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.
Université libre de Bruxelles | Application deadline: 24 March 2024
This project focuses on the 41 years of news dispatches from the Belgian press agency Belga, which are archived at KBR—over 3 million pages produced since 1954. It also involves contributing to their preservation as historical archives. The project has a dual objective: first, to analyse Belga’s news production to enrich the history of Belgian journalism, and second, to contribute to the preservation and public (and academic) accessibility of this major cultural heritage. The Belga Dispatch Archive is an invaluable resource for the history of journalism and for Belgian history more broadly.
16 April 2025 | Radboud University Nijmegen
The dissertation maps how representatives of Silicon Valley propagate this myth and how it affects their position in public debates. I approach platform companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft) and prominent tech figures (e.g. Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon Musk) as cultural producers and political actors. To understand how these actors engage in practices of mythmaking, I use methods of discursive and historical analysis to examine the narratives, green rhetoric, visual identity and underlying ideology of tech-on-climate discourse.
25, 26 & 27 June 2025 | VU University and Open University
In today’s rapidly evolving digital societies, media are not only ubiquitous but also increasingly reshaping the ways we communicate, create, and understand the world. From the rise of datafication and generative AI to an increased platformization and participatory news production, the media landscape is undergoing profound transformations. This does not only impact people’s lives, but also challenges us as researchers, who are forced to find ways to navigate a rapidly evolving field. Questions we used to have an answer to seem to be re-opened, and new questions emerge.
13 February 2025 | University of Amsterdam
This Masterclass wishes to provide a space to discuss participatory research methods as an alternative to traditional research. Instead of viewing participants as “subjects” like in traditional research design, participatory research provides a less extractive way of conducting research: its dual purpose is to learn from collaborators while also providing opportunities for communities themselves to engage with the research topic.
5 March, 14:00-18:30 | University of Groningen
This symposium explores innovative and interdisciplinary research approaches to studying lived experiences in the fields of film and media studies. The event brings together international researchers working with both qualitative and quantitative methods of investigating experiences of film and other contemporary audiovisual media production and reception.
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 RMa Course: Studying digital activism: Discourses, practices, and politics
/in RMeS News /by ChantalApril – May 2025 | Erasmus University Rotterdam
This course examines the complex layers of digital activism, with a particular focus on Instagram. As digital technologies become integral to mobilizing for collective action and advocating for political transformation, it is crucial that we critically investigate the impacts of these phenomena upon contemporary forms of political participation and civic engagement.