RMeS Research School
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The Netherlands Research school for Media Studies (RMeS) is a national network of academic experts in media research.
The RMeS Summer School 2025 will focus on the topic of Media Transformations. From 25-27 June, you are invited to join us to discuss how media are continuously reshaping how we communicate, create and understand the world. Sign-ups open on February 17!

Don't forget to sign up for our public keynotes! 💬
Sign up now for the public keynotes for this year's Summer School, organized by Andreas Hepp and Sarah-Mai Dang! For information and registration, see: rmes.nl/public-keynote…
Sign up now for the public keynotes for this year's Summer School, organized by Andreas Hepp and Sarah-Mai Dang! For information and registration, see: rmes.nl/public-keynote…
We still have a few spaces left in our 2025 Summer School on Media Transformations! If you are interested in taking part, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, see: rmes.nl/rmes-summer-sc…
Vibes are everywhere on social media; together with “moods” and “energies”, vibes offer a new way of navigating platforms based on personalized-yet-shared ‘aesthetic feelings’. This symposium discusses how we can research this new concept. Sign up now!

Want to make an impact through collaborative research? Join our Impact Conference, bringing together researchers and professionals to foster collaboration, address challenges and explore opportunities presented by the digital transition in media industries. Sign ups open now!

Last chance: Deadline is this Saturday! We encourage RMa students to submit a proposal together with a group of 3-4 fellow students.
Exciting opportunity for RMa students! Apply for our workshop grant to organize a workshop around their own research and share their expertise with a new generation of scholars. rmes.nl/call-for-propo…
Last chance: Deadline is this Saturday!
Exciting opportunity for PhD students! Apply for our workshop grant to organize a workshop around their own research and share their expertise with a new generation of scholars.
New podcast episode 🎙️ In the seventh episode of Talk Media to Me, Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) and his colleague Roselinde Bon (HU) talk about the prominent political role that big tech companies seem to be taking currently in the United States. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4oqKqI…
Reminder to sign up for our workshop grant! Deadline is February 15th.
Exciting opportunity for PhD students! Apply for our workshop grant to organize a workshop around their own research and share their expertise with a new generation of scholars.
Reminder to sign up for our workshop grant! Deadline is February 15th.
Exciting opportunity for RMa students! Apply for our workshop grant to organize a workshop around their own research and share their expertise with a new generation of scholars. rmes.nl/call-for-propo…
We are looking for an RMa member to join the RMeS PhD Council! Interested in contributing directly to a national research school, being involved in the set-up of academic activities, and collaborating with peers from across universities? Sign up here: forms.gle/R6S85r5DaqwmHd…
Reminder to sign up for our public keynote with Professor Lauren Klein discussing the eighteenth-century origins of modern data visualization in order to excavate the meaning—and power—of visualizing data. Sign up now! rmes.nl/public-keynote…
Good news - the deadline for applying to the RMES KNIR Course - Media in the (Eternal) City has been extended! Taking place from 31 March to 6 April, this course allows you to practice the method of datawalking within the historical city of Rome. rmes.nl/rmes-knir-cour…
Interested to learn more about the intersection between indigenous culture and comics? Sign up now for our workshop on Canadian Indigenous comics and ecocriticism! rmes.nl/rmes-workshop-…

On January 29th, Professor Lauren Klein will hold a public keynote titled "The Line Graph and the Slave Ship”. This keynote returns to the eighteenth-century origins of modern data visualization in order excavate the meaning—and power—of visualizing data. Sign up now!

Exciting opportunity for RMa students! Apply for our workshop grant to organize a workshop around their own research and share their expertise with a new generation of scholars. rmes.nl/call-for-propo…

Exciting opportunity for PhD students! Apply for our workshop grant to organize a workshop around their own research and share their expertise with a new generation of scholars.

A reminder about our upcoming RMa course with a fascinating guest speaker line up!
Our annual Trending Topics course is a fantastic way of familiarizing yourself with the current and newest trends within media research. Sign up now!
Join us on December 13th 15.00-17.30 as we kick off the first of many RMeS Media Excursions with a trip to the National Video Game Museum in Zoetermeer! Sign up now rmes.nl/rmes-media-exc…
