ECREA and its Young Scholars Network (YECREA) invite applications from early-career scholars whose presentations have been accepted for ECC 2026 and who lack sufficient funding opportunities. Fee Waivers INFO AND APPLICATION HERE Travel grants for early-career scholars In addition, you can check all grants offered by ECREA here.
Martina Paulenová (Masaryk University), joins YECREA as the new Communications Officer
Martina is a PhD candidate at Masaryk University’s Department of Media Studies and Journalism. In her dissertation, she seeks to better understand the audiences of political memes. Her current research interests include political memes, social media cultures, platform logics, digital audiences, and the ways in which these elements interact with and shape one another.In her […]
Call for participants | YECREA Workshop Series on Positionality and EDI in Academic Careers
YECREA is excited to announce that applications are now open for our Workshop Series on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in Academic Careers; supported by a grant from the ECREA EDI Committee.Early-career scholars are increasingly expected to articulate their positionality, demonstrate EDI awareness, and present coherent academic identities, all while navigating a highly competitive job market. […]
YECREA invites panel proposals for ECC 2026 in Brno
Submit your proposal until January 8th 2026
Call for Applications: YECREA Section Representatives 2026
The deadline for applications ends on 15 November 2025
Call for Applications: YECREA Section Representatives 2025
YECREA seeks early-career researchers to serve as section representatives.
Alba Diez-Gracia, University of Salamanca (vice-chair)
Alba Diez-Gracia is PhD in Communication Studies. Before her role as YECREA vice-chair, she was a young representative for ECREA’s Audiences and Reception Studies Section. She’s currently a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Salamanca, Spain. Her lines of research mainly focus on the relationship between digital journalism and audiences in […]
Emilija Gagrčin, University of Bremen(chair)
Emilija Gagrčin was a YECREA representative of the Political Communication Section before becoming a member of the YECREA management team. She completed her PhD in Political Communication in 2023 at the Free University of Berlin, Germany, and is currently an assistant professor at University of Bremen. Before that, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow […]
Ekwutosi Sanita Nwakpu (Edge Hill University)
Ekwutosi Sanita Nwakpu is a media and communication scholar. She previously served as a YECREA representative for the Ethics of Mediated Human Suffering Section before becoming a member of the YECREA management team. She completed her PhD in Media Studies in 2025 at Edge Hill University, United Kingdom. She works as an academic in Nigeria […]
Call for YECREA Representative (10 vacant position)
The YECREA Network is calling for early-career communication researchers across Europe to apply for 10 vacant positions as YECREA representatives. Deadline for applications: 15th March 2024 The vacant positions are in the following Sections Sections/TWG/Networks: The young scholar (YECREA) representative in each Section/TWG/Network assists the managing team (consisting of a chair and two vice-chairs) in […]