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Nordicom Revies (Special Issue)

Deadline: September 15, 2025

Franziska Marquart (University of Copenhagen) and Xénia Farkas (DIGSUM, Umeå Univesity) invite scholars from the fields of media, communication, political science, and related disciplines to submit extended abstracts for a special issue of Nordicom Review. This issue will explore the evolving landscape of visual political communication in the Nordic countries, focusing on comparative aspects, content, and effects of visual politics in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Editors:

Franziska Marquart (University of Copenhagen)
Xénia Farkas (DIGSUM, Umeå University)

Contact:

Franziska Marquart: fm@hum.ku.dk
Xénia Farkas: xenia.farkas@umu.se

Important dates:

Deadline for extended abstracts: 15 September 2025
Invitation to submit full paper: 3 October 2025
Full paper submission: 9 February 2026
Peer review processing: Spring 2026
Expected publication (Open Access): Early 2027

Background and aim

Visuals have always been central to political communication, shaping how political actors convey messages and how audiences interpret political realities (e.g., Graber, 1988; Lanzetta et al., 1985; Masters et al., 1986). Research has long recognised the unique cognitive and emotional power of visual information, acknowledging that images are processed and remembered more efficiently than verbal communication (e.g., Graber, 1996) and can influence political attitudes and behaviours (Grabe & Bucy, 2009). Despite early recognition of its importance, visual political communication has only gained sustained scholarly attention in recent decades (Farkas, 2023; Schill, 2012).

In addition, the rise of digital media platforms has fundamentally transformed the visual dimension of political discourse (Lilleker, 2019; Marquart, 2023). Political narratives are increasingly constructed and contested through images, memes, videos, and data visualizations. These developments call for research that do not only consider the general content, strategies, and effects of visual political communication, but also account for their broader societal embeddedness and implications for trust, engagement, and democratic resilience.

In the Nordic context, where political systems are marked by high levels of institutional trust, transparency, and democratic participation, visual political communication takes on distinctive characteristics. While the region is often associated with social cohesion and stable governance, it is not immune to political polarisation, populist rhetoric, and digital disinformation. Recent years have seen intensifying debates on immigration, identity, and climate change – all heavily mediated through visual content. At the same time, the widespread use of social media has enabled new forms of political expression by citizens, activists, and alternative media actors.

This special issue invites contributions that explore how visual political communication unfolds across the Nordic countries in this evolving digital landscape, assessing the production, spread, and impact of visual content across a range of contexts – from electoral campaigns and protest movements to policy advocacy and state communication. We are particularly interested in how visual strategies interact with core democratic values in the region, such as openness, inclusivity, and (political and media) trust. We welcome empirical studies, theoretical contributions, and methodological innovations that engage with visual political communication from diverse perspectives. Comparative and longitudinal designs are especially encouraged, as they can illuminate both shared trends and country-specific dynamics shaped by cultural, regulatory, and technological factors.

Ultimately, the aim is to deepen our understanding of how visuals contribute to the transformation of political communication in the Nordic region and what this means for democracy in a digital age.

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

• Visual strategies in political campaigning: The use of imagery, video, and branding by parties, candidates, and campaign teams during elections and referenda
  
• Visual activism and protest culture: How activists, movements, and civil society actors use visual media to mobilise, resist, and advocate for change
  
• Memes, infographics, and short-form videos: Emerging visual formats on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and X, and their role in shaping political discourse
  
• Influencers as political communicators: Exploring how digital influencers shape political discourse through visual content, for example, through agenda-setting, issue advocacy, or political endorsements, particularly in addressing youth audiences
  
• Personalisation and performance: The visual representation of political leaders, including aesthetics of authenticity, relatability, trust, and authority
  
• Disinformation and visual manipulation: The role of images and videos in spreading misleading or false political content, including deepfakes and edited footage
  
• Algorithmic visibility: How platform logics and recommender systems shape the prominence and reach of political visuals
  
• Public service and institutional communication: Visual strategies employed by state institutions and public broadcasters to engage citizens and maintain trust
  
• Crisis communication: Studying the visual strategies employed during political conflicts, economic, environmental, or health crises, and their effectiveness in managing public perception and behaviour
  
• Ethics and accountability: Addressing ethical considerations in the creation and dissemination of political visuals, including issues of consent, manipulation, and the responsibilities of content creators
  

We welcome submissions employing a wide range of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches, including (but not limited to) qualitative visual analysis, content analysis, computational methods, discourse analysis, and mixed-method designs. Interdisciplinary perspectives from political science, media and communication studies, sociology, visual culture, and digital humanities are particularly encouraged.

Procedure

Please send an extended abstract of no more than 750 words to both fm@hum.ku.dk and xenia.farkas@umu.se by 15 September 2025. The abstract should outline the main theme and approach of the intended paper and mention how it fits with the overall theme of the special issue.

Authors invited to submit a full manuscript (6,000–8,000 words, excl. references) will be notified by e-mail when all abstracts are assessed by the editors. Also, authors who are invited to submit a full paper will be invited to an online seminar where the rationale for the special issue and the steps that follow will be discussed in more detail. All submissions should be original works and must not be under consideration by other publishers.

After the initial submission and review process, manuscripts that are accepted for publication must adhere to our guidelines upon final manuscript delivery. You may choose to use our templates to assist you in correctly formatting your manuscript.

Read the full instructions for authors and download a manuscript template

References

Farkas, X. (2023). Visual political communication research: A literature review from 2012 to 2022. Journal of Visual Political Communication, 10(2), 95–126. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1386/jvpc_00027_1
Grabe, M. E., & Bucy, E. P. (2009). Image bite politics: News and the visual framing of elections. Oxford University Press. https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195372076.001.0001/acprof-9780195372076
Graber, D. A. (1988). Processing the news: How people tame the information tide (2nd ed). Longman.
Graber, D. A. (1996). Say it with pictures. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 546, 85–96. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1048172
Lanzetta, J. T., Sullivan, D. G., Masters, R. D., & McHugo, G. J. (1985). Emotional and cognitive responses to televised images of political leaders. In S. Kraus, & R. E. Perloff (Eds.), Mass media and political thought. Sage.
Lilleker, D. G. (2019). The power of visual political communication: Pictorial politics through the lens of communication psychology. In A. Veneti, D. Jackson, & D. G. Lilleker (Eds.), Visual political communication (pp. 37–51). Springer.
Marquart, F. (2023). Video killed the Instagram star: The future of political communication is audio-visual. Journal of Visual Political Communication, 10(1), 49–57. https://doi.org/10.1386/jvpc_00024_1
Masters, R., Sullivan, D., Lanzetta, J., Mchugo, G., & Englis, B. (1986). The facial displays of leaders: Toward an ethology of human politics. Journal of Social and Biological Systems, 9(4), 319–343. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-1750(86)90190-9
Schill, D. (2012). The visual image and the political image: A review of visual communication research in the field of political communication. Review of Communication, 12(2), 118–142. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2011.653504

About the publisher

Nordicom is a centre for Nordic media research at the University of Gothenburg, supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordicom publishes all works under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence, which allows for non-commercial, non-derivative types of reuse and sharing with proper attribution. All works are published Open Access and are available to read free of charge and without requirement for registration. There are no article processing charges (APC), and authors retain copyright.

Nordicom Review is an international peer reviewed journal devoted to new Nordic media and communication research. In 2023, Nordicom Review recorded a Journal Impact Factor of 2.0, a CiteScore of 2.8, and an H-Index of 23.

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Read the call for papers here:

https://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/latest/news/call-papers-visual-political-communication-nordic-region-strategies-narratives-and

Journalism Studies (Special Issue)

Deadline: 15 November 2025

Through a series of empirical and theoretical investigations, this special issue aims to encourage and develop a robust discussion of and debate around mapping and related practices undertaken by journalism scholars to understand and analyze media ecosystems.

A global decline in the number of news services – especially at the local level – has raised alarm among journalists, academics, policymakers and community members alike (Weber and Matthews, 2024). In an attempt to make sense of – and document – this rapidly changing landscape, there is increasing emphasis on mapping techniques to visualize where news outlets exist (or not) within and across countries. Mapping and other visual techniques are increasingly being applied to measure and assess ongoing changes in the health of local media systems. These approaches are married with others such as textual analysis and topic modeling to better understand the nuances of what is being produced by journalists and where.

The pace of growth of research mapping and analyzing media landscapes is such that there have been few moments to pause and reflect on the state of research in this domain. As such, there has been little attention paid to the methodology of mapping in journalism studies. This risks a laissez-faire approach to the use of mapping in journalism scholarship, especially given mapping is broad and multi-disciplinary and afforded with rich and rigorous methodological histories and practices.

A typology of mapping suggests there are four ways in which journalism scholars are using mapping in their research: digital cartographic mapping, network mapping, spatial cognitive mapping and loose metaphoric references to mapping (McAdam and Hess, 2022). This special issue aims to explore the use of cartographic mapping to map geographic dimensions (see, for example: Negreira-Rey, Vazquez-Herrero and Lopez-Garcia, 2023; Lindgren, Corbett, & Hodson, 2020), network mapping to understand spatial connections and social cognitive mapping to explore concepts.

This special issue also aims to explore the theoretical and methodological frames - or, in other words, the ‘why’ - that guide the use of mapping as a method. Existent literature has explored broader related concepts such as theorizing about the spaces and places of journalism, notably, the ‘geographic turn’ that emphasizes the ‘places’ news is produced as well as the digital and physical spaces of journalism. Theoretically, this aligns with the ‘networked public sphere’ and extends into research on audience interaction and global connectivity. Reese (2016) argues the ‘new journalistic ecosystem’ presents fresh methodological challenges. This special issue provides a platform to discuss these methodological challenges, as well as any theoretical possibilities associated with the use of mapping.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of possible themes to address within the framework outlined above:
● Theoretical developments enabled through evolving methods:

○ Why is mapping being used in journalism studies?

○ What theories, concepts and/or methodologies can scholars draw on to guide or frame their use of mapping?

○ In what ways - if any - does mapping facilitate theoretical and methodological advancement of journalism studies more broadly?

○ Papers that connect mapping methods to specific theoretical discussions.

● The application of the method:

○ Ways mapping is used, for example digital cartography to map news deserts, network maps to map social media links, spatial/cognitive mapping and participatory mapping to understand audience spatial relationships.

○ Challenges associated with producing maps (such as the cost, time and skills involved) and how these may be overcome.

● The value of mapping

○ Benefits of visual communication to community, industry and policymakers

○ How scholars value mapping as a method for data collection/analysis.

○ Approaches for visual analysis and visual communication afforded by mapping.

Submission instructions
The format of the special issue is full research articles of max. 9000 words, inclusive of the abstract, tables, references, figure captions, endnotes. When submitting your manuscript please select the "mapping journalism" issue. The articles will appear online once accepted, and in an issue of Journalism Studies once all articles are completed.

Please email mapping.journalism@gmail.com with any questions.

More information:
https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/mapping-news-as-a-critical-method-for-understanding-journalism/?_ga=2.67220049.1575866221.1747670144-995254403.1747670144

June 13, 2025 (09.00 to 17.30, BST)

Cardiff University, UK

 One-day in-person workshop 

REGISTRATION:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/picture-post-1938-57-genesis-history-legacy-of-a-photo-magazine-tickets-1365505476639?aff=oddtdtcreator 

LOCATION: School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University, Two Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS, UK

Dear friends & colleagues,

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for a one-day, in-person research workshop concerning the landmark British photo-magazine, Picture Post (1938-57). 

Picture Post was launched in the era of the Spanish Civil War and the Popular Front. Conceived for Hulton Press by Stefan Lorant (a Hungarian editor exiled from Nazi Germany), Picture Post had a transnational staff and a global outlook. It was the leading British example of an international phenomenon – the birth of photojournalism and the photo-essay. The equivalent of Life in the US and Paris-Match in France, the magazine achieved circulation figures of 1.7m.

To mark the opening of a major exhibition at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Cardiff, we are hosting a research workshop bringing together an international cohort of researchers, curators, archivists and librarians to discuss the development and impact of Picture Post. 

The programme is included in the PDF attached. Registration is via the link above. Please note this is a free in-person event.

The workshop is co-hosted by the Tom Hopkinson Centre for Media History (School of Journalism, Media & Culture, Cardiff University) and Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales. It is organised by Dr Tom Allbeson (Reader in Media & Photographic History, Cardiff University) and Dr Bronwen Colquhoun (Senior Curator of Photography, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales). And we look forward to welcoming you in Cardiff!

May 30, 2025

Online

Dear colleagues,

Registration is now open for the FREE Online Half-Day, Book Launch and Unconference, "Media Capture in the Global South: Power and Resistance,” Friday, 30 May 2025 (Online, 10:00-15:05 BST).

You can register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/media-capture-in-the-global-south-power-and-resistance-tickets-1347887410529?aff=oddtdtcreator

Programme:

10:00-10:15
Welcome & Introduction

10:15–11:00
Book Launch: Media Capture in Africa & Latin America: Power and Resistance (2024, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan)
Chair: Beth Pearson & Hayes Mabweazara (University of Glasgow)

Seige and resistance: Media, journalism and democracy in Colombia
Catalina Montoya Londoño & Jorge Iván Bonilla Vélez (Liverpool Hope University, UK / EAFIT University, Medellín, Columbia)

New and old captured policies, resistances and diversity in media and internet in Argentina
María Soledad Segura, Alejandro Linares, & Ana Bizberge (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina / Universidad Nacional de Formosa, Argentina / Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina)

The Nigerian press and its plutocratic relationship
Ufuoma Akpojivi & Olaniyan Akintola (University of Ghana / Centre for Social Media Research, Nigeria)

Resisting media capture: Mobilising for media freedom in Uganda
Carl-Magnus Höglund & Johan Karlsson Schaffer (Fojo Media Institute, Linnaeus University, Sweden / University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

11:00-11:10
BREAK

11:10–12:20
Unconference Panel 1: Power (Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico, The Gambia, South Africa)
Chair: Mo Hume (University of Glasgow and Glasgow Latin America Research Network)

How does media capture operate in contexts of peacebuilding? Evidence from Colombia’s 2012-2016 peace negotiations
Jose David Ortega Chávez (University of Winchester, UK)

Media capture in Indonesia as a transitional democracy
Ardhanareswari Handoko Putri (University of Glasgow, UK)

Media capture in Mexico at the intersections of sports, media, and business
Mireya Marquez-Ramirez (Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City)

Media capture and its implications for Sustainable Development Goal attainment in The Gambia
Yaya B. Baldeh (Journalist / independent researcher)

State capture and media-state relations in South Africa: Groundwork for an African media-state model
Adrian Hadland & Bernadine Jones (University of Stirling, UK)

12:20-12:35
BREAK

12:35–13:45
Unconference Panel 2: Resistance (Guinea-Bissau, India/South Asia, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Lebanon)
Chair: Lluis de Nadal Alsina (University of Glasgow and Glasgow University Media Group)

Media capture in Guinea-Bissau: State fragility, external influences, and the roles of media development actors
Johanna Mack (Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism / Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg)

What role does transnational mediascape and diaspora play in countering media capture in the Global South?
Cheshta Arora (Western Norway Research Institute, Norway)

Media capture in marginalised communities: Insights from South Africa’s post-apartheid community media sector
Franz Krüger (NLA Høgskolen, Norway & Wits University, South Africa)

Understanding media capture and journalistic resistance in Burkina Faso in a context of autocratic legalism and informational autocracy
Emma Heywood (University of Sheffield, UK)

Examining alternative media and digital activism in Lebanon during the 2019 protests, as a form of resisting algorithmic media capture
Yara El Turk (Euro-Mediterranean University, Slovenia)

13:45-13:55
BREAK

13:55–14:55
Round Table: Media Capture in the Global South: From Research to International Policymaking and Action
Camille Grenier (Forum on Information and Democracy), Sacha Meuter (Foundation Hirondelle), Churchill Otieno (The Africa Editors Forum), Mel Bunce (City St George’s, University of London)
Chair: George Ogola (University of Nottingham, UK)

14:55–15:05
Closing

Organised by members of the Sociological & Cultural Studies and the Glasgow University Media Group at the University of Glasgow in partnership with the Glasgow Latin American Research Network.

June 3, 2025

Online/Cardiff University

The Tom Hopkinson Centre for Media History at Cardiff University is delighted to invite you to a free hybrid event showcasing new books and projects on media history, exploring a diverse range of media forms, including photography, digital technology, film, and journalism.

The presentations will be followed by a discussion on the current role and future directions of media history research.

The hybrid event will take place on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, from 16:00 to 17:30 (BST), both online via Teams and in person at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC), Cardiff University. 

All welcome!

Featured publications include:

• Conflicting images: Histories of war photography in the news, Stuart Allan and Tom Allbeson (Routledge, 2024)
  
• Picturing peace: photography, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding, Tom Allbeson, Pippa Oldfield, and Jolyon Mitchell (Bloomsbury, 2025)
  
• Incomplete: The feminist possibilities of the unfinished film, Alix Beeston and Stefan Solomon (University of California Press, 2023)
  
• Virtual holocaust memory, Matthew Boswell and Antony Rowland (Oxford University Press, 2023)
  
• Reporting skin and the wounded body in Victorian Britain, Diana Garrisi (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
  
• Film, feminism and rape culture in the Yorkshire Ripper years, Hannah Hamad (British Film Institute, forthcoming)
  

Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/multi-book-launch-at-the-tom-hopkinson-centre-for-media-history-tickets-1362166238889?aff=oddtdtcreator

For any queries email us at: jomecresearch@cardiff.ac.uk

ESRC / Trans-Atlantic Partnership Grant

This is an exciting opportunity for a researcher to play a central role in an international research project on journalism and democracy. The project is funded by an ESRC / Trans-Atlantic Partnership Grant, and it has research teams based in the UK, Brazil, Canada, and South Africa.

The successful candidate will be on “Team UK” working with Mel Bunce (City) and Richard Fletcher (RISJ, Oxford).  The project explores how independent journalism is defined and understood by citizens, journalists, policy makers and academics; how independent journalism is practiced; and the forms of solidarity and support that may protect its independence. 

We’re looking for great skills in data collection, analysis, and writing – and the ability to work independently to really push forward this project.

The job includes a lot of career development opportunities, including leading on publications and presenting at international conferences plus working with a team of supportive international scholars.

We can sponsor an international candidate (although they will need to demonstrate good understanding of UK journalism). They need to have finished their PhD - or at minimum submitted their thesis - by July 1st. 

Full details and to apply:

https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/apply/details.html?jobId=5351&jobTitle=Post-doctoral%20Research%20Fellow%20-%20Journalism%20and%20Democracy

November 19-21, 2025 

Tübingen University, Germany

Deadline: June 30, 2025

https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/278964

Joint conference of the DGPuK Divisions of „Media, Public Sphere, Gender“ and „Visual Communication“

From baby monitors to livestreams, from migrants crossing borders to digital navigation systems in our pockets; from Black Lives Matter demonstrations to COVID-19 tracking apps, and from Woman, Life, Freedom to influencers staging their journeys through social media – these examples demonstrate how people get and are set in motion with and through "their" media.

But who or what is actually mobile? How do people on the move become visible through mobile, networked media technologies, and who or what remains invisible? What role do gender and power relations play in this? How do mobilities and visualities shape each other? To what extent do different social categories and inequalities shape regimes of mobility and visibility from an intersectional perspective? In addition, the discussion of methodological challenges will be given space: How can mobile media use be analysed when both people and media are constantly moving? How can research methods be flexibilised to adequately capture the ephemerality of visual content and the processuality of media practices? This conference invites to engage with the topic of mobility from a media and communication studies perspective, both theoretically and methodologically.

Submission Deadline: 30. June 2025

Local organising team

Dr. Helena Atteneder, Prof. Dr. Martina Thiele, Julia Fischer

University of Tübingen, Institute of Media Studies

Contat: mobility@mewi.uni-tuebingen.de

Deadline: : 1 June through 31 July, 2025

mediastudies.press, the scholar-led and nonprofit OA publisher, is happy to announce our annual proposal window from 1 June to 31 July, 2025. During this date window, authors are encouraged to submit a proposal for review.

mediastudies.press welcomes submissions from scholars across media, communication, and film studies. We currently publish in four series:

• Media Manifold series — monographs and other book-length works of contemporary media scholarship
  
• Public Domain series — reprints of neglected classics, in new critical editions anchored by framing introductions
  
• Open Reader series — themed collections of openly licensed, public domain, and linked materials curated and introduced by leading experts
  
• History of Media Studies series — monographs and other original scholarly works centered on history of media, communication, and film studies
  

We are small and artisanal by mission, and aim to publish just five books a year. Given the volume of proposals that we receive—and with our production schedule in mind—we maintain an annual proposal window (1 June to 31 July), for the review of manuscripts slated for publication in the following calendar year. You are welcome to send informal queries outside these dates, but our general practice is to only consider proposals within the annual window. Each year, we review proposals with an initial reply by August 30, with the aim to conduct peer review of proposals of expressed interest by the end of September.

mediastudies.press is an open-access publisher for the media and communication studies fields. The press is nonprofit and scholar-led. We publish living works, with iterative updates stitched into our process. And we encourage multi-modal submissions that reflect the mediated environments our authors study. 

Publishing with mediastudies.press is free on principle. Our aim is to demonstrate, on a small scale, an open-access publishing model supported by libraries rather than author fees, via the Open Book Collective. Open access for readers, we believe, should not be traded for new barriers to authorship. 

All our published works are rigorously peer-reviewed, and receive unusual editorial attention. We prioritize discoverability through careful metadata, library records, and directory listings. As a scholar-run operation, our publicity outreach is uncommonly informed by the fields’ intellectual contours. 

We kindly ask that proposals be submitted as a single PDF. Proposals should include the following elements, in addition to at least one draft chapter:

1. Proposed title and subtitle
   
2. A 500- to 1000-word narrative description of the book
   
3. Short bios of author(s) and/or editor(s)
   
4. Proposed series (see above)
   
5. Tentative table of contents, preferably annotated
   
6. Estimated word-length
   
7. Multi-modal components, if any
   
8. Status of the book (i.e., expectation of completion date, the portion now complete)
   
9. At least one draft chapter
   

To submit your work to mediastudies.press please follow our submission link.

If you have any questions at all about the proposal process for books, please contact us at press@mediastudies.press

Jeff Pooley, co-director of mediastudies.press

Dave Park, co-director of mediastudies.press

School of English, Media and Creative Arts (SEMCA), University of Galway

Applications are invited for a full-time, funded PhD scholarship in Journalism and Media at the University of Galway. This position is co-funded by Research Ireland, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Met Éireann, and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

Project Description:

The PhD is part of a project titled Tackling Climate Misinformation in Ireland (CLiME). The project explores how misleading claims, delay discourses, and climate-sceptic arguments—especially around agricultural decarbonisation—are reproduced and normalised in Irish news media and public discourse.

The PhD researcher will help identify such claims in news coverage and examine how journalistic practices contribute to the spread of misinformation. The project aims to build an evidence base for climate policy misinformation in Ireland and develop resources for journalists and communication professionals.

Supervisors: Dr Brenda McNally (PI), Professor Karyn Morrissey
Location: Moore Institute for the Humanities and Social Studies, University of Galway
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Stipend: €25,000/year (tax-exempt)
Duration: 4 years (includes funding for tuition fees, computer, travel, and summer schools)

Academic Requirements:

• MA/MSc (2:1 or higher) in Media and Communications, Journalism Studies, Political Science, Social Sciences, or a related field

• Strong interest in misinformation, journalism, or climate communication

Essential Criteria:

• Master’s degree (2:1 or equivalent)

• Independent research ability

• Motivation and excellent communication skills

• Fluent in spoken and written English

• Teamwork skills

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience in climate communication or misinformation studies

• Experience working in a research team

To Apply:
Email a single PDF containing your CV, cover letter, and two academic references to:
brenda.mcnally@universityofgalway.ie
Filename should include your name and “CLiME”.

Cover Letter Guidelines:

• Academic awards/scholarships (max 300 words)

• Previous research experience (max 500 words)

• Motivation for the PhD and relevance to CLiME (max 1000 words)

• Other relevant info (max 500 words)

• Two full references (not “available on request”)

Deadline: 6 June 2025, 17:00 (Irish time)
Keywords: Climate Communication, Misinformation Studies, News Media Analysis, Political Communication, Environmental Communication

October 17-19, 2025

Cairo, Egypt

Deadline: June 15, 2025

In today’s high velocity digital media markets and accelerating AI revolution, competence in management and leadership are critical success factors. It is especially important to develop mastery in leveraging creativity as a strategic resource for strengthening competitive advantages in company processes, products, market relationships, and business models. The complexity of digital disruption makes innovation and creativity a necessity for long-term sustainability. Company success requires competencies in emerging digital technologies and fostering organizational cultures that encourage experimentation, agility and respect for ethical responsibilities. Strategic managers are challenged with demands to rethink orientations, practices, and structures, to redesign business models, and to boost productivity by improving efficiencies that can be gained by harnessing AI technologies. Doing so raises ethical and legal issues pertaining to intellectual property rights and managing human creativity. 

The International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA) invites submissions for its 19th Annual Conference, hosted by The American University in Cairo (AUC), October 17–19, 2025. Join global scholars and industry leaders to explore “Managing Innovation and Creativity for Sustainability in Media Companies” in the dynamic setting of Cairo, Egypt. Read full call for papers here (www.immaaegypt.com)  

KEY THEMES

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Innovation in media management theory/practice
  
• AI-driven business analytics & ethical frameworks
  
• Leadership for creativity and organizational agility
  
• Evolving media business models & market strategies
  
• Cross-cultural management challenges
  
• Media policy, regulation, and sustainability
  
• Advances in advertising, marketing, and digital tech

IMPORTANT DATES

• June 15, 2025: Abstract/panel proposal deadline
  
• July 7, 2025: Acceptance notifications
  
• July 7 – Sept 15: Early registration
  
• Oct 17–19: Conference dates
  

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Papers: Extended abstracts (750–1,000 words) outlining focus, methods, and relevance to media management.

Panels: 300-word proposal + 300-word abstracts per presentation + panelist bios.

Submit via email to: immaaegypt2025@aucegypt.edu (Double-blind peer-reviewed). 

Discounted rates for global participation. Full details on conference website.

WHY ATTEND?

Engage with cutting-edge research and industry insights.

Network in Cairo—home to the Pyramids, Nile cruises, and a vibrant cultural scene.

Hosted by AUC, a leading MENA institution with world-class facilities. 

LINKS & CONTACT

Conference website: https://immaaegypt.com

IMMAA website: www.immaa.org

Questions? Email: immaaegypt2025@aucegypt.edu

Join us to advance media management scholarship amid Cairo’s historic wonders!

Best regards,

IMMAA 2025 Organizing Team

The American University in Cairo

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