New grant to support the development of new research trends in the area of media and communications policy

Politics doctoral student, Veronique Wavre, has been awarded a "Rapid Response Grant" by the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) with the support of the Media Program of the Open Society Foundations (OSF).

The grant of an amount of USD 4500 covers a research period from January to July 2014 and is linked to the IAMCR's Mapping Global Media Policy project and the OSF's Mapping Digital media research initiative. The grant aims at supporting the development of new research trends in the area of media and communications policy. In this context Veronique's research brings insight into the transfer of media and telecommunications policy models from the EU to Morocco, Egypt and Jordan.