ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

Call for Chapter Proposals

Deadline: August 15, 2025

Editors: CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Linda Howell, and Jessica Hautsch 

In the wake of the 2024 American presidential campaigns and election, this book seeks to explore the current American political situation from the perspective of fan studies. The goal of this collection is to understand the conditions, processes, objects, people, and institutions of contemporary democracies for their overlaps with fans, fandoms, and fan communities. The collection seeks to answer this question: can fan studies help us understand political experience and expression within American democracy and, if so, what led to, is involved in, and impacted by this understanding?

A political fandom occurs when fannish behaviors, both external and internal, operate in relation with a traditional political entity or process. Political fandoms have emerged in the 21st century as politics have increasingly become mediated and celebritized, with the emergence of Trump and the MAGA movement as, perhaps, the inevitable expression of the intersection between politics, mass media, and celebrity culture. These observations are also not unique to fan scholars, as journalists have begun to question the extent to which political campaigns and politicians have begun to interact with voters and constituents as fans. Journalists and political analysts have even begun to use fannish terms like “cosplay” in their discussion of the second Trump Administration. This collection, then, seeks to explore and understand how fandom concepts occur in contemporary democratic processes and institutions. 

Understanding political fandoms means utilizing both the affective and cognitive aspects of fandom to illuminate the personal, social, and political actions of networked citizen-as-fans. We hope this book will theorize the nature of the citizen-as-fan and the development of political fandoms, analyze the actions that constitute and maintain political fandoms, and understand the implications of political fandoms and citizens-as-fans for the world and people’s everyday lives and, through these implications, to offer warnings and suggestions for the future.  

Thus, the purpose of this book is both an analysis of the current state of politics in the United States and a consideration of what the future may hold for this Ameri-fan experiment.

We are seeking chapter proposals from various methodological, disciplinary, and ideological perspectives to help us explore current American politics from a fan studies perspective. Our hope is to produce a collection of interest outside of academia, as such a general interest book may be of vital importance at this time.

The chapters can be empirical studies, case studies, theoretical explorations, philosophical musings, and/or conceptual explorations that seek to answer the question above. Thus, the chapters can be of variable length, from 2000-8000 words, including references (likely a footnotes system). Possible topics for these chapters includes, but are not limited to:

•   Applications of fan studies concepts and theories to political sphere (e.g., MAGA merch and memes)
  
•   Relationships between emotions, fandom, and political attitudes and actions (e.g., patriotism)
  
•   Relationships between ideology, politics, popular culture and fandom (e.g., Aaron Rodgers)
  
•   Fandoms that interconnect popular culture, celebrities and politics (e.g., Joe Rogan)
  
•   Indoctrination into political ideology through popular culture fandoms (e.g., UFC)
  
•   Canons, fanons, and head canons in political fandoms
  
•   Fannish rhetoric in political sphere
  
•   Co-optation of fannish behaviors by political movements
  
•   Overlaps in psychology of fandom and politics
  
•   Overlaps in political economics of fandom and politics
  
•   Historical perspective on the relationship between politics and fandom
  
•   Ethical considerations associated with political fandom and citizen-as-fan conceptualizations
  
•   Suggestions for how to handle this current political situation
  

This list is not comprehensive, as it reflects our perspectives, and the goal of the anthology is to bring together a variety of perspectives. Additionally, ideas can be combined in whatever way you feel illuminates this current moment.

We will write the introduction chapter to set a conceptual foundation for the collection, and we will provide a conclusion chapter that comments on the throughlines and connections among the chapters as well as recommendations for future actions for fans, fan scholars, citizens-as-fans, and citizens.

The number of accepted proposals depends on the variety of topics received and the desired lengths of those proposed chapters. Right now, we anticipate the anthology’s overall word count to be 100,000-200,000.

Chapter proposals are due by August 15, 2025. Proposals should be sent to carrielynn.reinhard@gmail.com and include the following: Title; 3-5 keywords; 300-500 word abstract that covers chapter’s topic, approach taken, purpose of the work, significance of the work; Proposed length of the chapter (between 2000-8000 words); Contact information

The current timeline for the project is:

• 8/15/25: Proposals due
  
• 9/15/25: Proposal acceptances notified
  
• 11/15/25: Finalize contract with publisher (several currently interested)
  
• 2/28/26: Chapter first drafts due
  
• 4/30/26: Internal peer review complete
  
• 7/30/26: Chapter final drafts due
  
• 9/30/26: Manuscript sent to publisher
  

Edited By: Mette Marie Roslyng, Anna Rantasila, Anna Maria Jönsson

This volume examines how a new hybrid mediascape represents and contributes to the construction of facts and knowledge in relation to science, environment, and climate controversies, providing a new, critical perspective to the bourgeoning field of science and environment communication.

Arguing that science must be understood from an inclusive perspective, respecting public values and concerns alongside scientific arguments, the authors demonstrate how this will allow us to properly understand the role of science, truth, and factuality alongside the ethical, cultural, and political concerns about science raised in different publics. The chapters focus on the more controversial aspects of science and environmental communication: misinformation, public understandings of science and the environmental crises, vaccination, and the role of the hybrid mediascape in science, environment, and climate conflicts.

Offering a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to understand the role of science of media in science and environment conflicts, this book will appeal to students and academics in the areas of media and communication, journalism, cultural studies, science, environment and risk communication, and digital media studies, as well as sociology and political science.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 

An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched (KU). KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high quality books Open Access for the public good. The Open Access ISBN for this book is 9781003479550. More information about the initiative and links to the Open Access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org.

https://www.routledge.com/Communicating-Science-Climate-Change-and-the-Environment-in-Hybrid-Media-Constructed-Facts-Contested-Truths/Roslyng-Rantasila-Jonsson/p/book/9781032766652

Dear colleagues,

The GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2025 takes place from 01 to 26 September and offers a variety of introductory and advanced courses in computational social science methods in Mannheim and online. It targets researchers who want to collect and analyze data from the web, social media, or digital text archives.

Participants can pick from ten week-long courses, including introductory courses on Computational Social Science, Web Data Collection, and Machine Learning, and more specialized topics such as Computer Vision, Large Language Models, Agent-Based Computational Modeling, Causal Machine Learning, and Social Network Analysis. All courses feature an interactive mix of lectures and hands-on exercises, giving participants the opportunity to apply these methods to data.

Introduction to Computational Social Science with R [01-05 September | online]
Johannes B. Gruber, GESIS

Introduction to Computational Social Science with Python [01-05 September | online]
John McLevey, Memorial University

Web Data Collection with Python [08-12 September | online]
Iulia Cioroianu, University of Bath

Web Data Collection with R [08-12 September | online]
Iulia Cioroianu, University of Bath

Introduction to Machine Learning for Text Analysis with Python [15-19 September | Mannheim]
Rupert Kiddle and Sjoerd Stolwijk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Advanced Methods for Social Network Analysis [15-19 September | Mannheim]
Lorien Jasny, University of Exeter

Computer Vision for Image and Video Data Analysis [15-19 September | Mannheim]
Andreu Casas, Royal Holloway University of London

Agent-Based Computational Modeling [22-26 September | Mannheim]
Daniel Mayerhoffer, University of Amsterdam

From Embeddings to LLMs: Advanced Text Analysis with Python [22-26 September | Mannheim]
Hauke Licht, University of Innsbruck

Causal Machine Learning [22-26 September | online]
Marica Valente, University of Innsbruck

For those without any prior experience in R or Python and those who’d like a refresher, we’re additionally offering two online pre-courses, “Introduction to R” (25-27 August) and “Introduction to Python” (25-28 August).

All courses are stand-alone and can be booked separately – feel free to mix and match to build your own personal Fall Seminar experience that perfectly suits your needs and interests. There is no registration deadline, but places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To secure a place in the course(s) of your choice, we strongly recommend that you register early.

Thanks to our cooperation with the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities at the University of Cologne, participants of the GESIS Fall Seminar can obtain 2 ECTS credit points per one-week course. More information is available here.

For detailed course descriptions and registration, please visit our website and sign up here.

If you’re looking for recommendations on which courses to combine, we’ve put together a handy guide for you here.

For further training opportunities, have a look at our Summer School in Survey Methodology and workshop program:
https://www.gesis.org/en/gesis-training

In particular, do not miss these upcoming CSS workshops:

Interactive Data Analysis with Shiny [03-04 & 10-11 July | Online]
https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0x78290C6C49F6457BB13DB55B2FA2055C

Designs and Methods for Mobile Data Collection [09-11 July | Online]
https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0x1B293A6C3D964D629888A30793666F66

Explainable AI und Fair Machine Learning [22-24 October | Online]
https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0xF18D1E324A6A419AA84A987DE344FE83

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Thank you for forwarding this announcement to other interested parties.

Best wishes,
Your GESIS Fall Seminar team

Dear All,

We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest book with Springer: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-90667-1?sap-outbound-id=B373153CD4F1808530CC80CA025D20A6229B2034#overview

The book, titled "Global Public Goods Communication: Mapping Actors, Policies, and Narratives", is co-edited with Anne-Marie Cotton and features 16 chapters authored by contributors from Portugal, France, Belgium, Sweden, Brazil, and the USA.

The content highlights the crucial role of communication in fostering knowledge and participation in global governance. It emphasizes the necessity of transparent communication channels for effective sustainable development and advocates for responsible communication as a fundamental enabler of sustainable citizenship and human rights.

June 26-28, 2025

University of Graz, Austria

radikales-denken.uni-graz.at

What is critique? What can Critical Theory do for society? What characterizes critical thinking? How can radical thought be rendered practically relevant?

We will bring the concept and idea of critique into productive constellations with a variety of concepts and categories pertaining to social and cultural theory. In doing so, and by highlighting fundamental societal and existential challenges of the 21st century, we will reflect upon the possibilities and potentials of a productive critique of society, especially concerning its implications for academic theory and lived practice.

In view of the great global, societal, ecological and economic challenges, we will put to the test the social significance and practical relevance of cultural and social theory in the 21st century.

Zoom link - MR 33.0.010

Zoom link - SÜ 33.0.008

For details please refer to the program.

November 13-15, 2025

Institute of Communication and Media Research, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany (conference will be held onsite with inclusion of 1 online panel)

Deadline: June 23, 2025

Conference of the ECREA Temporary Working Group Communication and Sport

Sports media play a crucial role in shaping public discourse, influencing narratives, and determining the visibility of social issues within both the sports industry and wider society. From investigative sports journalism uncovering injustices to strategic communication efforts by athletes, teams, and brands, the role of media in shaping social impact requires critical exploration. Moreover, audiences actively engage with, interpret, and respond to these narratives, shaping the effectiveness and reach of various movements in sports media. Additionally, sports journalism can take on an interventionist role, with journalists advocating for social issues, giving voice to marginalized groups, and driving conversations on equity and justice. Activism within sports communication, whether led by athletes, media professionals, or fans, continues to be a significant factor in addressing societal challenges. Beyond journalism, various forms of engagement—including fan mobilization, community-driven initiatives, and participatory media practices—are shaping the broader landscape of social influence in sports communication.

The Conference of the ECREA TWG “Communication and Sport”, hosted by the Institute of Communication and Media Research at the German Sport University in Cologne, on November 13-15, 2025 (Get Together, Nov 13; Academic Program Nov 14 and 15) invites scholars (not necessarily only from Europe) to submit abstracts that investigate the relationship between sports communication and its broader societal influence. It aims to foster interdisciplinary discussions that deepen our understanding of how journalism, digital platforms, strategic communication, audience reception, engagement, activism, and advocacy intersect with social impact in sports communication.

The conference will feature one online panel that will allow participation of a select number of researchers who are unable to travel to Cologne.

Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• Sports Media:
  
• • The role of sports journalism in shaping social change
  • The interventionist and activist role of sports journalists
  • Media framing of social issues and activism in sports
  • Intersectionality and diversity in media portrayals of athletes and social issues
  • Regulation and censorship in sports media
• Sports Actors:
  
• • The role of sociopolitical issues in athletes’ self-presentation
  • Strategic communication in socially responsible and activist sports initiatives
  • Corporate media and its stance to social activism in sports
  • Athletes’ employment of different media channels for activist purposes
  • Sports actors’ responses to online hate
  • Social media’s influence on activism and public engagement in sports
• Sports Audiences:
  
• • Fan engagement, mobilization, and advocacy through media platforms
  • Audience expectations and perceptions of activism in sports communication
  • Community engagement and grassroots movements in sports media
  • Case studies of sports media’s impact on social discourse and activism 

This list is not exclusive, and we call for papers which in a broad sense deal with different forms of engagement, including both theoretical and empirical perspectives on the potential social impact of sports communication

We invite abstracts between 300-500 words (excluding references) submitted in English language by June 23, 2025 via email to ecrea_sports_2025@dshs-koeln.de or directly to the main organiser JProf. Dr. Daniel Nölleke (d.noelleke@dshs-koeln.de). The submission should be anonymized.

The abstracts can be both for individual papers and panel proposals. Each panel proposal must include an abstract of the cover topic and the titles of 4-5 involved papers with the names of the authors. Each paper in the panel needs to be presented by people from different universities. Please indicate clearly whether the abstract is for an individual paper or a panel proposal. 

The TWG (in collaboration with its YECREA representative) particularly invites early career researchers to submit abstracts for the conference. Please indicate on your submission if it is authored exclusively by (bachelor, master or Ph.D.) students. 

To support the integration of as many scholars as possible, we will hold approx. 5 onsite panels and 1 online panel for the colleagues who have difficulties travelling to Cologne on the dates of the conference. Please indicate clearly whether the abstract is for onsite or online presentation. Authors will be notified about acceptance by July 25, 2025.

To cover the expenses for room rental and on-site catering (coffee, cold drinks, finger food), a fee of max. 70 Euro (max. 40 Euro for Early Career Scholars) will be charged for on-site participation. Detailed information on fees, accommodation options and the social program will be sent with the acceptance notification in July.

Polis (Special Issue)

Deadline: September 1, 2025

In recent years, the international landscape has been shaken by profound and rapid transformations: the war in Ukraine, the erosion of the US-led global order, increasing tensions within in transatlantic relations, and the proliferation of systemic challenges — Including climate change, energy crises, migration, digital disruptions — are reshaping the foundations of global governance. In this evolving scenario, the European Union (EU) is facing a critical political and institutional juncture, one that may mark a turning point in its historical evolution. These dynamics are testing the EU’s capacity to adapt, respond, and redefine its role on the global stage, while also prompting introspection about its internal cohesion, democratic legitimacy, and long-term strategic direction.

Beyond these institutional and international developments, social transformations, public opinion and media representations are also playing an increasingly central role. European citizens are responding in complex and sometimes contradictory ways: while many call for greater EU sovereignty and protection, others express growing mistrust towards supranational institutions and elites, oftentimes supporting Eurosceptic political parties. At the same time, profound social transformations are shaping the ways in which European societies perceive and engage with the idea of the EU. Changing social identities, shifting values, and new forms of collective action are central to understanding how legitimacy, belonging, and solidarity are constructed and contested. From everyday practices to broader public discourses, individuals and groups negotiate their relationship to European institutions through experiences marked by inequality, cultural tension, and symbolic recognition. These dynamics, which reflect deeper social structures and power relations, contribute to the polarization of attitudes but also open spaces for the emergence of new imaginaries of unity, resilience, and common purpose.

This ‘new political moment’ calls for a collective and multidisciplinary reflection on the EU’s capacity for reinvention, both internally and in its external projection. We thus invite empirical contributions that explore these developments and their implications for the EU.

The special issue aims to bring together emerging and innovative research that reflects on the EU’s capacity to reinvention in the face of shifting geopolitical dynamics and complex internal challenges. We encourage contributions that adopt interdisciplinary approaches, drawing from sociology, political science, international relations, economics, and other related disciplines.

We welcome empirical articles that critically examine the implications of recent global and regional transformations for the EU. Contributions may focus on, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• A new institutional architecture for the future EU
  

Assessment of ongoing and proposed institutional reforms (e.g., ending unanimity, strengthening the European parliament, expanding shared competences, etc.) and the tensions between supranational integration and national sovereignty. What modes of governance can best meet the demand for democratic legitimacy and policy effectiveness? How are different member states positioning themselves in the debate on EU reform? What role do crises and external pressures play in accelerating or hindering institutional change?

• The EU’s role in the emerging international (dis)order
  

Exploration of EU strategies in a multipolar world: strategic autonomy, common defense, relations with the US, China, Russia, and the Global South. What future lies ahead for the EU as a geopolitical actor amid conflicts, regionalization or deglobalization, and global competition? How do internal divisions and external pressures shape its ability to act coherently on the global stage? How is the EU navigating its pursuit of strategic autonomy, the development of common defense capabilities, and its evolving relationships with key global actors — including the United States, China, Russia, and the countries of the Global South?

• Public policies and multilevel governance in response to new challenges
  

Evaluation of major EU policies (e.g., NextGenerationEU, Green Deal and energy strategies) and their effects on territorial cohesion and multi-level coordination between EU institutions, member states, and regional authorities. How is European governance evolving to cope with complex and interrelated crises? What tensions or innovations are emerging in the interplay between national prerogatives and supranational priorities?

• Towards inclusive digital transformation in EU
  

The digital revolution — encompassing the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and the broader digital transformation of societies and economies — represents a critical and complex dimension change. The role of the EU in shaping digital governance, including regulatory frameworks for data, platforms, AI, and emerging technologies. However, this transformation also risks deepening digital inequalities — between regions, generations, and social groups — if not guided by inclusive and human-centric policies. How does digitalization affect European sovereignty, competitiveness, and democracy?

• Institutional communication and EU narratives
  

Analysis of how EU institutions communicate and legitimize their policies and actions, both within the Union and on the global stage. What narratives are being promoted in response to global challenges? How is the EU’s role conveyed to citizens and international partners? To what extent are institutional communication strategies effective in fostering public engagement, countering disinformation, and strengthening the EU’s international visibility and credibility? 

• Citizens’ attitudes and perceptions toward the EU
  

Investigation of changes in European public opinion: trust in institutions, European identity, support for integration, attitudes toward sovereignty, security and solidarity. How have recent crises shaped citizens’ connection to the European project? What divides and convergences emerge across member states, generations, or political orientations? What implications does this have for democratic legitimacy and participation?

• Media representations and the EU in collective imaginaries
  

Research on how the EU is portrayed in legacy and digital media, political discourse, and popular culture is particularly welcome. What images of Europe circulate in the public sphere, and how do they influence perceptions of the EU and its legitimacy? What role do social media platforms, algorithms, and influencers play in shaping attitudes toward the EU? Special attention may also be given to the imaginaries produced through entertainment media—such as television series, films, and online content—which increasingly contribute to the construction of narratives around European identity, solidarity, and geopolitical power. How do these media narratives reflect, reinforce, or contest dominant visions of Europe and its role in the world?

Submission guidelines/instructions Abstract submission instruction

Authors are encouraged to submit the title and an abstract of their planned article by September 1, 2025. The abstract (which can be written in English or Italian) should be 600 words (references excluded) and should include: aims/research questions, methodology, findings, main contribution, and a short statement of how the submission is related to this call for papers.

Please submit the title and long abstract by email to the guest editors (Marco Valbruzzi marco.valbruzzi@unina.it; Cecilia Manzo cecilia.manzo@unicatt.it; polis@cattaneo.org) with the subject line: “Special Issue Polis abstract”.

Submission instruction

The editors, with editorial board, will review the submission and invite the selected authors to submit a final manuscript. Final manuscripts will undergo the usual double-blind peer-review process.

Please refer to the Author Guidelines of Polis to prepare your manuscript: https://www.rivisteweb.it/issn/1120-9488/informazioni#come-si-sottopone

Timeline

Deadline to submit long abstracts: September 1, 2025 Abstract acceptance notification: September 22, 2025

Submission deadline of final manuscripts: February 28, 2026 Expected publication date: July 2026 (Polis 2/2026)

Guest Editors

Marco Valbruzzi, University of Naples Federico II, marco.valbruzzi@unina.it Cecilia Manzo, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, cecilia.manzo@unicatt.it

Polis: https://www.cattaneo.org/pubblicazioni/polis/

Cfp: https://www.mulino.it/riviste/a/issn/1120-9488/newsitem/442

Deadline: July 15, 2025

We are seeking submissions of short chapters for an edited volume dedicated to theoretical, methodological, and practical innovations in ethnographic methods for AI-augmented and algorithmically mediated social worlds. The different sections of the volume will combine innovative conceptual frameworks, experimental case studies, and hands-on toolkits, aiming to guide researchers across disciplines and industries in applying and adapting ethnographic methods to the “synthetic situations” (Knorr Cetina, 2009) opened up by new computational technologies.

Editors and Publication Details:

The volume, provisionally titled Synthetic situations: Ethnographic methods for post-artificial worlds, will be published by Routledge in 2026. The editors are Gabriele de Seta (University of Bergen), Aleksi Knuutila (University of Helsinki) and Matti Pohjonen (University of Helsinki).

The editors will organise a chapter development seminar and a workshop with invited contributors in September 2025 at the University of Helsinki (participation optional), for which a limited number of travel grants will be available. Unfortunately no payment for authors is available.

Submission Guidelines:

Deadline for abstracts: 15th of July 2025

Notification of acceptance: 30th of July 2025

Deadline for first draft: 31 December 2025

Submission requirements: We invite researchers, practitioners and artists working across the social sciences, digital humanities, computer science, HCI and other fields to submit an abstract (max. 250 words) for a 3,000–5,000-word chapter. We welcome contributions across genres, including:

• Epistemological interrogations
  
• Methodological frameworks
  
• Case studies 
  
• Fieldnotes and experiment reports
  
• Ethical reflections
  
• Toolboxes and field devices
  
• Multimodal outputs
  
• Commented code
  
• …and more

We especially encourage submissions centred on majority world contexts, subaltern communities, marginal epistemologies, and decolonial perspectives on research methods.

For further details or to submit your abstract, please contact us at: gabriele.seta@uib.no

Editorial Vision:

In recent years, a vast variety of technologies which we call “artificial intelligence” - from Large Language Models and synthetic media generators to warehouse optimization and self-driving cars - have seen dramatic technical advancements and wide societal adoption. For social scientists and ethnographers, this has been simultaneously a source of fear and inspiration. New predictive models and large-scale datasets have given social currency to particular forms of expertise and practices of knowledge production, such as data science and big data analytics. This foregrounding of quantitative methods has often been at the expense of more qualitative ways of knowing the co-construction of social worlds and technological systems.

Our edited volume foregrounds synthetic situations: sociotechnical arrangements in which artificial intelligence is both an ethnographic object of study and a qualitative research tool. We understand ethnography in a broad sense, as a research sensibility grounded on long-term presence, immersive participation, and dialogic understanding of otherness. This book aims to explore how computational methods and artificial intelligence are not merely displacing or challenging ethnographic practices, but also augmenting them and being augmented by them. Through our curated collection of chapters, the book contributors explore how computational technologies and ethnography co-construct “post-artificial worlds” - for instance, how LLMs become entangled with increasingly mediated fieldsites, how machine learning models essentialize, reproduce or erase situated knowledges, or how chatbots function as collaborators for participatory research.

Deadline: June 16, 2025

The ECREA TWG on Aging and Communication was thrilled by how fruitful and pleasant its conference in Lleida was last April. Due to the time and logistical constraints of the conference, many interesting and original submissions could not be accepted. We would like to honor these submissions and give them another chance. Therefore, we are launching a call for contributions to our next online workshop in autumn 2025.

You can check summaries of our former activities on our LinkedIn page here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aging-and-communication-studies-twg-ecrea/

Please send your ideas and suggestions for an online workshop related to the study of aging and communication to ecrea.aging.communication@gmail.com by June 16, 2025.

April 8, 2025

University of Groningen, Netherlands

Deadline: August 22, 2025

Are you a PhD candidate working in the field of Journalism Studies? Would you like to connect with other up-and-coming journalism researchers based in Europe, and receive in-depth feedback on your work from experienced scholars in the field? The ECREA Journalism Studies Section and the Young Scholars Network (YECREA) invite applications for the 6th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium, which is organised by the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies and will take place on 08 April 2026 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Deadline for abstract submissions: 22 August 2025

Deadline for full papers: 9 March 2026

Full CfP and to apply: https://edu.nl/nfd7h