The aims of the Emerging Scholars Network are to bring young-at-heart scholars together, to create and maintain lines of communication with researchers internationally, to promote universal values of solidarity, peace, equality and respect, to work on new ideas for research and teaching and to create an umbrella for future projects that are related to the study and analysis of communication.
Co-chair: Steph Hill (Ryerson University, Canada) [Contact]
Co-chair: Wafa Khalfan (University of Sharjah, UAE) [Contact]
Vice chair: Karl Patrick R. Mendoza (Polytechnic University of the Philippines) [Contact]
Vice chair: Jeremiah M. Nganda (Daystar University, Kenya) [Contact]
See the list of all current members of the Emerging Scholars Network Section.
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This Network brings young-at-heart scholars together, to create and maintain lines of communication with researchers internationally, to promote universal values of solidarity, peace, equality and respect, to work on new ideas for research and teaching and to create an umbrella for future projects that are related to the study and analysis of communication. At conferences it attracts a wide range of papers that are discussed in an environment aimed at providing mentoring and networks that scholars can continue to build upon in their careers.
IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network Section invites submissions for IAMCR 2024, which will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 30 June to 4 July 2024. The deadline for submission is 7 February 2024, at 23.59 UTC.
The Emerging Scholars Network section (ESN) will be holding online elections for two co-chair and two vice-chair positions, for the term 2023 - 2027. The deadline to submit candidacies is 17 May.
On April 3rd, 2023, the Emerging Scholars Network hosted a workshop for early career media and communication scholars focused on research methods, entitled “Reflections on Research Methods for Media and Communication Scholars". Watch the recording here.
IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network invites proposals for IAMCR 2023, to be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 13 July (Lyon23) with an Online Conference Papers (OCP23) component from 26 June to 5 July. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2023, at 23.59 UTC.
The Emerging Scholars Network and Communication Policy and Technology sections of IAMCR held a three-day online professionalization workshop for early career scholars from February 23 to 25. Interested graduate students are invited to a followup workshop on Academic Writing and publishing to be held on 2 September.
IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network invites the submission of proposals for papers and panels for IAMCR 2022, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July 2022. The conference will also have a national hub at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network Section invites the submission of proposals for single papers and multi-paper sessions (the online conference equivalent of a panel in a face to face conference) for IAMCR 2021, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July, with a regional hub in Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
This message from the heads of the Emerging Scholars Network Section was distributed to all the section members on 13 May 2020.
IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network Section invites the submission of abstracts of papers and proposals for panels for the 2020 conference of the association, which will be held from 12 to 16 July, 2020 at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network Section will be electing an officer at its business meeting during the upcoming IAMCR's congress in Madrid.
Finding your way in academia can be confusing, overwhelming, and intimidating. The Emerging Scholars Network can help with the ESN Mentorship Programme. If you are interested in being a mentor or a mentee, please read on!
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 20-24 June 2018 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network invites proposals that reflect the section's interest.
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) welcomes submissions for the 2017 Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to be held from 16-20 July, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia.
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) Section will be electing its officers at its business meeting during the upcoming IAMCR's congress in Leicester. The business meeting will be held on Friday, July 29th, 4-5.30 pm in Room 2 (Attenborough Seminar Block).
Can you spare some time to support an emerging scholar? The IAMCR Emerging Scholars Mentorship Programme aims to connect emerging scholars with senior scholar mentors for guidance and assistance.
The IAMCR Emerging Scholars Network Section (ESN) welcomes submissions for the 2016 Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to be held from 27 to 31 July, 2016 at the University of Leicester in the
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) welcomes submissions for the Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to be held from 12 to 16 July 2015 at the Université du Québec à Montréal in Montreal, Canada
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) welcomes submissions for the Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC) on July 15-19, 2014 in Hyderabad, India.
We invite you to submit abstracts (250- 300 words) of your research papers. We welcome submissions on a variety of topics pertinent to communication and media studies research. We also encourage submissions that address this year’s conference theme Region as Frame: Politics, Presence, Practice. For more information on this year’s conference theme, please refer to the conference theme webpage at http://iamcr2014.org/conference-theme/. If you are submitting a work in progress, we welcome your submission! Please state that it is a work in progress in your abstract.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 10, 2014 via the Open Conference System (OSC) at http://iamcr-ocs.org. Submissions must include author name(s), affiliation, address, e-mail address, and paper title. Please note that this deadline will not be extended. The OCS opens on December 1st, 2013 and closes on February 10, 2014. Early submission is strongly encouraged.
Please note that individuals may submit 1 abstract (paper) per Section or Working Group as lead author, and a maximum of 2 abstracts (papers) to a single IAMCR conference in general. Please be aware that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to ESN and other Section or Working Group for consideration. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the Open Conference System, by the relevant Head or by the Conference Program Reviewer. Such applicants also risk being entirely removed from the conference program.
Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by the Section co-chairs on March 24, 2014. For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 20, 2014.
Please also take a look at our suggestions on how to write an abstract at http://www.iamcr.org/src-home-about/633-src-home-about.
ESN is a section dedicated to the work and careers of emerging scholars in the field of media studies and communication. Therefore, we especially look for works in progress from graduate students and new university instructors/professors who are interested in substantial feedback and comments intended to advance their projects.
The ESN organizes emerging scholar panels and joint panels with other sections. Our emerging scholar panels provide a comfortable environment for the presentation of theses and works in progress, where emerging scholars can receive feedback from colleagues also at the beginning of their careers and from senior scholars who act as respondents to individual papers.
In line with the purpose of our section, the ESN also organizes panels and special sessions about issues affecting emerging scholars, such as:
Publishing research results;
Mentoring and the Student-mentor relationship;
Academic work and academic jobs;
Neoliberalism in the academy;
Language barriers in academia.
These panels often feature conversations between senior scholars, emerging scholars, and/or practitioners of media and communication professions.
Further announcements on panels and events on such topics, and practical information on the ESN mentorship programme, will follow over the coming months. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the section co-chairs Francesca Musiani (francesca.musiani@gmail.com) and Sandra Ristovska (sristovska@asc.upenn.edu).
As part of a joint IAMCR effort to engage with international debates around communication and social transformations in the digital age, ESN welcomes papers that are related to the World Summit on the Information Society +10. ESN and IAMCR Communication Policy Task Force organized a successful session on WSIS+10 at the annual meeting in Dublin last year. Therefore, the section provides another platform for emerging scholars to present on WSIS related topics.These may include
thematic assessments of what has been achieved in the past 10 years in specific areas mentioned in the official WSIS documents;
critical analysis of controversial aspects of information societies expected to inform the WSIS+10 debates;
research outlining either core concepts, such as sustainable knowledge societies, or methodological aspects, such as indicators.
The selected papers may be profiled and included (upon the authors' approval) in a global database - www.globalmediapolicy.net - as a contribution of the IAMCR scholarly community to the WSIS+10 process and debate.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the section co-chairs Francesca Musiani (francesca.musiani[at]gmail.com) and Sandra Ristovska (sristovska[at]asc.upenn.edu).
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8 November 2013 |
First call for abstracts (for papers and panels) |
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1 December 2013 |
Open Computer System (OCS) available for abstract submission at http://iamcr-ocs.org |
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10 February 2014 |
OCS closed |
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11- 20 February 2014 |
Initial technical review of submissions (review process by Sections and WGs will start after this) |
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24 March 2014 |
Notification of acceptances of abstracts |
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15 April 2014 |
Confirmation of participation deadline |
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30 April 2014 |
Deadline for early bird registration |
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15 May 2014 |
Final conference programme |
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13 June 2014 |
Conference programme to be published online |
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20 June 2014 |
Deadline for full paper submission |
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15-19 July 2014 |
IAMCR Conference |
Chairs:
Francesca Musiani
francesca.musiani[at]gmail.com
Sandra Ristovska
sristovska[at]asc.upenn.edu
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) welcomes submissions for the Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to be held at the Dublin City University on June 25-29, 2013 in Dublin, Ireland.
We invite you to submit abstracts (250- 300 words) of your research papers. We welcome submissions on a variety of topics pertinent to communication and media studies research. We also encourage submissions that address this year’s conference theme Crisis, ‘Creative Destruction’ and the Global Power and Communication Orders. For more information on this year’s conference theme, please refer to the general call for papers. If you are submitting a work in progress, we welcome your submission! Please state that it is a work in progress in your abstract.
The Emerging Scholars' Section will be electing its officers at its business meeting during IAMCR's congress in Durban. The date and time of the business meeting will be announced prior to the conference and will be included in the final programme of IAMCR 2012. The current officers of the section are: Stefania Milan (has served one four year terms as Co-Chair) and Sara Bannerman (has served one four year term as Co-Chair. The positions of two Co-Chairs are up for election. Stefania Milan is seeking re-election as Co-Chair for a two-year term. One Co-Chair is being sought for a four-year term. Other ad-hoc positions with the ESN will also be available and filled at the meeting.
Please note: NEW DEADLINE! Submit by February 28th, 2012
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) invites you to participate in the 2012 International Congress of the IAMCR to be held on July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa.
This year's theme is South North Conversations. We call for general academic papers in Communication and Media Studies as well as papers addressing the concrete conference theme.
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) invites you to participate in the 2011 International Congress of the IAMCR to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 13 to 17 2011. This year’s theme is “Cities, Creativity, Connectivity”.
We call for general academic papers in Communication and Media Studies as well as papers addressing the concrete conference theme.-
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The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) invites you to participate in the 2010 International Congress of the IAMCR to be held in Braga, Portugal, from July 18 to 22 2010.
This year's theme is “Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change". We call for general academic papers in Communication and Media Studies as well as papers addressing communication, citizenship, crisis, and change.
Call for contributions to a round table on "Communication as a Human Right: Policy challenges, public interest narratives and visions for the future" jointly organized by the Working Group on Global Media Policy and the Emerging Scholars Network.
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) invites you to participate in the 2009 International Congress of the IAMCR from July 21-24, 2008, in Mexico City.
This year's theme is "Human Rights and Communication". We call for general academic papers in Communication and Media Studies as well as papers addressing the relationships between human rights and communication.
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) invites you to participate in the 2008 International Congress of the IAMCR from July 20 – 25, 2008, in Stockholm, Sweden.