Presentations and Talks

Talks and Lectures
Conference Presentations
Panels and Debates

Talks and Lectures

Lecture

Research as intervention: The example of the Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy

PhD away days, Patejdlova Bouda, Czech Republic

5.12.2025
CARPENTIER, NICO, Lecture, “Research as intervention: The example of the Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy”, PhD away days, Patejdlova Bouda, Czech Republic (5 December 2025)

Lecture

Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom: Reconstructing the Human-Technology Relationship

Academy of Film and Creative Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Taicang, China

14.10.2025
CARPENTIER, NICO, Lecture on Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom: Reconstructing the Human-Technology Relationship, Academy of Film and Creative Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Taicang, China (14 October 2025)
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Poster
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Guest Lecture

Using arts-based research in communication and media studies: The film essay AGON as example

Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

02.09.2025
CARPENTIER, NICO, Guest lecture, Using arts-based research in communication and media studies: The film essay AGON as example, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark (2 September 2025)

Guest Lecture

Using arts-based research in communication and media studies

THISAM – Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy, Thessaloniki, Greece

06.07.2025
CARPENTIER, NICO, Guest lecture, Using arts-based research in communication and media studies, THISAM – Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy, Thessaloniki, Greece (6 July 2025)

Open Lecture

The integration of artistic and academic approaches in communication studies: A case for arts-based research

Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland

14.05.2025
CARPENTIER, NICO, The integration of artistic and academic approaches in communication studies: A case for arts-based research, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland (14 May 2025)
Archive: Link

Book Launch and Online Seminar

Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach

Faculty of Communication, Yeditepe University, İstanbul, Türkiye

30.04.2025
CARPENTIER, NICO, Book Launch and Online Seminar, Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach, Faculty of Communication, Yeditepe University, İstanbul, Türkiye (30 April 2025)

Conference presentations

Conference Presentation

(Post-)Digital Transformation of Ruptures: The Czech Media Landscape and Its Struggles and Threads

AoIR2025

ŠIMKOVÁ, KAROLÍNA, & WIMMER, JEFFREY, (October 17, 2025). (Post-)Digital Transformation of Ruptures: The Czech Media Landscape and Its Struggles and Threads, AoIR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15-18 October 2025.

Presentation for the MeDeMAP Consortium

The Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy

MeDeMAP Sixth Plenary Meeting

CARPENTIER, NICO, (2025) The Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy, Citizen parliaments – learnings for democratic innovation round table, Sixth MeDeMap consortium meeting, St. Pölten, Austria, (24-26 September 2025)

Archive:
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Meeting agenda

Seminar

The Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy: A Tool for Democratic Renewal

Department of Communications Seminar, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The seminar presents the process and outcomes of the Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy, which brought together 20 Czech citizens to discuss the future of the Czech media field (with a focus on media system, representation and participation) as part of the European research project MeDeMAP. The seminar will start with a brief reflection on interventionist research, and the role of theory in supporting it. A second part will focus on the citizen parliament, as a tool for democratic enhancement. In the last part, we will focus on (1) the organisation, (2) the citizen concerns made visible through the resolutions and (3) the lessons learned of the Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy.

CARPENTIER, NICO; DOUDAKI, VAIA, (July 24, 2025). The Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy: A Tool for Democratic Renewal, Dept. of Communications Seminar, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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Conference Presentation

AGON: Constructions of Democracy

IAMCR 2025 Conference, Singapore

MINANTO, ALI, CARPENTIER, NICO, & PURWANTO, JHON SANY, (July 15, 2025). AGON: Constructions of Democracy, IAMCR 2025, Singapore (13-17 July 2025).

Conference Presentation

The PAR-fication of Citizen Parliaments: A Reconsideration of Participatory Intensities

IAMCR 2025 Conference, Singapore

CARPENTIER, NICO, DOUDAKI, VAIA, & HROCH, MILOS, (July 17, 2025). The PAR-fication of Citizen Parliaments: A Reconsideration of Participatory Intensities, IAMCR 2025, Singapore (13-17 July 2025).

Conference Presentation

The future was in the past: How Czech citizens perceive current struggles and threats to democracy and media

IAMCR 2025 Conference, Singapore

ŠIMKOVÁ, KAROLÍNA, & WIMMER, JEFFREY, (July 14, 2025). The future was in the past: How Czech citizens perceive current struggles and threats to democracy and media, IAMCR 2025, Singapore (13-17 July 2025).

Conference Presentation

(Post-)Digital transformation of conflicts: Perceived threats to the media environment in the Czech Republic

IAMCR 2025 Conference, Singapore

ŠIMKOVÁ, KAROLÍNA, & WIMMER, JEFFREY, (July 15, 2025). (Post-)Digital transformation of conflicts: Perceived threats to the media environment in the Czech Republic, IAMCR 2025, Singapore (13-17 July 2025).

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Conference Presentation

Arts-based research interventions in support of agonisation: The example of the Mirror of Conflict

IAMCR 2025 Conference in Singapore

CARPENTIER, NICO (2025). Arts-based research interventions in support of agonisation: The example of the Mirror of Conflict, Singapore (13-17 July 2025).

Conference Presentation

Democratising participation through art: The case of the participatory art project ‘The Forest Owners’

IAMCR 2025 Conference in Singapore

DOUDAKI, VAIA; CARPENTIER, NICO (2025). Democratising participation through art: The case of the participatory art project ‘The Forest Owners’, Singapore (13-17 July 2025).

Conference Presentation

A visual essay on the House of European History’s constructions of Europeanity

IAMCR 2025 Conference in Singapore

CARPENTIER, NICO (2025). A visual essay on the House of European History’s constructions of Europeanity, Singapore (13-17 July 2025).

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).