[ecrea] 4th Edition International Summer School in Political Communication and Electoral Behaviour

Call for participants

4th Edition International Summer School in Political Communication and 
Electoral Behaviour. 7-11 July 2014, University of Milan, Italy

This year the School is co-organized by the Department of Social and 
Political Sciences of the University of Milan and the Political 
Communication Division of the ICA.

AIMS AND FOCUS: The School addresses the main theoretical and empirical 
questions at the intersection of political communication, political 
science, and political sociology, with a special focus on the impact of 
communication factors, from television to the new digital media, on 
electoral participation, political attitudes, and voting behaviour.

Building on its successful experience, this year’s Summer School will 
present another opportunity for PhD candidates and early career 
academics in Communication, Sociology, Psychology and Political Science 
to attend an intensive, 5 day-long Program that consists of two morning 
lectures daily and paper presentations and discussions in the afternoon. 
Two workshops on Big Data research methods an on writing for scholarly 
journals will be offered during the week.

THEME OF THIS YEAR:(New) Media Effects on Electoral Behaviour

ORGANIZERS: Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Marco Maraffi, Mauro Barisione, Claes 
de Vreese, Magdalena Wojcieszak.

CONFIRMED LECTURERS: Patricia Moy (U Washington), Rachel Gibson (U 
Manchester), Andrew Chadwick (Royal Holloway U), Stefano Iacus (U Milan) 
David Karpf (GWU),
Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck(U Mannheim), Sara B. Hobolt (LSE), Claes De Vreese 
(U Amsterdam), Magdalena Wojcieszak (U Amsterdam), Mauro Barisione (U 
Milan) Winfried Schulz (U Erlangen-Nuremberg).

DATE: 7-11 July 2014

VENUE: University of Milan - Department of Social and Political Sciences

APPLICATION: Candidates interested in participating should submit a 
3-page research proposal or an extended abstract of a research paper on 
issues related to the main theme of the Summer School.
Submissions should include the application form, a CV, a brief bio (max. 
100 words) mentioning main research interests and ongoing projects, as 
well as a supporting recommendation letter from an advisor or another 
academic supervisor endorsing the candidate with a brief explication of 
why the candidate will benefit from the Summer School.

COST/ POLICY: Enrolment fee 400€, each participant covers travel & 
accommodation. The School will offer lunches, welcome & farewell 
dinners, access to the facilities of the Department.
The School offers 3 tuition waivers and 5 travel grants: more 
information available at the School’s website (www.polcomm2014.net).

MAX. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 30

ECTS: 6

DEADLINES:
Application: by 12 April 2014
Confirmation of selection: 3 May
Registration: by 20 May

For more information about the program and application, please see the 
School website www.polcomm2014.net or write to 
(summerschool.polcomm /at/ gmail.com)

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