Local Research Networks and Collaborations
ERMeCHS members actively participate in the Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and Citizens (VCC), the LDE Centre for Bold Cities, the Community for Learning and Innovation (CLI), the Erasmus Migration and Diversity network (EMDI) and Erasmus University’s sustainability agenda in research and education.
Our members are at the forefront of Creative Industries research and education at Erasmus University Rotterdam. They also play a leading role in the structural collaboration with Codarts Rotterdam and Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam as part of the Rotterdam Arts and Sciences Lab (RASL)
ERMeCHS collaborates with Dutch national research schools – notably the Research School for Media Studies - and the local Erasmus Graduate School for Humanities and Social Sciences. These schools provide regular training for our PhD candidates. Various staff members also participate as guest lecturers and teachers in the training programmes, and as board members or advisers.
International Associations and Networks
All members of the Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture (ERMeCHS)Â are actively involved in relevant international and national associations and research networks. Among others, these networks are:
| AEJMC | Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Education |
| ACEI | Association for Cultural Economics International |
| ACS | Association for Cultural Studies |
| AoIR | Association of Internet Researchers |
| ASA | American Sociological Association / Culture Section / Information and Communication Technologies Section (CITASA) |
| CIARG | Corporate Identity/Associations Research Group |
| DIGRA | Digital Games Research Association |
| EAA | European Advertising Academy |
| EAWOP | European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology |
| ECREA | European Communication Research and Education Association |
| EHERO | Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organisation |
| EMMA | European Media Management Education Association |
| ESA | European Sociological Association / ESA Research Networks for the Sociology of the Arts the Sociology of Culture and the Sociology of Communications and Media Research |
| EURAM | European Academy of Management |
| FAREÂ | Football Against Racism Network |
| IADIS | International Association for the Development of the Information Society |
| IACCP | International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology |
| IAIR | International Academy of Intercultural Research |
| IAMCR | International Association for Media and Communication Research |
| IASPM | International Association for the Study of Popular Music |
| ICA | International Communication Association |
| IVSA | International Visual Sociology Association |
| ISA | International Sociological Association |
| ISSA | International Sociology of Sport Association |
| ITS | International Telecommunications Society |
| LSA | Leisure Studies Association |
| MeCCSA | Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association |
| NEFCA | The Netherlands-Flanders Communication Association |
| NSV | Dutch Association of Sociologists |
| RSM | Reputation Research Centre |
| Surveillance Studies Network | Â |
Our researchers also maintain close working relations with relevant national and international research institutes, academic departments, and educational programmes in the field of media, communication and culture.