RMeS RMa course: Platformisation: Transforming key economic sectors and spheres of life

November – December 2025 | Utrecht University
In this ‘Platformisation’ course, we will explore the transformational impact of platformisation on different public and private domains of our digital society. Each afternoon will be dedicated to the analysis, research and discussion of the platformisation of one or two of these domains, based on the expertise of various guest speakers.

Episode 6 of In Media Res season 2 is out now: Lejo Siepe

In Media Res podcast

Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Lejo Siepe, a director of the Media Training Center Northern Netherlands. Lejo is a journalist for daily and weekly newspapers, radio and TV programs. He made several documentaries, wrote countless articles, and published four books. In this episode, Lejo gives advice to scholars about connecting media and making scientific research more […]

Contribute to the RMeS programme: Call for Activities

Vacancy PhD Council

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!

Overview of In Media Res podcast Season 1

Episode 1: Roel Lutkenhaus Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Roel Lutkenhaus who obtained a PhD in Media Studies in 2020. After researching entertainment in education, Roel stepped out of academia and founded New Momentum – a start-up in the South of Rotterdam that develops digital research methods to create (public) media campaigns in collaboration with participatory […]

Join our RMeS Grad Students Discord server!

The RMeS PhD council welcomes RMa students, PhD students and post docs in media studies to join the RMeS Grad Students Discord server! It is a community to share literature, resources, tools, networks, calls for papers, and conferences. It is also a space for advice on your academic career, peer feedback on your work and […]

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Join RMeS at Discord

The RMeS PhD council welcomes RMa students, PhD students and post docs in media studies to join the RMeS Grad Students Discord server!

In Media Res: A Podcast by RMeS

In this podcast series the RMeS PhD council interviews media doctors that either work in or outside academia.What happens after obtaining a PhD in Media Studies? In this podcast series the RMeS PhD council interviews media doctors that either work in or outside academia.