global levels. They explore, explain, and critically analyse communication and digital media technologies in contemporary organisations, politics, society, and culture.

We kindly decline all sales and marketing contacts.

Type of employmentTemporary position

First day of employment2026-08-30

SalaryMonthly salary

Number of positions1

Full-time equivalent100

CityLund

CountySkåne län

CountrySweden

Reference numberPA2026/227

Contact

Cecilia Cassinger, Director of Third Cycle Studies, +4642356525, cecilia.cassinger@iko.lu.se

Tobias Linné, Head of Department, +46462224164, tobias.linne@iko.lu.se

Union representative

OFR/ST:Fackförbundet ST:s kansli, 046-2229362, st@st.lu.se

SACO:Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds universitet, kansli@saco-s.lu.se, kansli@saco-s.lu.se

SEKO: Seko Civil, 046-2229366, sekocivil@seko.lu.se

Published22.Jan.2026

Last application date31.Mar.2026

May 7-8, 2026

Roskilde University, Denmark

Deadline: February 28, 2026

SMiD 2026 – 50 Years Anniversary Conference

Generative AI (GenAI) fundamentally reconfigures the very processes that lie at the core of media and communication scholarship. Recent estimates show that ChatGPT alone processes approx. 2.5 billion prompts daily, which illustrates the unprecedented speed and scale at which GenAI tools are adopted and integrated into everyday practices. This development raises not only critical questions about the changing conditions of communication and media practices but also knowledge work, journalism, organisational structures and cultures, agency, authenticity, transparency, accountability, labour, bias, power relations, etc. In addition, GenAI sparks fundamental methodological debates and challenges the status quo of academic teaching and learning.

Current GenAI developments echo, mirror and build upon previous technological innovations and are deeply embedded into and shaped by societal and cultural transformations. Over the past five decades, such transformations have continuously redefined the study objects of media and communication scholarship, leading to an expansion of the field from its early focus on mass media, radio, print journalism and television to encompass a wide array of social media, digital cultures and datafied infrastructures.

The SMiD 2026 anniversary conference wishes to mark 50 years of media and communication research in Denmark, the Nordics and beyond, as well as 45 years of MedieKultur. It aims to provide a forum for critical reflection that situates current GenAI developments and disruptions within broader historical trajectories and transformations in media and communication studies. Scholars and educators are invited to engage in discussions on how media and communication research can provide adequate responses to the pressing questions contemporary societies are facing in the era of GenAI. Topics may include but are not limited to:

• Changing communication and media practices, e.g., transformations in everyday communication practices, shifting norms, cultures, human-machine communication, health communication.
  
• GenAI in relation to news production, journalism and data, e.g., how GenAI reshapes journalistic routines, newsroom work, GenAI as epistemic authorities.
  
• Platform materiality and environmental communication, e.g., critical examinations of the material and environmental demands of GenAI and how these are communicated, justified and/or obscured, narratives of resistance on the inevitability of GenAI.
  
• Historical, ethical and philosophical perspectives on GenAI, e.g., historical trajectories, philosophical and ethical implications, and changing human-machine relations.
  
• Audience and user studies, e.g., how users and audiences make sense of, interpret, and co-create GenAI output, shifting forms of agency, engagement, trust, and literacy across various contexts.
  
• Methodological explorations, e.g., opportunities and challenges for research design, data collection, and analysis, as well as ethical considerations.
  
• Academic teaching and learning, e.g., innovative pedagogical approaches to using/resisting GenAI in media and communication education.
  

The conference’s aim is to bring together academic scholars, from PhD candidates to professors, and practitioners within the broader field of media and communication research.

We welcome traditional academic formats in the form of abstracts and presentations, and we encourage creative and/or experimental, alternative contributions. In connection to the conference, participants are invited to submit a full paper for peer-review to MedieKultur.

As in the previous years, SMiD 2026 is open to all researchers and practitioners with connections to the media and communication research and/or practice environment in Denmark and/or having the wish to connect to the community. If your work is not related to the overall conference theme, you are still welcome to submit an abstract and present your work.

Abstract submissions and other contributions should be between 300 and 500 words (excluding references and a short bio). Please submit no later than February 28th via email to smid@foreningen-smid.dk.

For further information please visit: https://www.foreningen-smid.dk/

Conference costs (including lunch, dinner and refreshments, excluding transportation and lodging):

• Conference participation and full SMiD membership: 2000 DKK
  
• Conference participation and reduced SMiD membership (e.g., PhD students and emerita): 1700 DKK
• Conference attendance only: 1500 DKK
  

In special circumstances it is possible to waive the conference fee, e.g. if you are an independent researcher. Please write a short informal application stating your current situation via e-mail to smid@foreningen-smid.dk.

University of Zurich

The Media & Internet Governance Division (Prof. Dr. Natascha Just), Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich, invites applications for a doctoral position in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network "RePIM – Revisioning Public Interest Media". The Doctoral Candidate will investigate how automated content is used in Public Interest Media and assess the emerging potentials and challenges this creates. The position will involve close collaboration with other Doctoral Candidates in the RePIM doctoral Network Project, and an academic secondment of approximately 2 months at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria. The candidate will also carry out 3-month internship at the VRT, the Public Service Media organisation in Flanders, Belgium.

The planned starting date is 1 May 2026.

For further information and application details, visit https://repimnetwork.eu/dc1-coping-with-the-challenges-of-automated-content-in-public-interest-media/ 

March 19-20, 2026

Lublin, Poland

Deadline (EXTENDED): February 4, 2026

Don't miss your chance to meet our keynote speaker professor Martin Riedl at the Mediatization Conference 7. Come to Lublin 19–20 March 2026 and join the discussion on “Mediatization and Artificial Intelligence. Values, Principles and Practices of AI-zation?”

Martin Riedl Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor at School of Journalism and Media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and will deliver his speech in person on the subject: Resuscitated at the deathbed? GenAI as challenge and opportunity for journalism

There is still time to share your ideas and to submit your abstract till 4 February 2026. See the details here: https://www.umcs.pl/en/ms-registration.htm

The conference fee is €48 (PLN 200) and the deadline for payment is 28 February 2026.

Post-conference articles will be published in: Vol. 10, 2026, Mediatization Studies.

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February 5, 2026

Register for (one of the) DigiMig Webinars on “Digital Inclusion and Migration” now!

The DigiMig Webinar Series aims to create a space for exchange and reflection on how digital technologies shape experiences of migration, belonging, and participation. By bringing together research from different disciplines and countries, the series highlights diverse perspectives on digital inclusion — from education and labour integration to gender and ageing. The series are a part of the NWO VIDI-funded DigiMig project, carried out at the University of Groningen. More information about the project and the webinar series can be found on the project website: www.digimig.nl

Programme

• Nov 6th, 2025 - 15:00-16:00 (CET) (past webinar, recording will be available soon)
  

Maria José Brites, Lusófona University; Terasa Sofia Castro, Lusófona University

Digital wellbeing in schools: the example of Information and Communication Clubs

• February 5th, 2026 - 16:00-17:00 (CET) (Online)
  

Panayiota Tsatsou, Birmingham City University

Exploring digital inclusion, vulnerability and migration: A social lab framework

• March 20th, 2026 - 09:00-10:00 (CET) (Online)
  

Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto, Monash University

Networked Mobility Divide among Older Migrants and their Fragmented Social Networks

• April 9th, 2026 - 16:00-17:00 (CET) (Online)
  

Giacomo Solano, Radboud University

Digitalisation and social and labour market inclusion of female refugees in the Netherlands

• May 6th, 2026 - 16:00-17:00 (CET) (Online)
  

Noemi Mena Montes, Radboud University

Mind the Digital Gap: From Digital Inequality to Digital Equity in Migration & Media

• June 25th, 2026 - 16:00-17:00 (CET) (Online)
  

Claudia Minchilli, University of Groningen

The Myth of Digital Diaspora. An intersectional approach to the study of diasporic digital networking

• September 15th, 2026 - 14:00-15:00 (CET) (Online)
  

Annamaria Neag. University of Groningen; Cigdem Bozdag, University of Groningen; Koen Leurs, Utrecht University

Inclusive media education for diverse societies

Please register for the webinars to receive the Zoom links: https://bit.ly/49XmvP9 <https://bit.ly/49XmvP9

The recordings of the webinars will be available on the project website. Please follow the website or subscribe our email list for project updates: https://bit.ly/4bRO1Qw <https://bit.ly/4bRO1Qw