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[ecrea] CfA 6th Milan International Summer School in Political Communication

Thu Dec 14 08:29:36 GMT 2017




**Call for Applications**

*6^th Milan International Summer School of Political Communication and Electoral Behavior

*

*University of Milan: 09-14 July 2018
*
**Organizers**

The Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of
Milan (Italy) and the Political Communication Division of the
International Communication Association (ICA).


**Background**

The School addresses theoretical and empirical questions at the
intersection of political communication, political science, and
political sociology, with a special focus on the relationship between
political communication, media, political participation and democracy.

**Faculty**


The lecturers are internationally renowned academics. Confirmed speakers

include* Patricia Moy *(University of Washington and President-elect of the ICA*), *

*Peter Van Aelst *(University of Antwerp and Chair of the Pol Comm Division),

*Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck *(Universität Mannheim), *Frank Esser *(University of Zurich),**

*Cristian Vaccari *(University of Loughborough), *Hanspeter Kriesi *(European University

Institute)*, Lilach Nir *(Hebrew University of Jerusalem),* Pablo Barberá *

(University of Southern California),* Luigi Curini *and *Andrea Ceron *(University of Milan),

*Kate Kenski* (University of Arizona).



**International Networking**

Participants of the previous editions came from around the world: USA,
Canada, Colombia, Brazil, UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Russia,
Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, among
others.

**Who should apply?**

Building on the experience of the last 10 years, the 2018 Summer School offers

another unique opportunity for 30 PhD candidates and early career academics

in Communication, Sociology, Psychology and Political Science to attend an intensive,

6-day-long program that consists of lectures, master classes, paper presentations and discussions.  Workshops on big data research methods and on writing for scholarly journals

will be offered during the week.

**

**How to apply**

Participants will be selected on a competitive basis. Candidates interested in applying

to the Milan Summer School should submit a 3-page research proposal or an extended

abstract of a research paper on issues broadly related to political communication subfields.

Submissions should include the name, email address, institutional affiliation, a brief bio

(max. 200 words) mentioning main research interests and ongoing projects,

and a recommendation letter.

An international selection committee will review the applications.


**Deadlines*
*
*1 February 2018: Application deadline
15 March 2018: Information on acceptance
16 April 2018: Registration deadline
*
*
***Enrollment fee**

*Euro 650* (covers accommodation, lunches, welcome and farewell dinners).    A limited
number of travel grants is also available.

For more information please go to the School’s website:
www.polcomm.unimi.it <http://www.polcomm.unimi.it>

If you have questions, email to:
(summerschool.polcomm /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(summerschool.polcomm /at/ gmail.com)>.
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