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 Jeremy Shtern (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: Alina Bernstein, Rodrigo Cetina Presuel, Anastasia Grusha, Friedrich Krotz, Jo Pierson, Aimée Vega Montiel, Cees J. Hamelink (Honorary permanent member) and Andrea Medrado (EB liaison) - Conference Committee
Chair: Jeremy Shtern
Members: Daya Thussu, Skye Doherty, Bruce Girard, two members of the IC TBC. - Membership Committee
Chair (interim): Karen Arriaza Ibarra [contact]
Members: Yik Chan Chin, Leah Jerop Komen, Jude William Genilo, Valeria Zamisch (IAMCR Secretariat) - 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 Andrea Medrado (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, Daya Thussu and Karen Arriaza Ibarra (EB liaisons) - Election Committee
Chair: Beate Josephi [contact]
Members: Robin Mansell, Eno Akpabio and Daya Thussu (EB liaison)
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 Karen Arriaza Ibarra (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 and Ana Duarte Melo - 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 Karen Arriaza Ibarra (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, Nico Carpentier and Jeremy Shtern (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, Gerard Goggin and Jeremy Shtern (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, Andrea Medrado (EB liaison), and three members to be named by the incoming International Council.
Executive Board Commissions
- Conference Organising Commission Singapore 2025
Chair: Daya Thussu [contact]
Members: Skye Doherty, Bruce Girard, Jeremy Shtern, Edson C. Tandoc Jr., Jack Qiu and Jacqueline Au Yong Leng. - Evaluation Committee for the Section/Working Group and Committee/Task Force funds
Chair: Skye Doherty [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 Daya Thussu (EB liaison)
Award Juries 2025
- Stuart Hall Memorial Award
Chair: Hopeton Dunn
Members: TBC - Urban Communication Award
Chair: Janet Wasko
Members: TBC - Climate Change Communication Award
Chair: Graham Murdock
Members: TBC - Rural Communication Services Research Award
Chair: Rico Lie
Members: Mario Acunzo, Ataharul Chowdhury and Maria Stella C. Tirol - Decolonising the Digital Award
Chair: Weiyu Zhang
Members: Benjamin Birkinbine, Claudia Padovani, Guy Hoskins, Julia Pohle, Leah Komen and Usha Raman