Several of IAMCR's Sections and Working Groups will be holding elections for their officers during IAMCR 2014 in Hyderabad. Below are the election announcements of the individual Section and Working Groups.
The elections will be managed by the incumbent officers of each section or working group, in accordance with the Rules and practices for the election of Section and Working Group Heads adopted by the International Council in Dublin, June 25th, 2013.
Please, note:
- Interested candidates are requested to send their name, institutional affiliation, position and a statement of no more than 200 words to the current section heads with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamcr.org> by 17 June 2014.
- Section and Working Group officers must be IAMCR members in good standing. If you have not yet renewed your membership for 2014, please write to <membership[at]iamc.org> and request a renewal link.
- Candidate statements are published on the IAMCR website.
Sections and Working Groups holding elections in 2014
- Crisis Communication Working Group
- Diaspora and the Media Working Group
- Environment, Science and Risk Communication Working Group
- Gender and Communication Section
- Journalism Research and Education Section
- Media Education Research Section
- Media Production Analysis Working Group
- Political Economy Section
Crisis Communication Working Group
The Crisis Communication Working group has one Chair, Ass Prof. Ester Pollack, Stockholm University, and one Vice-Chair; Prof. Sigurd Allern, University of Oslo. Both will step down after the conference in Hyderabad, India, 2014. We need to fill both positions (Chair and Vice-Chair). Candidates are welcome!
Interested candidates should send their name, institutional position and a statement (200 words at most), to Ester Pollack <ester.pollack[at]ims.su.se> and Sigurd Allern <sigurd.allern[at]media.uio.no>, with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamc.org>
The deadline for submitting candidacies is June 17.
Candidate for Chair: Eva-Karin Olsson
Candidate for Vice-Chair: Rikke Bjerg Jensen
The election will take place at the business meeting in Hyderabad, Thursday July 17, 16.00-17:30.
Diaspora and the Media Working Group
The Diaspora and the Media Working group has one Chair, Dr Roza Tsagarousianou, University of Westminster, and one Vice-Chair; Dr Jessica Retis-Rivas, California State University Northridge. Both will step down after the conference in Hyderabad, India, 2014. We need to fill both positions (Chair and Vice-Chair). Candidates are welcome!
Interested candidates should send their name, institutional position and a statement (200 words at most), to Roza Tsagarousianou <tsagarr[at]westminster.ac.uk and Jessica-Retis-Rivas <jessica.retis[at]csun.edu>, with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamc.org>
The deadline for submitting candidacies is June 17.
The election will take place at the business meeting in Hyderabad, Thursday July 17, 14.00-15.30.
Environment, Science and Risk Communication Working Group
The Environment, Science and Risk Communication Working Group has one Chair, Pieter Maeseele, University of Antwerp, and one Vice-Chair; Anders Hansen, University of Leicester.
We would like to add a second Vice-Chair to the management team of the WG. Candidates are welcome! We need the candidate’s name, institutional position and a statement (200 words at most), to be sent to <pieter.maeseele[at]uantwerpen.be> and <ash[at]leicester.ac.uk>, with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamc.org>
The deadline for submitting candidacies is June 17.
The election will take place at our business meeting in Hyderabad, Friday July 18, 9.00-10.30.
Gender and Communication Section
The Gender and Communication Section has two Chairs, Kaitlynn Mendes, University of Leicester, and Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh, Butler University.
We would like to add up to two Vice-Chairs to the management team of the working group.
Interested candidates should send their name, institutional position and a statement (200 words at most), to Kaitlynn Mendes <kaitylylas[at]hotmail.com> and Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh <mgeertse[at]butler.edu>, with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamc.org>.
The deadline for submitting candidacies is June 17.
The election will take place at the business meeting in Hyderabad, Thursday July 17, 14.00-15.30.
Journalism Research and Education Section
Ibrahim Saleh will continue as Chair of the Journalism Research and Education Section and Kerry Green will continue as Vice Chair. Claudia Lago's mandate as Vice Chair finishes this year and she is standing for re-election.
The Section will elect one of its two Vice Chairs at its business meeting during IAMCR's congress in Hyderabad. The date and time of the business meeting will be announced and included in the final programme of IAMCR 2014.
The nominated candidates for the one Vice Chair position of the section so far are:
- Claudia Lago (current Vice-Chair, running for re-election)
- Andrea Jean Baker is running for Vice-Chair
Interested candidates are requested to send their name, institutional affiliation, position and a statement of no more than 200 words to the current section Chair Ibrahim Saleh <jre09is[at]gmail.com>, with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamc.org> by 17 June 2014.
Media Education Research Section
The Media Education Research Section of the IAMCR will hold elections during their business meeting in Hyderabad on July 17.
Current officers (Co-Chairs Divina Frau-Meigs and Manuel Pinto) are stepping down after their 2 + 4 year mandate.
Candidates for the positions of Chair and Co-Chair are requested to send their name, institutional affiliation, position and a statement of no more than 200 words to the current Co-Chairs Divina Frau-Meigs <divina.meigs[at]orange.fr> and Manuel Pinto <mjspinto[at]gmail.com> with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamc.org> by 1st July.
Candidate for Co-Chair: Sirkku Kotilainen
Media Production Analysis Working Group
The Media Production Analysis working group of the IAMCR will hold elections during their business meeting in Hyderabad on July 17.
Current officers of MPA are Roel Puijk (Chair), Chris Paterson, and Ida Schultz (Vice-Chairs).
Candidates for the position of Chair or Vice-Chair are requested to send their name, institutional affiliation, position and a statement of no more than 200 words to the current Chair Roel Puijk <roel.puijk[at]hil.no>, with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamc.org> by 17 June 2014.
Candidate for Chair: Roel Puijk
Candidates for Vice-Chair: Chris Paterson, Ida Schultz and Willemien Sanders
Political Economy Section
The Political Economy Section will held elections for the board composed of one Chair and two Vice-chairs during the IAMCR 2014 Hyderabad conference.
The current Section Chair, Helena Sousa (University of Minho, Portugal) will step down and will not run for any position. There's currently only one Vice-Chair, Rodrigo Gómez (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México).
The nominated candidates so far are:
- Rodrigo Gómez (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México) will step down as Section Vice-Chair and has been nominated for Chair;
- Peter. A Thompson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand): nominated for Section Vice-Chair;
- Peichi Chung (Chinese University of Hong Kong), nominated for Section Vice-Chair.
Other nominations for Section Chair or Vice-Chair (including name, institutional affiliation, position and a statement of no more than 200 words ) should be sent to the current Section Chair Helena Sousa helena[at]ics.uminho.pt, with a copy to IAMCR General Secretary Maria Michalis <M.Michalis[at]westminster.ac.uk> and to the IAMCR secretariat <membership[at]iamc.org> by 17 June 2014.
The election will take place during the business meeting of the PE Section. Date, time and room will be published in the Conference Programme.