The Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication (CRI) Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites the submission of abstracts for IAMCR 2025, which will be held in Singapore from 13 to 17 July 2025, hosted by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University.
The deadline for submission is 7 February 2025, at 23h59 UTC.
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IAMCR conferences address many diverse topics defined by our 37 thematic sections and working groups. We also propose a single central theme to be explored throughout the conference with the aim of generating and exploring multiple perspectives. This is accomplished through plenary and special sessions, as well as in many of the sessions of the sections and working groups. The 2025 central theme is Communicating Environmental Justice: Many Voices, One Planet.
Consult a detailed description of the main theme
The Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group provides a forum for scholars researching the ways in which political, social, economic, and environmental crises, wars and conflicts, security matters, disasters and emergencies, risks and acts of terrorism are communicated, represented, and mediated, combining global and local perspectives. We therefore adopt a broad understanding of communication in the context of crisis, security, and conflict with theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions from a range of perspectives and disciplines. The aim is to stimulate diverse and fruitful discussions across disciplines and specialisation. To do so, we adopt an interactive approach where we ensure that each paper presentation will have an assigned discussant.
Key themes include:
- Media and Communication related to Natural and other Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change.
- Media and Communication related to Security and Insecurity.
- Media and Communication related to Conflicts and Wars.
- Media and Communication related to Immigration, Mobility, Ethnicity and Race.
- Media and Communication related to Economic and Financial Crisis.
- Media and Communication related to Political Crisis.
- How AI has been used in relation to the above
Guidelines for abstracts
Abstracts must be submitted exclusively through IAMCR’s submission system from 3 December 2024 through 7 February 2025, at 23.59 UTC. Abstracts submitted by email will not be accepted.
Abstracts submitted to the Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group should be between 500 and 800 words. It is expected that each person will submit only one abstract. However, no author’s name should appear on more than two abstracts, either individually or as part of any group of authors and authors should not submit more than one abstract to any single section or working group.
In addition to individual papers, we encourage multi-paper panels aimed at exploring the communication of crisis, security, and conflict in different areas and regions across cultural and disciplinary boundaries.
Evaluation criteria
Submitted abstracts will generally be evaluated on the basis of:
- Technical merit
- Readability
- Originality and/or significance
- Use of or contribution to theory
- Relevance to the section and current trends or controversies in its field
- Depth of knowledge of the research, theory and/or literature related to the proposed topic as evidenced in the submission
- Acceptance of proposals may also be conditioned by programme diversity and balance criteria
Statement on use of AI tools
IAMCR does not encourage or condone the use of generative AI tools to prepare abstracts submitted for consideration for our conferences. IAMCR values originality, integrity, and transparency in academic work, and believes that human-authored contributions best support rigorous and innovative scholarship in media and communication research. Should an author choose to use a generative AI tool in the preparation of an abstract, we require that they include a clear statement within their submission disclosing the tool's use. This statement must specify: (1) the name of any AI tool used; (2) how the tool was used in preparing the abstract, and; (3) the reason for using the tool. Failure to disclose the use of generative AI in accordance with these guidelines may impact the evaluation and acceptance of the submission.
Languages
The Crisis, Security, and Conflict Communication Working Group accepts abstracts in English and Spanish. Presentations can be made in either English or Spanish, but as most members of our group are English speaking, we expect presentation slides and/or handouts to be in English.
Deadlines and key dates
The deadline to submit abstracts is 7 February 2025, at 23.59 UTC. For other key dates see https://iamcr.org/singapore2025/keydates. Dates are subject to change.
Contacts
For further information about the Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group, its themes, submissions, and panels please contact:
Virpi Salojärvi virpi.salojarvi@helsinki.fi and/or Paul Reilly paul.reilly@glasgow.ac.uk.
Follow and join the CRI working group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/427852601553210
