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The IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research) will take place from June 28 to July 2, 2026, at the University of Galway (Ireland). The theme of this year’s conference is “Peripheries and Connections: Media, Communication, and Transformation.” ZeMKI will be represented at the conference with several presentations.

As part of the event “Who Is Making Generative AI the ‘Inevitable’ Technology of the Future?”, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach will give a presentation in English on the social and political shaping of generative AI.

On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, ZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling will participate in the “Research and Education” panel at Career Day as part of the Euroculture Intensive Program.

The Gamevironments Research Day is a workshop exclusively for early-stage researchers, graduate students and doctoral students. It welcomes research on media-centered approaches, perspectives of game developers and publishers, and viewpoints of gamers. The workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in discussions and debates about theoretical approaches for studying the intersection of religion, culture, and video gaming.

ZeMKI has posted a job opening for a research assistant (Ph.D. candidate) for the research program of the Good Life and Media Society Lab headed by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Emilija Gagrčin.

ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner recently appeared as a guest on a WDR segment hosted by Kevin Barth in connection with the World Cup. The segment focuses on how children provide commentary on soccer matches.

The special issue "Religion and Covid-19," edited by Gladys Ganiel, Solange Lefebvre, and Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, includes articles by Prof. Dr. Radde-Antweiler (Researching Religions in Societies Emerging from Covid-19: Introduction and Church Communication during COVID-19) and Dr. Amrei Sander (Religion in Times of Crisis: Religious Organizations and Groups in Germany and Their Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic), among others.

The Use of Communicative AI: Between Educational Opportunities and Risks for Learning Bremen, June 13, 2026 – At the University of Bremen’s Open Campus 2026, Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf from the Lab Media & Education at the ZeMKI (Center for Media, Communication and Information Research) presented a comprehensive scientific analysis of the impact of (…)