[Commlist] IIC Yecrea workshop with Dr. Kate Wright

*CFP: International and Intercultural Communication Young Scholars 
Workshop 2019 Brussels*

*29 October 2019, Brussels, Belgium*

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This year the YECREA section of International and Intercultural 
Communication (IIC) welcomes *Dr. Kate Wright, in the context of the 
Digital Fortress Europe Conference,* to host a workshop for doctoral 
researchers, working in the fields of international journalism, 
humanitarian communication and news production processes in and about 
the African continent.

The aim of the workshop is for young scholars to find their own voice 
and mark their urgent contributions to the fields of International and 
Intercultural Communication. Considering the young and interdisciplinary 
nature of these fields and the changing landscape of media and 
communication technologies, it is crucial for young researchers to 
situate themselves in relation to existing literature and research, as 
well as to explore new ways of thinking about our respective research 
topics. This year’s YECREA activity does not only give young scholars an 
opportunity to get feedback from an internationally acclaimed scholar 
and peers, but it also aims to provide them with a set of tools which 
will help to think thoroughly about their own unique contribution to the 
field.

*Dr. Kate Wright* 
<http://www.cas.ed.ac.uk/people/core_staff/kate_wright> is a 
Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh in the Cultural and 
Creative Industries. She is a former award-winning journalist, who 
worked at the Africa-desk for the BBC. In 2018, she published her book 
‘Who’s reporting Africa now? Non-governmental organizations, journalists 
and multimedia’ for Peter Lang.

The workshop will take place on *29**^**October 2019**in**Brussels, 
Belgium at the Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 
VUB)*. This workshop precedes and will take place in the context of the 
two-day conference “Digital Fortress Europe: Exploring Boundaries 
between Media, Migration and Technology” 
<https://vub-my.sharepoint.com/personal/kevin_smets_vub_be/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fkevin_smets_vub_be%2FDocuments%2FPublic%2FDigital%20Fortress%20Europe%20call%20for%20abstracts%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fkevin_smets_vub_be%2FDocuments%2FPublic&slrid=333bad9e-c0bd-7000-a28c-ef157bf8ae90> (on 
30 and 31 October 2019 in Brussels). Although it is recommendable to 
participate in both, you can also only submit for the conference or for 
the workshop as well. The workshop is open for *ten participants*. 
Further, the workshop does *not involve any fee*, and coffee and tea 
will be provided both during the morning and afternoon sessions.


General schedule for the day:

1. Morning session:

An introduction by Dr. Kate Wright on the biggest challenges in the field.

Five participants will have the opportunity to present their research 
project and get feedback from Dr. Kate Wright. Considering the theme of 
the workshop, the presentations are expected to focus on the main 
findings and the theoretical and methodological claims in relation to 
these. Overall, the session aims to help the researchers to identify 
their strengths and weaknesses, situate themselves better within the 
field and be more precise about the main outcome and contribution of 
their research.

2. Afternoon session:
Five participants will have the opportunity to present their research 
project and receive feedback from Dr. Kate Wright, followed by a general 
brainstorm/discussion moment on the most effective ways to address 
limitations of our research, to present our findings/analysis and to 
think together about how we can ensure that our research projects are 
relevant and distinctive.

The PhD workshop is organized by the European Communication Research & 
Education Association’s (ECREA) International & Intercultural 
Communication (IIC) section in collaboration with ECREA’s Diaspora, 
Migration & the Media (DMM) section.

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*The application process:*

It is required that the applicants submit a paper about their research 
project or about a specific study that is part of it (*1000-2000 
words*), situated in the fields of International and/or Intercultural 
Communication, to (Elke.Mahieu /at/ UGent.be) <mailto:(Elke.Mahieu /at/ UGent.be)> and 
(David.Ongenaert /at/ UGent.be) <mailto:(David.Ongenaert /at/ UGent.be)> *before 15 
March 2019*. Submission results are sent out via email at the end of 
April. Papers should be saved as a Word file, and include full name of 
the author, institutional and departmental affiliation and contact 
details (email and institutional postal address). Further, the paper 
should include:

1.     An introduction that should explain your research topic and 
research question(s).

2.     A brief summary of the methodological trajectory

3.    Main findings (if available) and how these are expected to 
contribute to the field theoretically, conceptually and/or methodologically.

4.     Minimum 3 questions/concerns you would like to be discussed 
during the workshop.


If you would have any further questions/comments, please do not hesitate 
to email the main organizers of this workshop on the following email 
addresses:

Elke Mahieu, Ghent University, ECREA IIC young scholars representative, 
(Elke.Mahieu /at/ UGent.be) <mailto:(Elke.Mahieu /at/ UGent.be)>

David Ongenaert, Ghent University, ECREA IIC young scholars 
representative, (David.Ongenaert /at/ UGent.be) <mailto:(David.Ongenaert /at/ UGent.be)> ​

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