Research
The School conducts cutting edge, inter-disciplinary research in journalism, media and cultural studies. We have attracted major research awards from the main funding councils (such as the Arts and Humanities and the Economic and Social Research Councils).
We are also regularly commissioned to carry out research for professional and industry organisations (e.g. the BBC, Independent Television Commission and National Union of Journalists) as well as for regulatory and governmental bodies (such as the Welsh Assembly, Electoral Commission and European Union).
The school's major research areas: Journalism Studies; Mediatized Conflict; Race, Representation and Cultural Politics; Risk, Science, Health and Media.
In addition to these research groups the school is involved in cross-school initiatives. The Chronic Disorders of Consciousness Group (led from within JOMEC) involves working with colleagues in history, law, philosophy, and sociology as well as colleagues from the medical school developing a medical humanities approach to 'the vegetative state'.
The above groups are complemented by additional expertise within JOMEC in fields such as: Audience and fan studies; Children and the media; Feminism, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and cinema, genre and new media. The School also includes staff with expertise in a wide range of research methods.
IFVCR Symposium
This November the IFVCR will host its Dis-Placing the East/West Binary: Aesthetic and Cultural Crossover in Film and Visual Culture symposium, a one day international symposium at Cardiff University. Registration is now open for the symposium.
Research Groups
The School's research groups include Journalism Studies; Mediatized Conflict; Race, Representation and Cultural Politics; and Risk, Science, Health and Media. Research Groups
Funded Research Projects
We have received major research awards from bodies such as the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, the ESRC, the AHRC, the BBC and the Broadcasting Standards Commission. Funded Research Projects
Journals & Publications
Staff at the School publish prolifically in key journalism, media and cultural studies journals and in professional/ industry magazines. Journals & Publications
PhD and MPhil Research
The school is home to a thriving cohort of forty five to fifty research students who carry out their research with world-leading scholars and practitioners. PhD and MPhil Research
(Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism Network and President's Research Scholarships
The President’s Research PhD Scholarships are “flagship” Cardiff awards which carry the prestige of association with the University’s new President, the Nobel Prize for Medicine (2007) winner, Professor Sir Martin Evans.
In determining in which areas to make these flagship scholarships available, the University has considered a number of key factors which, collectively, support strong outcomes for the successful scholarship applicants, the research area and the University.
(Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism Scholarships and the President’s Research Scholarship