The Netherlands Research school for Media Studies (RMeS) is a national network of academic experts in media research. It is organized to advance knowledge on media and to educate young scholars, both PhD candidates and promising RMa students, in classical and cutting edge theories and methodologies in media studies, and to offer them an opportunity to start building a network.
Submission of abstracts: September 10 th, 2025
Questions of measurement, and how it shapes or is problematized by photography, have become increasingly important in recent years. This has been provoked by the development and consolidation of digital networked imaging technologies, the massive expansion of social media, advances in machine learning, the sheer scale of image datasets, and the development of AI imaging platforms. Novel forms such as Point Cloud, Giga-pixel and Light-Field
imaging, to mention just a few, have challenged accepted ideas of measure and how they
structure the visual.
Date: November 21, 2025, 09:00-17:00 Location: Beeld en Geluid, Hilversum. Registration link: https://forms.gle/2bg5ic795Un55BSDA We are inviting you to join us for the final Twi-XL symposium on “Advancing National Research Infrastructure for Cross-Media Research”. This full-day event will feature distinguished keynotes, panel discussions, and roundtables, taking place on 21 November, 2025, at the Netherlands Institute of Sound and […]
How are media keeping us busy these days? In this podcast series the RMeS (Research School for Media Studies) PhD council has monthly conversations amongst its members of how media affect their day-to-day lives as media scholars. This can include interviews with researchers in the field, advice for aspiring PhDs, and thoughts on pressing issues […]
With this Call for Activities, we reach out to all RMeS members — staff members at the different universities, but also PhD candidates and RMa students — to contribute their ideas, research interests and expertise to the RMeS programme. Do you want to organize a workshop, masterclass, conference, a lecture or even a full course for our RMa students? Please, get in touch with your ideas, suggestions, questions or proposals for academic events!
12 juni 2025 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Op vrijdag 12 juni vindt de openbare zitting van het College van Decanen plaats, waarin dr. D.C. Trilling benoemd tot hoogleraar Journalistiek wetenschap, dit ambt hoopt te aanvaarden met het uitspreken van de rede:
Dit vind je vast ook leuk: Waarom een veranderende journalistiek een creatievere journalistiekwetenschap nodig heeft
How are media keeping us busy these days?
In this podcast series the RMeS PhD council interviews media doctors that either work in or outside academia.
The RMeS PhD council welcomes RMa students, PhD students and post docs in media studies to join the RMeS Grad Students Discord server!
RMeS educational programme for 2025-2026
/in RMeS News /by ChantalPlease note that the RMeS office is closed from July 18 – September 2, 2025
We are currently finalizing our educational programme for 2025-2026. Full programme will be available by the end of September.