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S/N/TWG management teams election 2026: candidates

During the 2026 conference, ECREA members will elect management teams of Sections, Temporary Working Groups and Networks (S/TWG/N).

The elections will take place during the business meetings.

All ECREA members irrespective of the type of their membership can participate S/TWG/N elections if they are members of respective S/TWG/N (members can manage their S/TWG/N membership in your profile on ECREA intranet).

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SECTIONS

 Audience and Reception Studies


CANDIDATES (team):

  • Maria José Brites (chair)
  • Niklas Alexander Chimirri (vice-chair)
  • Nivedita Chatterjee (vice-chair)
STATEMENT and BIO: here


Children, Youth and Media

CANDIDATES (team):

  • Ana Filipa Oliveira (chair)
  • Denise Mensonides(vice-Chair)
  • Marisa Mourão(vice-chair)
  • Silvia Rusiñol-Romero (communication officer)

STATEMENT and BIO: here


Communication and Democracy

CANDIDATES (team):

  • Giuliana Sorce (vice-chair)
  • Jun Liu (vice-chair)
  • Yu Sun (vice-chair)
BIO: here


    Communication History

    CANDIDATES (team):

    • Lars Lundgren (chair)
    • Eva Asboth (vice-chair)
    • Niklas Venema (vice-chair)

    STATEMENT and BIO: here


    Communication Law and Policy

    CANDIDATES (team):

    • Sally Broughton Micova (chair, re-election)
    • Tales Tomaz (vice-chair)
    • Tim Raats (vice-chair, re-election)

    STATEMENT and BIO: here


    Diaspora, Migration and the Media

    CANDIDATES (team):

    • Çiğdem Bozdağ (chair)
    • Claudia Minchilli (vice-chair)
    • Rob Sharp (vice-chair)
    • Philipp Seuferling (communication officer)

    STATEMENT and BIO: here


      Digital Culture and Communication

      CANDIDATES (team):

      • Yunyi Liao (chair), BIO
      • Ana Marta Flores (chair), BIO
      • Sofia P. Caldeira (vice-chair), BIO
      • Marloes Geboers (vice-chair), BIO
      • Giulia Giorgi (vice-chair), BIO

      STATEMENT: here


      Digital Games Research

      CANDIDATES (team):

      • Salvador Gómez García (chair)
      • Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen (vice-chair)
      • Rowan Daneels (vice-chair)
      • Ruth Kasdorf (communication officer)

      STATEMENT and BIO: here


      Film Studies

      CANDIDATES (team):

      • Marco Cucco (chair)
      • Eduard Cuelenaere (vice-chair)
      • Renata Šukaitytė (vice-chair)

      BIO: here


      Gender, Sexuality and Communication

      CANDIDATES (team):

      • Núria Araüna Baró (chair)
      • Greta Gober (vice-chair)
      • Emma Flynn (vice-chair)
      • Elisa Paz (communication officer)
      • Fatima Zahid Ali (communication officer)
      STATEMENT and BIO: here


      Health Communication

      CANDIDATES (team):

      • Elena Link (Chair)
      • Rita Araújo (Vice-Chair)
      • Annemiek Linn (Vice-Chair)
      • Michelle Möri (Vice Chair) 

      STATEMENT and BIO: here


      International and Intercultural Communication

      CANDIDATES (team):

      • David Ongenaert (co-chair and communication officer)
      • Shomaila Sadaf (co-chair)
      • Arne van Lienden (vice-chair)
      • Maria Avraamidou (vice-chair)

      STATEMENT and BIO: here 


      Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction

      CANDIDATES:

      • Aurelio Fernández (chair)
      • Anisoara Pavelea (vice-chair)
      • Anastassia Zabrodskaja (vice-chair)

      STATEMENT and BIO: here


      Journalism Studies

      CANDIDATES (team):

      • Lenka Waschková Císařová (chair)
      • Frank Harbers (vice-chair)
      • Sarah van Leuven (vice-chair)
      • Elyes Chaouch (communication officer)

      STATEMENT and BIO: here

      CANDIDATE:


      Media, Cities and Space

      CANDIDATES (team):

      • Lou Therese Brandner (chair)
      • Helena Atteneder (vice-Chair)
      • Danilo Giglitto (vice-chair)
      • Diogo Pereira Henriques (communications officer)

      STATEMENT and BIO: here


        Media Industries and Cultural Production

        CANDIDATES (team):


        Mediatization

        CANDIDATES

        • Zhuoran Ma (co-chair)
        • Marlena Sztyber-Popko (co-chair)
        • Nóra Falyuna (vice-chair)
        STATEMENT and BIO: here

          Organisational and Strategic Communication

          CANDIDATES:

          • Alessandro Lovari (chair)
          • Michael Johann (vice-chair, communication officer)
          • Silvia Ravazzani (vice-chair)

          STATEMENT and BIO: here


            Philosophy of Communication

            CANDIDATES:

            • Johan Siebers (chair)
            • Lydia Sanchez (vice-chair)
            • José Gomes-Pinto (vice-chair)
            • Ioan Suhov (communication officer)

            STATEMENT and BIO: here 


            Political Communication

            CANDIDATES:


              Radio and Sound

              CANDIDATES (team):

              • Emma Heywood (chair)
              • Raúl Terol (vice-chair)
              • Marie Fierens (vice-chair)

                STATEMENT and BIO: here

                CANDIDATE:


                Risk and Crisis Communication

                CANDIDATES (team):

                • Yijing Wang (chair)
                • Daniel Vogler (vice-chair)
                • Bianca Persici Toniolo (vice-chair)
                • Pavel Rodin (vice-chair)

                STATEMENT and BIO: here


                Science and Environment Communication

                CANDIDATES (team):

                • Mikkel Fugl Eskjær (chair)
                • Silje Kristiansen (vice-chair)
                • Miguel Vicente Mariño (vice-chair)

                CANDIDATE:

                • Marc Esteve del Valle

                  STATEMENT and BIO: here


                  Television Studies

                  CANDIDATES:

                  • Cathrin Bengesser (chair)
                  • Deborah Castro (vice-chair)
                  • Luca Barra (vice-chair)
                  • Axelle Asmar (vice-chair)

                  STATEMENT and BIO: here


                  Visual Cultures

                  CANDIDATES:

                  • Patricia Prieto-Blanco (chair)
                  • Suay Melisa Özkula (chair)
                  • Joanna Kędra (vice-chair)
                  • Grace Omondi (vice-chair)
                  STATEMENT and BIO: here

                    TEMPORARY WORKING GROUPS

                    Affect, Emotion and Media

                    CANDIDATES (team):

                    • Manuel Menke (chair)
                    • Gabriela Ferreira (vice-chair)
                    • Dominique Wirz (vice-chair)

                    STATEMENT and BIO: here


                    Aging and Communication 

                    CANDIDATES:

                    • Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol (chair)
                    • Prof Dr Francesca Comunello (vice-chair)
                    • Prof Dr Simone Mulargia (vice-chair)
                    • Viivi Korpela (communication officer)
                    • Cora van Leeuwen (communication officer)
                    STATEMENT and BIO: here

                    Ethics of Mediated Suffering

                    CANDIDATES:

                    • Richard Stupart (chair)
                    • Stijn Joye (vice-chair)
                    • Johanna Sumiala (vice-chair)

                    STATEMENT and BIO: here


                    Communication and Sport

                    CANDIDATES:

                    • Daniel Nölleke (chair)
                    • Veera Ehrlén (vice-chair)
                    • Xavier Ramon (vice-chair)

                    STATEMENT and BIO: here

                    NETWORKS

                    Central and East-European Network

                    CANDIDATES (team):


                    YECREA (Young scholars network)

                    CANDIDATES (team):

                    • Alba Diez-Gracia (chair)
                    • Emilija Gagrčin (vice-chair)
                    • Aandrea Stancea (vice-chair)

                    STATEMENT and BIO: here

                    CANDIDATE:


                    Women's Network

                    CANDIDATES:

                    • Antje Glück (chair)
                    • Carolina Matos (vice-chair)
                    • Klára Smejkal (vice-chair)

                    STATEMENT and BIO: here

                    CANDIDATE:





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