IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

IAMCR is offering 6 travel grants worth US$2,000 each to offset the cost of participating in the 2010 conference in Braga, Portugal.

The grants are available to current IAMCR members residing in low income countries (see IAMCR's definition of low income countries) who have an abstract accepted for the conference (announcement of acceptances will be made by March 15). Three of the grants are reserved for members from Latin America.

IAMCR is pleased to announce that UNESCO has agreed to provide US$12,500 to support the participation of researchers from Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States at IAMCR's 2010 conference in Braga, Portugal.

UNESCO's support will provide for up to five travel grants of $2,500 for scholars residing in low-income countries who prepare a paper for one of the sections or working groups listed below.

Preparations continue for IAMCR's 2010 Conference to be held in Braga, Portugal, from 18-22 July 2010.

The deadline for submitting abstracts has passed. Two thousand abstracts were submitted and the review process is now taking place. Announcement of acceptances will be made on March 15 and full papers are due on April 30.

Registration is now open on the conference website. Please note, there are three registration phases. Register before 30 April to qualify for a €150 discount or before 25 June to qualify for a discount of €50.

IAMCR welcomes the submission of proposals for its 2010 Conference to be held in Braga, Portugal, from 18-22 July 2010. The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended for one week. The new deadline is Monday 8 February.

The general theme of the conference is 'Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change'.

Section and Working Group calls for papers will be linked from here as they become available.

Communication and Citizenship - Rethinking Crisis and Change

Communication and Citizenship - Rethinking Crisis and Change is the main focal and timely theme for the IAMCR 2010 International Conference.

The acceleration of change and the globalization of fear and uncertainty are features of the present. The speed of transformations in all regions of our volatile and hyper-complex world makes it increasingly difficult to read social reality and to act meaningfully.

Universidade do Minho will host the 2010 IAMCR Congress in Braga, Portugal, 18-22 July 2010. The theme for the 2010 Congress will be Communication and Citizenship.

Further details will be published here and at the 2010 IAMCR Congress official website as they become available. The 2010 Congress' news can also be followed through its Twitter feed.