[Commlist] IAMCR pre-conference series: online speed-dating session on media development (July 9)

REGISTER NOW - IAMCR pre-conference series: online speed-dating session 
(live) for PhD students working on media development (July 9)

This year, as part of the IAMCR pre-conference events, the media sector 
development working group and MEDAS21 invite 12 PhD students from 4 
different continents (Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, DRC, France, 
Germany, Haiti, India, Nigeria, Philippines, USA) and working on media 
development issues to an online “speed-dating session.” By offering 
emerging scholars the opportunity to present their research in a 
3-minute-thesis format and get feedback from their peers and industry 
professionals, we hope to contribute to intensified exchange and 
networking and to develop practical coping mechanisms for any 
difficulties and pressures they face in their research.


Here‘s the basic information if you want to attend the event:·
*Title: IAMCR pre-conference event: online speed-dating session (live) 
for postgraduates and PhD students working on media development
Date: Friday, July 9th,2021, 7am ET (1pm CEST)
Link to register: 
https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuf-qrqzosGdMF9_k17P-u4roZuVDCvlS3 
<https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuf-qrqzosGdMF9_k17P-u4roZuVDCvlS3> 

Costs: This is a FREE event, open to anyone, no membership required*


**

/*Background*/
Within the relatively new working group focusing on efforts of shaping 
and developing media systems, early-career scholars sometimes feel 
isolated or feel that professional connections in the sector are 
difficult to establish. The aim of this session is to provide an 
opportunity for early-career scholars to build their networks. It is an 
opportunity for junior scholars from the “Global North“ and “South“ to 
meet with practitioners and senior researchers to voice their concerns 
and challenges such as (but not limited to) choosing a relevant topic, 
grants and funding issues, access to data and literature... An informal 
atmosphere will ensure equality, caring and respect.


/*Aims*/
What topics are under-researched in the field of media sector 
development today? What are the most pressing challenges for getting 
early-career researchers and professionals in the sector to work 
together? In a casual format similar to “speed dating”, post graduate 
and doctoral students will be able to propose their answers to these 
questions and convey them to their peers by presenting their research 
(project) to the audience in 3 minutes maximum. These contributions will 
finally be taken up and discussed in a debate with representatives of 
academic institutions and media development organisations.


This session is part of the event series jointly organized by IAMCR 
media sector development working group and MEDAS21 as 2021 Nairobi 
pre-conference events.

  * SEMINAR 1 "Media development curricula from around the world“,
    Friday, July 2, 20201, 1.00-2.30 pm CEST (7.00-8.30 am New York;
    7.00-8.30 pm Manila), Registration:
    https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4vmnqzlDTDSKfDWEvTjW6Q

<https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4vmnqzlDTDSKfDWEvTjW6Q>
  * SEMINAR 3 "Creative techniques in classroom and applied training“,
    Friday, July 23, 20201, 1.00-2.30 pm CEST (7.00-8.30 am New York;
    7.00-8.30 pm Manila), Registration:
    https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bWxky1Q7QZqYSUWx1CqfLw

<https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bWxky1Q7QZqYSUWx1CqfLw>


More information can be found at 
https://www.medas21.net/news/#PhDspeeddate 
<https://www.medas21.net/news/#PhDspeeddate>

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