ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior

Deadline: April 22, 2019

It is now open a vacancy to a master’s Research grant in in Computer Engineering or Computer Science within the scope of the Project: Remedia.Lab - Regional Media Laboratory and Incubator (No. 031277).

The work is to be held at the Research Unit - Communication, Philosophy and Humanities (LabCom.IFP) of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal under the following conditions:

Scientific Area:

Master Degree in computer engineering or Computer Science.

Objective of the activity:

Development search activities in the area of Informatics, namely at the level of analysis, implementation and development of information systems based on Web platforms and design and monitoring of information systems associated with editorial activity.

Admission Requirements:

To hold the degree of Master of Informatics or Computer Engineering; Have at least 1-year experience as web and mobile developer.

Skills:

Have solid knowledge and documented experience in: Creation of web platforms, mobile, content management and streaming; Programming languages (HTML5, CSS / CSS3, PHP, MYSQL, Javascript, JQuery, AJAX) as well as other web development languages; Development of Android applications (Java or Kotlin and XML); Webdesign and Web publishing, text, image and sound editing; Development of FrontEnd and BackEnd; Responsive Webdesign for Mobile and Tablet; Framework .NET 4.0; Management of domains and lodgings (using CPanel); Development of websites in WordPress (knowledge in Joomla and Bootstrap), is a preferred condition.

Work Plan:

Generally:

• Analysis, implementation, and development of information systems based on Web platforms;
• Design and monitoring of information systems associated with the editorial activity.

More specifically:

•  Analysis of the information available in the regional press portal, about the Central Region. Design of front-office systems that allow the identification of sufficient variables to characterize the local and regional press with infographic and multimedia resources.
• Development of practices, devices, and strategies that use information and communication technologies. Strategies and arrangements shall include: The development of digital platforms for computers, laptops, and mobile devices; B). Exploration of new languages for multimedia reporting; W). Develop specific digital content for new audiences.
• Support the development of online business models and self-promotion strategies to attract new audiences. 
• Support in training actions aimed at incubating and launching projects of new local and regional averages, based on innovative technological platforms.
• Support the preparation of reports and development of scientific production in the area.

Legislation and applicable regulation:

Law Nº. Amended by Decree-Law no. 202/2012, of August 27, and amended by Decree-Law no. 233/2012, of October 29 and by Law no. 12/2013, of January 29 and Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of July 9 (Statute of the Scientific Research Grant), as well as the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the Foundation for Science and Technology IP (FCT) in force (www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2015.pdf) and Annex I of Regulation 339/2015 and article 201 of Law No. 71/2018 (State Budget Law for 2019) .

Place of work:

The work will be developed in Labcom.IFP, Research Unit of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior, under the scientific guidance of Professor João Carlos Ferreira Correia.

Duration and activity regime:

The scholarship will last for 12 months, scheduled to begin in May / June 2019. The activity will be carried out on an exclusive basis, according to the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology .

Financial conditions of the scholarship:

Remuneration according to the table of values of advanced training grants awarded by FCT, I.P. in the Country, in the monthly amount of 989,70 € (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). The payment of the scholarship will be made monthly with a bank transfer. Voluntary social insurance is added to this value if the applicant chooses to join it, as well as personal accident insurance.

Selection criteria:

The selection methods to be used are based on the following parameters: the scientific merit, the adequacy between the profile of the candidates and the plan of activities foreseen in the project, the motivation and relevant experience for the project.

The evaluation of these items will be done by documents and by interview. The final grade will result in: curricular weighting = 70%; interview = 30%.

Composition of the Selection Jury:

Applications will be evaluated by a jury consisting of: Chairman of the Jury: Professor João Carlos Ferreira Correia. Effective members: Professor Bruno Miguel Correia da Silva; Professor Ricardo José Pinheiro Morais. Substitute member: Professor Anabela Maria Gradim Alves; Doctor Pedro Jerónimo Pedrosa.

Form of publication/notification of results:

The final results of the evaluation will be publicized through an ordered list, by final note obtained, posted in a visible and public place of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior and by e-.mail.

Applications:

Candidates must send a letter of motivation, detailed Curriculum Vitae, copy (s) of the Certificate (s) of Qualifications, letter (s) of recommendation and other supporting documents considered relevant.

Deadline and receipt of applications:

The competition is open from April 8 to 22, 2019. Applications must be formalized by sending an e-mail indicating the contest reference in the following documents in pdf format : Letter of Motivation, Curriculum Vitae, copy of Certificate (s) of Qualification, copy of Citizen's Card or Passport, portfolio, documents proving relevant experience and scientific training for the project and other supporting documents considered relevant. Applications must be sent to the e-mail addresses jcorreia@ubi.pt, jcfcorreia@gmail.com and mercia@ubi.pt, until 24: 00hours on 04/22/2019.

The contest is open from April 8 to 22, 2019.

Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Deadline: April 22, 2019

It is now open a vacancy to a Research grant in Multimedia Design Master within the scope of the Project: Remedia.Lab - Regional Media Laboratory and Incubator (No. 031277).

The work is to be held at the Research Unit - Communication, Philosophy and Humanities (LabCom.IFP) of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Master in Multimedia Design or similar.

Objective of the activity:

Development of research activities in the area of Design, namely at the level of development of websites in WordPress and also in the design of platforms and digital content.

Requirements of admission:

To hold the Degree of Master in Multimedia Design or similar.

Skills: Minimum experience of 1 year and proven with portfolio; Versatility in illustration; Experience and proven knowledge in: Audio and video editing; Conception of interactive infographics; 2D / 3D modeling and animation; Experience of developing websites in WordPress (knowledge in Joomla and Bootstrap are valued); Domain of Adobe Creative Cloud tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere, After Effects, Adobe XD; Knowledge of UX / UI for web and mobile; Knowledge of HTML5 and CSS (knowledge of jQuery, Javascript, Bootstrap and PHP will be valued); Google Analytics expertise to develop analytics and reporting; Knowledge in SEO; Work in team and projects, namely at the level of the design of platforms and digital contents (interactive narratives, digital storytelling, etc); Organization and management of projects.

Other skills: Proven ability and experience of scientific research, based on their academic training and within the scope of the project.

Work Plan:

Generally:

Design and design of platforms and digital projects associated with the editorial activity.

More specifically:

• Design of interactive multimedia resources for the design of a Regional Press portal.
• Development of interactive multimedia resources, namely a). Contents for digital platforms for computers, laptops, and mobile devices; B). New multimedia reporting languages; W). Experimentation of specific digital content for new audiences.
• Development of strategies to promote new audiences.
• Support in training actions aimed at incubating and launching projects of new local and regional averages, based on platforms and innovative technological languages.
• Reporting and development of scientific production in the area.
• Support for the promotion of the Remedia.Lab project, in all the components of its activity.

Legislation and applicable regulation:

Law Nº. Amended by Decree-Law no. 202/2012, of August 27, and amended by Decree-Law no. 233/2012, of October 29 and by Law no. 12/2013, of January 29 and Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of July 9 (Statute of the Scientific Research Grant), as well as the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the Foundation for Science and Technology IP (FCT) in force (www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2015.pdf) and Annex I of Regulation 339/2015 and article 201 of Law No. 71/2018 (State Budget Law for 2019) .

Place of work:

The work will be developed in Labcom.IFP, Research Unit of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior, under the scientific guidance of Professor João Carlos Ferreira Correia.

Duration and activity regime:

The scholarship will last for 12 months, scheduled to begin in May / June 2019. The activity will be carried out on an exclusive basis, according to the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology.

Financial conditions of the scholarship:

Remuneration according to the table of values of advanced training grants awarded by FCT, I.P. in the Country, in the monthly amount of 989,70 € (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). The payment of the scholarship will be made monthly with a bank transfer. Voluntary social insurance is added to this value if the applicant chooses to join it, as well as personal accident insurance.

Selection criteria:

The selection methods to be used are based on the following parameters: the merit and scientific production, the adequacy between the profile of the candidates and the plan of activities foreseen in the project, the motivation, and the experience.

Applications must be sent to the e-mail addresses jcorreia@ubi.pt, jcfcorreia@gmail.com and mercia@ubi.pt, until 24: 00hours on 04/22/2019. Research Unit - LabCom.IFP (Communication, Philosophy and Humanities) Faculty of Arts and Letters University of Beira Interior 6201-001, Covilhã, Portugal.

October 16-17, 2019

Edinburgh University, UK

Deadline: April 30, 2019

In the early 1980s, the establishment of Catalan, Basque and Welsh TV channels motivated several European scholars to investigate key concepts concerning minority language media and undertake important case studies. In 1992, the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages emphasised that public authorities have important responsibilities in this field. In the last two decades, the introduction of digitalisation and the Internet have developed a global world where the impacts, challenges and opportunities for minority language media have become increasingly complex. Despite these transformations, there has been little focused discussion and debate on the relationship between the digital and minority-language media.

This international conference is co-organised by the Basque Institute Etxepare and the University of Edinburgh and aims to exchange knowledge as well as promote collaboration between academics and professionals working on minority-language media.

We invite individual papers, pre-constituted panels or posters that engage with research and case studies on any of the following topics:

1. Communication and cultural policies

2. Media economics and the digital age

3. TV channels and online video platforms

4. Audience, genres and content analysis

5. Programming strategies and content commissioning

6. Production conditions and distribution opportunities

7. Commercialisation of programmes

8. Media education and language use

9. Nation, language and identity

10. Media and gender perspectives

Confirmed plenary speakers:

• Rob Dunbar, University of Edinburgh
• Josu Amezaga, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
• Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, Mercator Media
• Alan Esslemont, TG4 Irish TV General Director
• Itziar Azpeitia Iruretagoiena, Head of special projects - Basque Public TV (ETB)

Scientific committee:

1. Miren Manias-Muñoz, University of Edinburgh / University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

2. Aitor Zuberogoitia, University of Mondragon

3. Estibaliz Amorrortu, University of Deusto

4. Helen Kelly-Holmes, University of Limerick

5. Tom Moring, University of Helsinki

6. Tarlach McGonagle, University of Amsterdam

Organising committee:

- Miren Manias-Muñoz, University of Edinburgh / University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU), miren.manias@ehu.eus

- Garbiñe Iztueta Goizueta, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) / Etxepare Basque Institute, g-iztuetagoizueta@etxepare.eus

Conference Language: English

https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/events/crowded-out-or-limitless-horizons

Abstracts should not be longer than 250 words and should be submitted before April 30th to the conference organisers at: miren.manias@ehu.eus

Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions. Panels will be 90 minutes long, with three papers of 20 minutes and 10 minutes for questions. Registration information will be provided by the end of April.

See conference website for details: https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/events/crowded-out-or-limitless-horizons

Democratic Communiqué, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to investigating mass media, information, and telecommunication phenomena and issues from critical political economy and policy studies perspectives, invites original, scholarly articles for publication in its Winter 2020 issue (Vol. 29, No.1).

The Communiqué publishes articles exploring any of a wide range of topics, including alternative/community/public media, the internationalization of capital and information flows, media and imperialism, telecommunication industry ownership and consolidation, information society, information technology and surveillance, feminist political economy, environmental political economy, media’s relatedness to social class, labor or social movements, and analyses of cultural artifacts or practices which encompass ideational and material concerns. While these topics encompass a vast swath of academic inquiry and scholarship, they are united in their critical examination of media and communication as they relate to political economy, individual and societal involvement in these economic systems, and the policies that shape them.

The journal is indexed by Scopus, EBSCO, Google Scholar and the Directory of Open Access Journals, and publishes in both the Notes and Bibliography and Author-Date citation systems presented by TheChicago Manual of Style (15th ed.).

Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout with a detachable title page containing the full contact information of the author(s). Submissions undergo double-blind peer review, and should not exceed 8,000 words.

Please email article submissions to the Communiqué’s editor, Dr. Jeffrey Layne Blevins (Head, Department of Journalism at the University of Cincinnati) at Jeffrey.Blevins@UC.edu.

The Commentary and Criticism, Feminist Media Studies

Deadline: April 26, 2019

The broad expansion of the post-feminist media landscape of the past couple of decades brought about an increased visibility of spectacularised and idealised ideas of pregnancy – a romanticised “new momism” (Douglas and Michaels, 2004). Alongside these romanticised discourses, though, exist numerous examples of mediated pregnancies that sit outside of such glamorised and perfect representations of pregnancy. This context has also opened up new networked spaces for people to seek and offer support online in relation to pregnancy, as well as spaces to search for or share (self-)representations of pregnancy. The editors of Commentary and Criticism invite short essays that critically consider pregnancy and contemporary media. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:

• Media representations of pregnancy
• Pregnancy in the media industries
• Online users and communities’ uses of digital media related to pregnancy
• Celebrity pregnancies
• Mediated pregnancy in relation to diverse intersectionalities including: LGBTQ+, age, race, class, ability
• Audiences’ consumption of mediated pregnancy
• Pregnancy in the context of health communication or health policy in the media
• Onscreen pregnancy and genre
• Neoliberalism, pregnancy and media

The Commentary and Criticism section of Feminist Media Studies aims to publish brief (~1000 words), timely responses to current issues in feminist media culture, for an international readership. Submissions may pose a provocation, describe work in progress, or propose areas for future study. We will also consider book and event reviews, as well as contributions that depart from traditional academic formats. We encourage all submissions to strategically mobilise critique to also offer a productive contribution to both feminist politics and media studies. Submissions must go beyond mere description in order to be considered for publication in Commentary and Criticism.

Please submit contributions by 26 April 2019, via email to both Melanie Kennedy (mjk29@le.ac.uk) and Safiya Noble (safiya.noble@usc.edu).We also welcome questions and expressions of interest in advance of the deadline.

Submissions for Commentary and Criticism will not be correctly processed if submitted through via the Feminist Media Studies site, and should be emailed directly to Drs Kennedy and Noble using the email addresses above.

Please be sure to follow the Feminist Media Studies style and referencing guides, which can be found here.

4th International Teaching Forum

November 14-15, 2019

Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Deadline: May 15, 2019

Purpose

According to the OECD, the internationalization of higher education has accelerated over the past fifteen years. With nearly 4.6 million international students in 2015, higher education institutions place the mobility of students at the centre of their methodologies.

Most often student mobility takes the form of semesters and internships abroad as immersion in intercultural environments appears to facilitate the development of academic and non-academic skills. Numerous studies have shown the relevance of this type of educational experience (Ballatore 2006, Teichler and Janson 2007, Brandenburg 2014, Tarrant et al 2014, Potts 2015). Abroad, the student engages socially and academically with a culturally different environment, which leads to experimentation and related opportunities to develop multiple transversal skills. This encompasses the development of a set of attitudes and behaviors associated with individual skills, namely relational skills (ability to communicate, but also personal qualities/attitudes such as enthusiasm), organizational skills (the capacity to envisage solutions beyond the scope of personal reach), the aptitude to manage emotions and empathy, the building-up of complex attitudes (responsibility, open-mindedness, adaptability, tolerance, self-confidence, desire to learn) and even aesthetic skills which involve cultivating satisfactory images in coherence with those – put forward by the organization (Bailly and Léné, 2015, p.71). All these are generally known as intercultural skills.

However, mobility experiences abroad are not the only opportunities for students to engage with intercultural environments. Pedagogies can be equally effective in promoting internationalization of education. This is the case when international students work with local students on various projects, or when visiting professors from abroad introduce students to pedagogical approaches with which students are unaccustomed, or when two teachers set up, in two different countries, a project within which students must interact via information and communication technologies. In short, a multitude of pedagogical practices exist that can potentially provide all students with intercultural experiences. This 4th International Teaching Forum will focus on these methodologies in order to identify them, to examine the skills they aim at fostering and to evaluate mechanisms used to measure their acquisition.

In line with the previous three conferences (two were held at Shanghai Normal University in China in 2016 and 2017 and one at Utah Valley University in the United States in 2018), the overall objective of the 4th International Teaching Forum will be to address innovative pedagogical practices in higher education in different countries. Over two days, teachers and researchers together will work on issues related to the contributions and limits of innovative teaching practices, based on experiments conducted more particularly (but not exclusively) in the field of communication and management. This conference will take place in Clermont-Ferrand (France) on November 14th and 15th, 2019.

For this edition, the theme of pedagogical innovation will be addressed from the perspective of interculturality and skills. Papers will discuss how teaching pedagogies have fostered the creation of a context favorable to interculturality and facilitated the acquisition of transversal skills. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

• How pedagogical practices promote the creation of an intercultural context
• What contribution information and communication technologies make to pedagogical innovations in intercultural situations
• What skills are developed by students (local and / or international) in the context of intercultural learning
• What assessment mechanisms are put in place to evaluate the acquisition of skills
• What skills are acquired by teachers in such intercultural contexts
• - What mode of communication is developed between teachers and students acting in a culturally different environment
• - What role intercultural communication plays in these pedagogical practices

The Forum aims to:

• publish the proceedings on the conference website;
• publish selected articles (finalized following the conference) in two journals (one in Information and Communication Sciences and the other in Management Sciences);
• publish a volume on Innovative Pedagogical Practices and Interculturality.
• The main language of the conference will be English, but papers may be presented in French.

Dates and place of the conference

The conference will take place on Thursday November 14th and Friday November 15th, 2019, at Université Clermont Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

The first day of the Teaching Forum will be centered on the presentation of selected papers. The second day will be organized in the form of round tables to promote the exchange of good practice and the constitution of workshops that can continue to collaborate after the conference. The round tables will be based on the themes which emerge from the papers presented.

Important dates

• May 15th, 2019: Proposals due
• June 15th, 2019: Notification by the Scientific Committee
• September 1st, 2019: Full papers due
• October 1st, 2019: Notification by the Scientific Committee of possible modifications required
• November 1st, 2019: Final papers due
• November 14th and 15th, 2019: Teaching Forum

Submission guidelines

Please submit full proposals (1800-2000 words) in English or French by May 15th, 2019.

Each proposal should include

(1) a title

(2) 4 to 5 keywords

(3) an abstract of 1500 words maximum (approximately 10,000 characters)

The abstract should clarify the pedagogical practice under discussion, how it promotes interculturality in the classroom, the type of skills targeted by this practice and / or the evaluation mechanism put in place to measure them. Clear bibliographical references are required. Completed papers (between 30 000 and 40 000 characters, including spaces) will need to be submitted according to guidelines accompanying the notification of acceptance. Anonymous peer review and requested modifications will follow.

Please submit your abstracts and completed papers (English or French) online here: https://teaching-forum4.sciencesconf.org

Contact: teaching-forum4@sciencesconf.org, cecilia.brassier@uca.fr

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

If you are from Germany and interested in working on an exciting project for your PhD or postdoc studies (starting fall 2019), this could be a terrific fit for you. The project examines how values are constructed in digital spheres through a comparative analysis of user-generated content in five languages. The positions are fully funded: up to 5 years for PhD students and 2 years (with an extension option) for postdoctoral students. The team will be based at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Dept. of communication) with trips to the relevant countries for interview purposes. Candidates with qualitative and/or quantitative training in the social sciences, humanities and computer science are encouraged to apply.

For more information, see https://limorshifman.huji.ac.il. To start the application process, please send your CV to the principal investigator, Limor Shifman, at: limor.shifman@mail.huji.ac.il.

Moment Journal

Deadline: September 1, 2019

The emergence of new media and its affordances have generated an increasing interest not only in resurgence of centralized structures and surveillance, but also in their participatory potential. Such interest is, in fact, not historically distinctive; each time the society is introduced to a new medium of communication, its potential of being used for the broader social good or harm becomes a matter of debate. Then again, where the rise of authoritarianism in the world today is considered, enabling more citizen participation in social and political debate is regarded as a progressive contribution of new media in general.

In Turkey’s context, participation is generally associated with practices that are limited to efforts to sustain electoral democracy and politics. However, looking at the increasing international scholarly calls for contribution on participation issue by numerous journals and books, one can see the diversity in the ways in which participation as a concept is understood as a very broad category, which may imply “interaction”, “engagement” or merely a social, political or cultural “joining”. For instance, Nico Carpentier (2013) defines participation in a much broader way than it is used in the academic lexicon of Turkey, but also with a narrower political signification than many others assume since he considers participation as an equalization of power relations in decision-making processes. Communication as a “practice” and media as an “institution” play a crucial role in strengthening or changing social power relations in such processes. The definition of participation by Henry Jenkins (2013), on the other hand, is closer to the broader meaning when he refers to "participatory cultures" of youth, including fan clubs, blogs, popular videos, online activism, etc.

Within the framework outlined above, we invite submissions for Moment Journal’s issue on participation and the media, on topics including, but not limited to:

• theoretical explorations on participation and the media
• methodological perspectives on participatory communication research
• electoral processes, participation and media performance
• citizenship, media participation and public sphere
• alternative, radical or community media, activism and participation
• gender, ethnicity, age and equality in participation
• new media, technological challenges and possibilities for participation
• breaking the institutional production-consumption chain via participatory practices
• new media and participatory practices at global and/or local levels
• participatory practices in social media apps
• youth cultures, fan clubs, new media and participation
• participatory art practices via communication media

The manuscripts should be submitted to the Moment Journal via Dergipark between June 1 and September 1, 2019. Submissions both in English and Turkish will be accepted.

• Deadline: September 1, 2019
• Publication Date: December 15, 2019

For details, see SUBMISSION GUIDELINES here: http://www.momentdergi.org/index.php/momentdergi/about/submissions

Theme Editors: Oğuzhan Taş (Ankara University, Turkey), Emre Canpolat (Hacettepe University, Turkey)

References

Jenkins, H., & Carpentier, N. (2013). Theorizing participatory intensities: A conversation about participation and politics. Convergence, 19(3), 265–286.

Edited by: Luis A. Albornoz and Trinidad García Leiva

This book reflects critically on issues of diversity, access, and the expansion of digital technologies in audio-visual industries, particularly in terms of economics and policies.

It brings together specialists in cultural diversity and media industries, presenting an international and interdisciplinary collection of essays that draw from different fields of studies – notably Communication, Economics, Political Science and Law. Among the topics discussed are: the principle of diversity as a goal of cultural and communication policies, the assessment of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, free trade agreements and the conception of cultural goods and services they advance, the challenges faced by the production, circulation and consumption of cultural content through the Internet, the role algorithms play in the organization and functioning of online platforms, Netflix and the hegemony of global media. The approach is a critical understanding of audio-visual diversity, that aims to transcend specific issues like media ownership, ideas portrayed or modes of consumption as such, to focus on a more balanced distribution of communicative power.

More here: https://www.routledge.com/Audio-Visual-Industries-and-Diversity-Economics-and-Policies-in-the-Digital/Albornoz-Garcia-Leiva/p/book/9781138384453

The Global Undergraduate Award (UA) seeks for Judges in Social Sciences: Anthropology & Cultural Studies category.

UA is the world’s largest global undergraduate academic awards programme. A non-profit organisation initially founded in Ireland, we discover excellence at the undergraduate level by inviting the world’s best students to submit their coursework. There are 25 award categories, and we invite experts to assess students' work in each.

Headed up this year by Returning Chair Dr. Zakaryya Abdel-Hady of Qatar University, Social Sciences: Anthropology & Cultural Studies is an essay-based category which has always received a lot of Submissions at UA. In recent years, the category is becoming increasingly popular among students working in interdisciplinary fields of gender studies, critical race theory, queer theory, cultural studies, migration studies, and disability studies, and therefore it is important that the experience and approaches of panellists reflect this as UA grow the number of Judges on the panel to balance workload. I would appreciate if you would assist UA in circulating our Call for Judges for this panel with your network (CFJ image attached for Social Media sharing, if applicable). More information for Judging candidates on the process and how to sign up can be found online here: https://undergraduateawards.com/the-ua-network/ua-judges.

Acting as a Judge for UA allows academics to meet colleagues in their panel from all over the world, and it also exposes Judges to some of the best undergraduate student coursework in their field. This exposure can be particularly advantageous for individuals working in academia or intending to work in academia. We primarily accept Judges who are professors, lecturers, tutorial assistants, PhD candidates, and professional experts outside of the arena of academia.

For more information or to apply, contact jenny@undergraduateawards.com.