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Ph.D. workshop jointly held by ECREA’s Crisis Communication Section and
Young Scholars Network (YECREA) at the 5th International Crisis
Communication Conference
October 19, 2017, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon
We would like to remind all Young Scholars interested in the YECREA Ph.D.
workshop organised just before the 5th International Crisis Communication
Conference (October 19-21, 2017) that the deadline for applications is
July 1.
The aim of the workshop is to provide a forum for doctoral students whose
Ph.D. is related to the wide and interdisciplinary field of Crisis
Communication. Participants present an outline of their Ph.D. project and
receive feedback by W. Timothy Coombs (Texas A&M University) and Andreas
Schwarz (Ilmenau University), two distinguished scholars with a broad
expertise in Crisis Communication. After a presentation of up to 20
minutes, the senior scholars serving as respondents will provide an
initial feedback, followed by a Q&A session involving the other workshop
participants as well.
The presentations should address the following questions:
1. What is the problem that motivated you to conduct the research
presented? 2. What is (are) your leading research question(s)?
3. How do you try to answer these questions methodologically?
4. What do you hope to contribute to your field of research?
5. Optional: What are your (preliminary) findings?
6. Which challenges are you facing at the moment?
While regular conference panels rarely offer the opportunity for speakers
to receive in-depth feedback, this workshop is conceived as a separate and
more personal space to present to and receive feedback from experienced
scholars. It mainly aims at Ph.D. students whose research project is still
at an early stage, but it is also possible to participate if you already
have preliminary findings.
To apply for the workshop, please prepare the following two documents:
• an extended abstract of up to 500 words outlining your project
(literature excluded)
• a short letter of motivation stating why you would like to participate
and which questions you want to see addressed; it should also mention your
doctoral advisor as well as a rough time schedule for your project.
The documents must be submitted to Florian Meissner
(florian.meissner@tu‐dortmund.de or florian.meissner@siic.science)
until July 1. There is no need to be a member of the Crisis Communication
Section to apply, but please note that the capacity of the workshop is
limited. A jury will select the applications according to standards of
academic quality like theoretical foundation, stringency, and originality.
There is no participation fee, but
participants will have to pay travel costs on their own.
If you are also interested to register for the subsequent conference
dealing with Risk and Crisis Communication in the Digital Age in Lisbon
(October 19‐21), please check the conference website:
http://crisis5‐ecrea.com.
