Participating Universities
Explore the complete list of Participating Universities involved with the Netherlands Research School for Media Studies.
Explore the complete list of Participating Universities involved with the Netherlands Research School for Media Studies.
The Netherlands Research School for Media Studies (RMeS) is a national network of academic experts in media research.
In this podcast series the RMeS PhD council interviews media doctors that either work in or outside academia.
The RMeS PhD Council invites RMa, PhD students, and postdocs in Media Studies to join the RMeS Grad Students Discord!
CfP: ECREA Journalism Studies PhD colloquium (University of Groningen)
/in RMeS News /by Chantal8 April 2026 | University of Groningen
Deadline for abstract submissions: 22 August 2025
Are you a PhD candidate working in the field of Journalism Studies? Would you like to connect with other up-and-coming journalism researchers based in Europe, and receive in-depth feedback on your work from experienced scholars in the field? The ECREA Journalism Studies Section and the Young Scholars Network (YECREA) invite applications for the 6th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium, which is organised by the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies and will take place on 08 April 2026 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Public Keynotes RMeS Summer School 2025: Media Transformations
/in RMeS News /by Chantal25 & 26 June 2025 | Amsterdam
Keynotes by: Andreas Hepp (University of Bremen) & Sarah-Mai Dang (Marburg University). These keynotes are part of the RMeS Summer School 2025: Media Transformations programme.
WANTED: RMeS PhD council members
/in RMeS News /by ChantalThe RMeS PhD council is looking for new members! Do you want to know more about the workings of a national research school? Do you feel called to represent the media studies PhDs from your university? Do you enjoy organizing events, meeting people from different universities, and finding creative ways to inform fellow PhDs about the newest development in the field? Then the council needs you!
RMeS Summer School 2025: Media Transformations
/in RMeS News /by Chantal25, 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.
Symposium: Streaming Video as a Cultural Form
/in RMeS News /by Chantal12 juni 2025 | University Museum Utrecht
The ‘Streaming Video’ Special Interest Group at Utrecht University is hosting a one-day symposium featuring eminent television scholars John Ellis and William Uricchio, alongside leading scholars from a new generation of scholars investigating streaming video and television as a medium in constant transition. The symposium will explore whether streaming video can be understood as a “cultural form,” much like Ellis conceptualized broadcast television as a cultural form shaped by industrial constraints, aesthetic conventions, and audience practices in his seminal 1982 book Visible Fictions. In the tradition of Uricchio’s influential work on the evolving nature of television, the symposium will also ask whether streaming video today exhibits enough stability in its industry, infrastructure, and user practices to be considered a distinct manifestation of television’s changing, pluriform emanations.
Call for Papers: Netherlands Media Studies Conference
/in RMeS News /by ChantalSave the date: 23 October 2025 | Utrecht
RMeS is inviting submissions to the first Netherlands Media Studies Conference. This one-day event will take place in Utrecht on Thursday 23 October 2025. It provides a space for media studies scholars and students to discuss their work and make connections with peers.
Masterclass with Associate professor Neta Kligler-Vilenchik: Doing Qualitative Content Analysis on Social Media
/in RMeS News /by Chantal15 April 2025 | University of Groningen
Based on almost a decade and a half of qualitatively studying online participation, particularly on social media but also in semi-private/semi-publics meso news-spaces, I will share a practical workshop on how to do qualitative content analysis on social media.
Recipient RMeS PhD Workshop Grant 2024-2025: Nathalie Fridzema (RUG)
/in RMeS News /by ChantalWe are very proud to announce that Nathalie Fridzema, PhD at University of Groningen, will receive the RMeS Workshop Grant 2024-2025 for her proposal: Working with web archives in Media Studies: An introduction to theory, methods, and practices.
RMeS & ASCA event – Tuning In: A symposium on Vibes
/in RMeS News /by Chantal25 April 2025 | University of Amsterdam
Vibes are everywhere on social media; together with “moods” and “energies”, vibes offer a new way of navigating platforms based on personalized-yet-shared ‘aesthetic feelings’ meticulously curated for affective stickiness by machine learning algorithms whose vectors are equally intangible-yet-catchy. We have arguably entered the age of mood-regulating media.
Invitation: The Problem with Doing Media Research
/in RMeS News /by Karlijn Achterberg24 March 2025 | University of Amsterdam: Vox-Pop
There is no shortage of problems facing media researchers today, from fake news and the impact of AI to economic constraints on creative production; but what about the problems we face in *doing* media research? At a time when the need for critical media research is so great, this event is an attempt to turn our critical eye inward: what are the problems we need to solve in order to better carry out our core mission? A shape-shifting media landscape, questions of ethics and data access, unresolved frictions in interdisciplinary research, work pressure and imposter syndrome: this, too, is just a sampling of problems that media researchers face. Crucially, these same problems face researchers of all levels, from undergraduates learning the ropes to seasoned veterans and leaders in the field.