This RDI Network conference 2019 side-event brings together academics, researchers and practitioners from across Australian universities, think tanks and NGOs. The aim is to provide a platform for international development actors involved or interested in Communication for Development (C4D) work to share experiences, lessons learned and recommendations that can contribute to an improved practice. It also wants to be a space to encourage and facilitate collaboration between practitioners and researchers on C4D-related research projects that strengthen the value of the…

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival bears witness to human rights violations and create a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all people. This year films focus on issues such as citizen journalism, the #MeToo movement, movement building, and…

The central aim of this conference is to explore the extent to which existing theories of media and communication are adequate for the analysis of our contemporary media landscape. The conference is underpinned by a concern with what we see in the classroom; changes in technology and society; and the role of theory. Centrally, we ask do new technologies require new theories? And if so, where are new theoretical interventions required? We are keen to reflect on the problematization of…

This is a two-day conference. The first day takes place at City, University of London. The second day takes place at Loughborough University, London Campus. In an age of increasing media concentration and commercialisation, how can we envision a role for the media in development and for democracy? How can networked communications be better used by social movements, civil society and other marginalized groups who encounter difficulties in having a voice in the public sphere? How can ICTs (information and…

The year 2018 saw the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. At its heart was the premise that everyone had the right to live in dignity. In the intervening years, with the successive growth of television, the explosion of digital media, and the emergence of artificial intelligence, communication systems have become ever more central to organizing every aspect of daily life, prompting renewed attention to questions around their role in both supporting and subverting…

The “Voices of the voiceless: New challenges of mobilization and citizen engagement” international conference is the 7th edition of the Understanding Transition conferences held byFJSC (University of Bucharest) and the Lumière University Lyon 2. Participating, sharing, mobilizing and interactivity have become essential strategies to shaping citizen engagement and a collaborative construction of knowledge. Digital platforms allow citizens to turn into the new power-holders through online empowerment, thus becoming active prosumers of knowledge production. Sharing knowledge is important in digital citizenship and the various forms of transmitting knowledge depend…