Talks and Lectures
Guest Lecture
Using arts-based research in communication and media studies
THISAM – Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy, Thessaloniki, Greece
06.07.2025
Guest lecture, Using arts-based research in communication and media studies, THISAM – Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy, Thessaloniki, Greece, 6 July 2025.
Book Launch and Online Seminar
Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach
Faculty of Communication, Yeditepe University, İstanbul, Türkiye
30.04.2025
Conference presentations
Invited Keynote
Media and democracy in Europe
SISCC conference on “Non c’è più tempo!” Crisi ed emergenze nella società contemporanea / “There is no more time!” Crises and emergencies in contemporary society
CARPENTIER, NICO (2025) Media and democracy in Europe, SISCC (Società Scientifica Italiana di Sociologia, Cultura e Comunicazione) conference on “Non c’è più tempo!” Crisi ed emergenze nella società contemporanea / “There is no more time!” Crises and emergencies in contemporary society, Cagliari, Italy (18-20 June 2025), invited keynote.
Conference Presentation
Threats to the democratic role of media: The case of the Czech Republic
Ceecom 2025
ŠIMKOVÁ, K., & WIMMER, J. (2025, July 6). Threats to the democratic role of media: The case of the Czech Republic. Paper presented at Ceecom 2025, Zadar, Croatia.
Invited Keynote
The Democratic Roles of European Media: Threats and Struggles
Media Studies and Perspectives 5 Conference
CARPENTIER, NICO (2025) The democratic roles of European media: Threats and struggles, Media Studies and Perspectives 5 conference, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland (12-13 May 2025), invited keynote.
Conference Presentation
Tumbling down the stairs and crawling back up again: Online media and their relation to data, information, knowledge and wisdom
TU 20 conference “Wisely into the future”
CARPENTIER, NICO (2025) “Tumbling down the stairs and crawling back up again: Online media and their relation to data, information, knowledge and wisdom”, TU 20 conference “Wisely into the future”, Tallinn University, Estonia (21 March 2025).
Tumbling down the stairs and crawling back up again
Nico Carpentier’s talk starts at 50:18.
Conference Presentation
Conditions of possibility for democratic media in Europe: A theoretically informed rereading of empirical literature
DGPUK2025
DOUDAKI, VAIA; CARPENTIER, NICO; FILIMONOV, KIRILL (2025) “Conditions of possibility for democratic media in Europe: A theoretically informed rereading of empirical literature”, DGPUK2025, Berlin, Germany (19-21 March 2025).
Conference Presentation
A horde of elephants in the room: Perceived threats to Czech media landscape
ReMeD Conference
ŠIMKOVÁ, KAROLÍNA; WIMMER, JEFFREY (2025) “A horde of elephants in the room: Perceived threats to Czech media landscape”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
Conference Presentation
Techno-pessimistic and techno-optimistic visions of surveillance and resistance in Europe
ReMeD Conference
DOUDAKI, VAIA (2025) “Techno-pessimistic and techno-optimistic visions of surveillance and resistance in Europe”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
Conference Presentation
Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication Technologies: From Armed to Democratic Conflict
ReMeD Conference
CARPENTIER, NICO; MICONI, ANDREA (2025) “Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication Technologies: From Armed to Democratic Conflict”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
Conference Presentation
Futures of algorithms and choices: Structuration of algorithmic imaginaries and digital platforms in Europe
ReMeD Conference
HROCH, MILOS (2025) “Futures of algorithms and choices: Structuration of algorithmic imaginaries and digital platforms in Europe”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
Conference Presentation
Conditions of possibility for democratic media in Europe
ReMeD Conference
DOUDAKI, VAIA; CARPENTIER, NICO (2025) “Conditions of possibility for democratic media in Europe”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
Conference Presentation
Political struggles over media’s democratic roles: A discursive-material approach
ReMeD Conference
CARPENTIER, NICO (2025) “Political struggles over media’s democratic roles: A discursive-material approach”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
Conference Presentation
Decentralisation, disclosure and collectiveness: Discursive-material characteristics of Mastodon as a current example of a counter-hegemonic platform
ReMeD Conference
WIMMER, JEFFREY (2025) “Decentralisation, disclosure and collectiveness: Discursive-material characteristics of Mastodon as a current example of a counter-hegemonic platform”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
Conference Presentation
Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication, Technologies: A Map of Six Anxiety- and Hope-Driven Scenarios
ECREA 2024
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication, Technologies: A Map of Six Anxiety- and Hope-Driven Scenarios”, ECREA Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia (24-27 September 2024).
Presentation for the MeDeMAP Consortium
PARifying Citizen Parliaments –The Reconciliation of Two Participatory Models
MeDeMAP Fourth Plenary Meeting
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “PARifying Citizen Parliaments –The Reconciliation of Two Participatory Models”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
Presentation for the MeDeMAP Consortium
Czech Citizen Parliament Participant Recruitment Strategies
MeDeMAP Fourth Plenary Meeting
HROCH, MILOŠ (2024) “Czech Citizen Parliament Participant Recruitment Strategies”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
Presentation for the MeDeMAP Consortium
Democratic Hybridities: A Model to Emphasize Struggles of Democracy and Media
MeDeMAP Fourth Plenary Meeting
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “Democratic Hybridities: A Model to Emphasize Struggles of Democracy and Media”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
Presentation for the MeDeMAP Consortium
Conditions of possibility for democratic media
MeDeMAP Fourth Plenary Meeting
DOUDAKI, VAIA (2024) “Conditions of possibility for democratic media”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
Presentation for the MeDeMAP Consortium
Countering the threat of the colonization of the public sphere: The case of Mastodon as a set of small-scale counter-hegemonic discursive and material practices
MeDeMAP Fourth Plenary Meeting
WIMMER, JEFFREY (2024) “Countering the threat of the colonization of the public sphere: The case of Mastodon as a set of small-scale counter-hegemonic discursive and material practices”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
Conference Presentation
Democratic hybridities: A Model to Emphasize Struggles of Democracy and Media
7th Conference on Communication, Culture and Media Studies (CCCMS)
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “Democratic hybridities: A Model to Emphasize Struggles of Democracy and Media”, 7th Conference on Communication, Culture and Media Studies (CCCMS), Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (28 – 29 August 2024), invited keynote.
Conference Presentation
Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication Technologies: From Armed to Democratic Conflict
IAMCR 2024
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication Technologies: From Armed to Democratic Conflict”, IAMCR conference, Christchurch, New Zealand (30 June – 4 July 2024).
Conference Presentation
Imagining futures of un/democratic surveillance and resistance in Europe through collaborative scenario building
IAMCR 2024
DOUDAKI, VAIA (2024) “Imagining futures of un/democratic surveillance and resistance in Europe through collaborative scenario building”, IAMCR conference, Christchurch, New Zealand (30 June – 4 July 2024)
Conference Presentation
The Struggle over Participation: How to Rescue Participation from the Online Media Practices and Critiques
Communication as Co-Creation IAMCR Preconference
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “The Struggle over Participation: How to Rescue Participation from the Online Media Practices and Critiques”, Communication as Co-Creation IAMCR preconference, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia (27 June 2024), invited keynote.
Conference Presentation
The Contingency of Media’s Democratic Roles: A Discursive-Material Perspective
ICA 2024
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “The Contingency of Media’s Democratic Roles: A Discursive-Material Perspective”, ICA conference, Gold Coast, Australia (20-24 June 2024).
Invited Lecture
The Nature of the Mezzogiorno: A decolonial-degrowth approach on Environmental Communication of/on Southern Italy.
Media Mondays II
COSTABILE, GERARDO NICOLETTA (2024) The Nature of the Mezzogiorno: A decolonial-degrowth approach on Environmental Communication of/on Southern Italy. Media Mondays II, Media and Area Studies (MARS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. (25 March 2024)
Invited Lecture
Media Power, Critique, and Participation: Transformative Dimensions
Media Mondays I
YUKSEK, DERYA (2023) Media Power, Critique, and Participation: Transformative Dimensions. Media Mondays I, Media and Area Studies (MARS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. (16 October 2023).
Seminar
To look into the eyes of the non-human other: The Wolf Talks arts-based research intervention
The art of thinking like a mountain”: Empathy for nature and non-human beings Seminar
CARPENTIER, NICO (2023) To look into the eyes of the non-human other: The Wolf Talks arts-based research intervention, “The art of thinking like a mountain”: Empathy for nature and non-human beings Seminar, Department of Fine Arts, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. (28 January 2023).
Guest Lecture
Multimodal Projects in Communication and Media Studies: Creation, Exhibition and Publication
Department of Mass Communication, Forman Christian College
CARPENTIER, NICO (2023) Guest lecture, Multimodal Projects in Communication and Media Studies: Creation, Exhibition and Publication, Department of Mass Communication, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan. (16 February 2023).
Conference Presentation
Discursive Struggles over the Environment: An Ideological Map
ICA Conference
CARPENTIER, NICO (2023) Discursive Struggles over the Environment: An Ideological Map, ICA conference, Toronto, Canada (25-29 May 2023).
Panels and Debates
Roundtable
Imagining New Relations for Media and Democracy: Beyond Defeatism
08.10.2025
Roundtable
Média pro demokracii: Kulatý stůl o posilování médií a demokracie v české společnosti
Media for Democracy: Roundtable on Strengthening Media and Democracy in Czech Society
05.06.2025
Roundtable
Democratic wellbeing: Democracy and media in Europe
7th Weizenbaum Conference
05.06.2025
Book Launch
Democracy and Media in Europe
Rüstem’s Bookshop, Nicosia, Cyprus
09.04.2025
Roundtable
TTIS-VII- Global Approaches to Media and Democracy
10th MCAP-BNU International Media Conference 2025
Book Seminar
Democracy and the media at a crossroads: what are the goals, and who is in charge?
05.02.2025
Archive: PDF
Research Talk
Democracy and media in Europe: A Discussion of Current Challenges and Threats
IMWK Research Talks
31.01.2025
Archive: https://archive.ph/Up0Xt
IMWK Research Talks: Media and Democracy in Europe at a Crossroads
Webinar / Roundtable Discussion
Democracy and media: Reflections from around the world
IAMCR Webinar Series
22.01.2025
Archive: https://archive.ph/mvCzg