At the annual Etmaal of Communication research (Brussels, 10-11 Feb), Roel Lutkenhaus won the NeFCA (The Netherlands-Flanders Communication Association) Dissertation Award. The award aims to acknowledge excellent dissertations in the field of Communication Sciences and wants to recognise the quality of doctoral research in the Netherlands and Flanders.
Roel is a former colleague in the department of Media & Communication at Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC), who promoted in 2020 cum laude under the supervision of Martine Bouman and Jeroen Jansz.
The NeFCA jury gave him the award because “the author puts forward a clear societal relevance with outstanding methodology, transparency and relevant theories. The project focused on the impact of popular media and communications infrastructures to stimulate social and behavioural change. Being even more precise, via the study of entertainment-education strategies”.