This week in research and news feed from Ørecomm members: How to erase walls of academia and, most importantly, what for? Why can social media activism escalate violence? Lastly, in what way is the relationship between peace, conflict and academic writing changing?
Today the world celebrates the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with a theme of “Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and discrimination”. Thus, the keys are defined: it’s sustainability and collaboration. Where does communication tap in?
This Thursday, 8 October 2015, Ørecomm is hosting Emiliano Treré from the Autonomous University of Querétaro (Mexico) with a seminar titled Undermining digital dissent: the perils of social media for social change.
A historic day, 25 September 2015, has outlined the way we define and work towards sustainable development until 2030. Years of consultations. 193 participating countries. Now 17 Sustainable Development Goals are eventually ratified.
Ørecomm researchers Anders Høg Hansen, Ylva Ekström, with Tanzania-based researcher Shani Omari have presented their project that explores how to make youth interested in learning about cultural heritage.
New PhD opportunities at the University of Leicester
Call for Abstracts: New Directions in Media, Communication and Sociology (NDiMS) Conference
Ørecomm Team to Gather at the University of Coimbra
“Communication and Social Change – A Citizen Perspective” Published
C4D Network to Sum Up Global Communication for Development Practice
Entering Media and Communication into Development Conferences?
IAMCR Conference 2016: Communication for Development Highlights
Glocal Classroom Revisited – Storytelling & Social Change Leicester-Malmö
I EvalComDev International Conference: Call for Papers
Looking for Media and Communication in Development Conferences: Devres 2016