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An article by Andreas Hepp entitled “Approaching digital futures: why media and communication research needs to move from a perspective of consequence to one of emergence” was recently published in the journal “Communication Theory".

The President of the University of Bremen, Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther, has appointed Prof. Dr. Anne Kaun from Södertörn University in Sweden to the ZeMKI Scientific Advisory Board for the current term of office.

In November 2025, the Center for Media, Communication, and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen will welcome Prof. Dr. Andrea L. Guzman from Northern Illinois University in the USA as a visiting research fellow.

Until December 1, 2025, abstracts can be submitted for the workshop on international relations in the digital age, which is being organized by ZeMKI and the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS) at the University of Bremen, as well as the International Relations Section (IB Section) of the German Political Science Association (DVPW).

The Center for Media, Communication, and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen is featured in the anthology “Creating Communication and Media Research Labs: A Blueprint for Success” (published by Springer Nature / Palgrave Macmillan). In it, ZeMKI members Dr. Leif Kramp, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, and Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler shed light on the origins, structure, and working methods of ZeMKI as an exemplary institution for interdisciplinary research in communication and media studies.

The latest issue of Aviso features a debate entitled “Communication science at a turning point?” on the question of what the spread of AI means for communication and media studies. Andreas Hepp from ZeMKI is participating in the debate.

DCID member Dr. Patrick Zerrer spent two weeks as a visiting researcher in GESIS’s CSS department, exchanging insights with the app team on digital behavioral data and Computational Social Science methods.

On the third and final day of the anniversary conference “20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society?”, ZeMKI continues the discussions on media, data, and society with further keynotes, panels, and a look into the future of research.