IAMCR has various standing committees, task forces, and commissions.
Standing Committees are permanent bodies of the International Council with remits aimed at fulfilling key ongoing tasks within the organisation.
Task Forces or Ad hoc committees are permanent or temporary bodies of the International Council that fulfil other purposes.
Executive Board Commissions are entities that are mandated by the Executive Board to provide support in relation to a particular set of tasks defined by the Executive Board. The Executive Board is accountable towards the International Council for the work of the Commissions.
Standing Committees
- Environmental Impact Committee
Chair: Graham Murdock [contact]
Vice-Chairs: Bene Brevini, Alana Mann and Jeremy Swartz
Members: Anabela Carvalho, Julie Doyle, Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Anders Hansen, Sadia Jamil, Tawana Kupe, Chris Paterson and Gerard Goggin (EB liaison) - Finance Committee
Chair: Skye Doherty [contact]
Members: Beate Josephi, Robin Mansell, Sandra Ristovska, Kanchan Malik, Francesca Musiani, Steph Hill and Elske van de Fliert. - Legal Committee
Chair: Philippe Maarek [contact]
Members: Adilson Cabral, Anastasia Grusha, Friedrich Krotz, Stefania Milan, Jo Pierson, Cees J. Hamelink (Honorary permanent member) and Nico Carpentier (EB liaison) - Conference Committee
Chair: Jeremy Shtern
Members: Daya Thussu, Skye Doherty, Bruce Girard, Preeti Raghunath and Eno Akpabio - Membership Committee
Chair: TBA
Members: Yik Chan Chin, Olesya Venger, Leah Jerop Komen, Jude William Genilo, Valeria Zamisch (IAMCR Secretariat) and Gerard Goggin (EB liaison) - Publications Committee
Chair: Maria Michalis [contact]
Members: Luis Albornoz, Marjan de Bruin, Sarah Cardey, Changfeng Chen, Joe Khalil, Levi Obonyo, Claudia Padovani, Pradip Thomas, Janet Wasko, Bruce Mutsvairo, Sadia Jamil and Usha Raman (EB liaison) - Scholarly Review Committee
Chair: Thomas Jacobson [contact]
Members: Aimée Vega Montiel, John Sinclair, Robin Mansell, Jo Pierson, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Denize Araujo, Marjan de Bruin, Changfeng Chen, Sandra Ristovska and Usha Raman (EB liaison) - Election Committee
Chair: Beate Josephi [contact]
Members: Robin Mansell and Eno Akpabio
Task Forces
- Task Force on the Global Alliance for Media and Gender (GAMAG)
Chair: Aimée Vega Montiel [contact]
Members: Margaret Gallagher, Carolyn Byerly, Claudia Padovani, Maria Edström, Carla Cerqueira, Karen Ross and Usha Raman (EB liaison) - Task Force on the Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change
Chair: Thomas Jacobson [contact]
Vice-chair: Elske van de Fliert [contact]
Members: Thomas Jacobson, Jessica Noske Turner, Ana Duarte Melo and Elske van de Fliert (EB liaison) - Committee for the Improvement of Academic Life
Chair: Chika Anyanwu [contact]
Vice-chair: Karen Arriaza Ibarra [contact]
Members: Changfeng Chen, Claudia Lago, Steph Hill, Sibo Chen, Eno Akpabio, Tanya Bosch, Burçe Celik, Sergio Ricardo Quiroga, and Andrea Medrado (EB liaison) - INTER/ACTIONS: Multimodal Academic Communication
- Chair: Sandra Ristovska [contact]
Members: Pedro Pinto de Oliveira, John L. Jackson Jr., Jeremy Shtern, Johanna Sumiala, Aysu Arsoy, Arezou Zalipour, Soraya Vasconcelos, and Nico Carpentier (EB liaison) - Disability and Accessibility Task Force
Chair: Katie Ellis [contact]
Members: Victor Zhuang, Lorenzo Dalvit, Stephanie Mantilla, Beth Haller, Shahla Adnan, Paula Saukko, Yan Yuqiao, Panayiota Tsatsou, Yolanda Paul and Gerard Goggin (EB Liaison) - New Officials Search Task Force
Co-chairs: Aimée Vega Montiel [contact] and Cees Hamelink [contact]
Members: Janet Wasko, Tawana Kupe and Pradip Thomas. - Ethics Task Force
Chair: Usha Raman [contact]
Members: Philippe Maarek, Wafa Khalfan,Rodrigo Cetina-Persuel, Steph Hill, Maria Teresa Nicolas Gavilan, Gerard Goggin, Robin Mansell, and three members to be named by the incoming International Council.
Executive Board Commissions
- Conference Organising Commission Christchurch 2024
Chair: Nico Carpentier [contact]
Members: Elske van de Fliert, Bruce Girard, Gerard Goggin, Donald Matheson, Zita Joyce and Linda Jean Kenix. - Evaluation Committee for the Section/Working Group and Committee/Task Force funds
Chair: Elske van de Fliert [contact]
Members: Wajiha R Rizvi, Weiyu Zhang (Ivy) and Bruce Girard (non-voting member) - Clearinghouse for Public Statements
Co-chairs: Graham Murdock, Vinod Pavarala
Members: Eno Akpabio, Abida Ashraf, Benedetta Brevini, Lauren Dyll, Rodrigo Gomez, Philippe Maarek and Nico Carpentier (EB liaison)
Award Juries
- Annabelle Sreberny Memorial Award Selection Committee 2024
Chair: Claudia Padovani
Members: Marjan de Bruin, Joe Khalil, Gholam Khiabany, and Sandra Ristovska - Urban Communication Award Selection Committee 2024
Chair: Janet Wasko
Members: Nico Carpentier, Yong-Chan Kim, Yiannis Christidis, Cees Hamelink and Deborah Philips - Climate Change Communication Award Selection Committee 2024
Chair: Graham Murdock
Members: Hanna Morris, Kerrie Foxwell-Norton and Jeremy Swartz