About the Section

ECREA Political Communication Section

The Political Communication Section of ECREA is one of seventeen thematic sections. Its goal is to promote and facilitate high-quality political communication research in Europe and beyond; to facilitate networking among political communication scholars in Europe and beyond; to facilitate and encourage comparative political communication research; to function as a resource and source of information for everyone interested in political communication research; and to encourage young scholars to get into the field of political communication research.

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News

Candidates for the ECREA Political Communication Section Management Team 2026–2028

We are pleased to announce that three candidates are standing for election to the ECREA Political Communication Section Management Team for the 2026–2028 term: The three candidates are running as a team and share the ambition to further develop the Political Communication Section as an open, inclusive, internationally connected, and intellectually vibrant community. Their plans…

#ECREAPolCom25 in Innsbruck

The ECREA Political Communication Section Interim Conference 2025 took place from 4–5 September at the University of Innsbruck, hosted by the Departments of Media, Society & Communication and Political Science. Under the theme Connecting: Bridging approaches, methods and scholars the conference brought together researchers from across Europe and beyond to discuss current developments in political communication research. In more than 80…

Management Team

Chair

Vice Chair

Vice Chair

Agnieszka Stępińska
University of Poznań
Jakob Ohme
Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
Nicoleta Corbu
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest

YECREA Representatives

Anna Maria Planitzer, University of Vienna
Andreea Stancea, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest

For more information about the ECREA Young Scholars Network go to https://ecrea.eu/YECREA

Become a member

Membership in the Political Communication section is open to all members of ECREA. Joining is easy and can be done through ECREAs web.

Find more information about the section at our ECREA webpage.