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
New management team elected!
At the ECREA conference in September 2026 in Brno, Czech Republic, the section elected a new management team. Rens Vliegenthardt (Wageningen University & Research) will lead the section as Chair, together with Delia Balaban (Babes-Bolyai University) and Kilian Buehling (University of Tübingen) as Vice Chairs. We very much thank Agnieszka Stępińska, Jakob Ohme and Nicoleta…
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: Rens Vliegenthart (Wageningen University) – Chair Delia Balaban (Babeș-Bolyai University) – Vice-Chair Kilian Buehling (University of Tübingen) – Vice-Chair and Communication Officer The three candidates are running as a team and share the ambition…
Call for the 2026 ECREA European Communication Conference (ECC) is out
After the ECREA PolComm Bi-Annual Section Meeting is before the ECREA main conference, ECC 2026! We will gather in beautiful Brno in the Czech Republic from 8-11 September 2026. The call for our section can be found here: https://ecreapoliticalcommunication.com/conferences/ We hope to see many of you there for an insightful gathering of the #PolCommUnity!
Management Team
Chair
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Wageningen University & Research
Babes-Bolyai University
University of Tübingen
YECREA Representatives
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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.
