The Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication (CRI) Working Group will be holding online elections for two vice-chair positions, for the term 2025 - 2029.
The elections will be held online from 7 to 21 May using the SurveyMonkey platform.
Individual members and representatives of institutional members in good standing, who are also registered as members of the Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group by Monday 5 May, 2025, will be eligible to stand for a position and to vote. Voters will receive a voting link on 7 May.
To verify if you are a member of the COA Working Group, log in to your IAMCR account and select “My Sections and Working Groups” from the menu.
Interested candidates must send their name, institutional position, a statement of no more than 500 words and a photograph to elections@iamcr.org with a copy to the SWG elections coordinator, Andrea Medrado (A.Medrado@exeter.ac.uk) and to the CRI working group current Chair Virpi Salojarvi (virpi.salojarvi@helsinki.fi), no later than 4 April.
Read about the Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group
More information and timeline at https://iamcr.org/s-wg/elections2025
Candidates
Statements
Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis, David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI), Hong Kong Baptist University
I am a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI) at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). Currently, I am researching environmental disasters, such as wildfires and water pollution, as well as the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) around the globe and the South China Sea dispute as part of the work project regarding global territorial name disputes, which is an outcome of my monograph Populism, Territories, Name Disputes, and Hyperreality: Greek Nationalism and the Macedonian Case by Lexington Books.
I have been a member of CRI since 2021 and have attended almost every conference (Kenya, France, & New Zealand) ever since. CRI is a fantastic platform and my home in IAMCR with open-minded researchers and supportive academics who value different viewpoints and care about rigorous and impactful research. Thus, I started engaging more with the group and supporting its initiatives. From chairing sessions, and reviewing abstracts, to working more closely with Dr. Virpi Salojärvi and Dr. Paul Reilly to support CRI in any possible way. Also, I am currently co-editing a special issue with Dr. Virpi based on the papers presented at CRI last year in New Zealand.
If I am selected as vice-chair, I plan to continue working with the other chairs and colleagues to strengthen the group, support new and emerging academic voices, maintain open-mindedness and diversity, and involve more scholars from a Global North and South background.
As I am educated in both Europe and Asia and located in Hong Kong, and my research covers regions of the Global South (Asia, Middle East, and Balkan Countries) and the Global North, I hope that my addition to CRI will help strengthen it with a global mindset while pursuing academic knowledge, and promoting CRI’s work worldwide.
Among other achievements, I received the prestigious Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) 2018/19, HKBU’s School of Communication Academic Achievement Award 2020/21 for my outstanding scholarly performance, top-paper awards by AEJMC as a Ph.D. student, and I am an Editor of Humanities & Social Sciences Communications. My research has advanced my understanding of global media politics through environmental communication, hate propaganda, media ethics, and power relations. It has been published in Journalism, Journalism Practice, Mediterranean Politics, Sustainability, Territory, Politics, Governance, Trees, Forests and People, and other venues.
For more information, please visit my website: minoskar.net.
Thank you so much for your time and participation in the electoral process. Any questions or queries please reach out to me via email: minosathkar@hkbu.edu.hk.