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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default">Liebe FoME
Mitglieder,
</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default">Nachfolgend finden Sie eine Ankündigung, die für alle, die im Bereich der Medienentwicklung forschen, von Interesse sein könnte. Bitte geben Sie die Informationen gerne weiter!<br>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default">Michel LEROY</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default">Research Assistant and PhD Fellow</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default">MEDAS21 - Erich Brost Institute, TU Dortmund<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default">CALL
FOR PROPOSALS - IAMCR pre-conference event: online speed-dating session
(live) for postgraduates and PhD students working on media development
(July 9)<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)" class="gmail_default">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">This year, as part of the IAMCR
pre-conference events, the media sector development working group and MEDAS21
invite PhD students 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. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Here‘s the basic information to save the
date:· <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Title: IAMCR pre-conference event:
online speed-dating session (live) for postgraduates and PhD students working
on media development <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Date: Friday, July 9th,2021, 7am ET (1pm
CEST) <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">How to apply: Applicants interested in
networking with peers should submit a short description (1,000 characters max.)
of their research project to <a href="mailto:michel.leroy@tu-dortmund.de" target="_blank">michel.leroy@tu-dortmund.de</a> <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Deadline for submission: June 21st,
11:59pm CEST <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Costs: This is a FREE event, open to
anyone, no membership required <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><b><span lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Background<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">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. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Aims<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">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. Those who cannot attend the discussion can contribute to the
debate by sending a poster (in PDF format) presenting their project and its
issues, to be published on a dedicated webpage. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Call for proposals <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">This call for proposals is open to emerging
researchers, whether they are Master's degree holders considering a thesis, PhD
candidates or junior PhDs who have graduated less than a year ago. As the media
development sector is at the crossroads of several disciplines, applicants can
come from any field (media studies, communication, political science,
sociology, history...) but it must be somehow linked to what is called “media
sector development” in the sense given on the working group page. Please note
that the live event will be held in English but those who would like to present
in another language are invited to submit a proposal and kindness is expected
towards all those for whom English is not their first language.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">For those interested in the live online
event, please send a short description (1,000 characters maximum) of your
research, its main issues and the challenges you face to
<a href="mailto:michel.leroy@tu-dortmund.de" target="_blank">michel.leroy@tu-dortmund.de</a>. You must include your name, gender, nationality,
university of affiliation and the name(s) of your supervisor(s). You also agree
to attend the online event and to have a sufficient internet connection to be
able to log in. Participants will receive a certificate of participation at the
end of the seminar. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">For those interested in the poster presentation,
please send directly your poster as a PDF (in English only) attached with the same specifications
as above to <a href="mailto:michel.leroy@tu-dortmund.de" target="_blank">michel.leroy@tu-dortmund.de</a>. It is advisable to publish your
address on the poster so that you can be contacted directly. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Proposals will be selected on the basis of
their quality, topicality and with the objective to ensure a variety of their
backgrounds. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">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. More information can be found at <a href="https://www.medas21.net/news/#PhDspeeddate" target="_blank">https://www.medas21.net/news/#PhDspeeddate</a></span></p></div>
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