This page focuses on the project of the Department of Culture and Communications of the Institute for Development and International Relations CULTMED – Interdisciplinary Research on Cultural and Media Policies and Practices: Developmental and Democratic Potentials (December 31, 2023 – December 31, 2027), funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026, NextGeneration EU program. The goal of the project includes the creation of structural assumptions for continuous scientific work on culture and media research through the establishment of two centers of excellence – the Center for Cultural Policy Research, Development and Cooperation (CULTURELINK) and the Center for Media Sociology and Digital Society (CEMEDIG), which, together with IRMO scientists, strive to bring together external collaborators who are engaged in research in the thematic focuses of the centers.
The establishment of this structure aims to achieve better sustainability, recognition, and systematicity of culture and media research. The centers will provide the communication infrastructure for the implementation of the planned activities during this project, but also for the long-term monitoring of these research topics after the end of the four-year project cycle.
The page also contains information on other current and completed projects carried out within the Department of Culture and Communications, as well as an archive of meetings organized by the Department and the Culturelink World Network, and an overview of selected monograph publications by scientists at the Department of Culture and Communications.
News – culture and media
IRMO researcher participated in the annual IAMCR conference in Christchurch, New Zealand
IRMO researcher Dr Jaka Primorac participated in the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 's annual conference this year in Christchurch, New Zealand. The conference, which was organized by the University of Canterbury from June 30 to...
Key insights of small European film markets presented in the new CresCine newsletter
In the special edition of the newsletter, CresCine offers insight into how small markets sustain their film industries based on its recently published interactive report Small Film Markets: Portraits and Comparisons. The CresCine newsletter is published as part of the...
CresCine report on challenges of film industries in small countries has been published
Films from small countries like Croatia face strong competition for audiences’ attention, and this competition affects what kinds of films are produced and what is watched in the cinemas. The European research project “CresCine” investigates the strengths and...
IRMO researcher published a co-authored article in the Journal of Civil Society (WOS, Scopus)
Dr Jaka Primorac from the Department for Culture and Communication, IRMO, in collaboration with researchers Dr Karin Doolan, Associate Professor Valerija Barada, PhD from the Department of Sociology at the University of Zadar, and Dr Jelena Puđak from the Ivo Pilar...
Participation of an IRMO Representative in UNESCO’s Reflection Group on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the Digital Environment
Aleksandra Uzelac, PhD, Head of IRMO's Department of Culture and Communication, joins 17 more international experts in the field of culture to participate in the work of UNESCO’s Reflection Group on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the Digital Environment. In...
Memorial Conference ‘Cultural Diversity, Networks, and Cultural Policies: The Legacy of Biserka Cvjetičanin’s Cultural Optimism’
October 4, 2024, House of Europe, Zagreb SAVE THE DATE The CULTURELINK Center / IRMO, in cooperation with the Miko Tripalo Center, is preparing a memorial conference in honor of our long-time and respected colleague, Dr. Biserka Cvjetičanin. To honor her rich...
Results of the CresCine project presented at the 77th Cannes Film Festival
This year, the representatives of the CresCine consortium showcased the results of its research project at the Cannes Film Festival during the Marché du Film, the industry part of the festival. The Horizon Europe CresCine project aims to increase the competitiveness...
In anticipation of the 77th Cannes Film Festival – the new CresCine newsletter
The new edition of the Cannes Film Festival has arrived, and with it, the new CresCine newsletter. The CresCine newsletter is published as part of the Horizon Europe project " Increasing the International Competitiveness of the Film Industry in Small European...
IRMO researcher participated at the ‘Media Industries 2024’ conference at King’s College London
From April 16-29, 2024, IRMO researcher and CULTMED project collaborator Jaka Primorac, PhD participated at the Media Industries 2024 conference, held at King’s College London, United Kingdom. Dr Primorac participated in the conference as part of the panel titled...
Double special issue of ‘Critical Sociology’ (WoS, Scopus, Q1) published
Paško Bilić (CEMEDIG, IRMO) and Thomas Allmer (Paderborn University, Germany) are editors of a special issue of the journal Critical Sociology (SAGE) entitled ‘Critical Sociology of Media and Communication: Theoretical Contributions to a Disconnected Field‘. The idea...
The new CresCine Newsdossier has been published
A brand new edition of the CresCine newsletter has been released. It was published as part of the Horizon Europe project “Increasing the international competitiveness of the film industry in small European markets.” IRMO is one of 26 partners in a consortium that...
Guest lecture held by Professor Linnet Taylor from Tilburg University
On the occasion of the launch of the Centre for Sociology of Media and Digital Society (CEMEDIG) at the Department of Culture and Communications, Institute for Development and International Relations, Professor Linnet Taylor from Tilburg University in the Netherlands...
CEMEDIG CENTER
CEMEDIG – Centre for Sociology of Media and Digital Society
The CEMEDIG Center promotes and directs the research of the Department of Culture and Communications in the field of media sociology, a special branch of sociology characterized by interdisciplinary openness to related disciplines in the field of social sciences and humanities. This particularly applies to economically oriented topics, such as the political economy of the media, and legal and political topics, such as media regulation. In the context of digitization, the term digital sociology is often used as a term close to media sociology, and the focus is on specific development topics such as data infrastructures, platforms, digital data, digital media literacy, and data justice.
CULTURELINK CENTER
CULTURELINK – Centre for Research in Cultural Policy, Development and Cooperation
CULTURELINK Centre was established in 2024 as a result of IRMO’s long-term engagement in coordinating the Culturelink Network. The Centre aims to build on and further develop IRMO’s affluent research repository and decades-long commitment to coordinating the global cultural network (culturelink.org) for research and collaboration in the field of cultural development, which gathered more than 2000 institutional and individual members from all continents since its establishment in 1989. Culturelink Centre’s work and activities will provide an organizational and infrastructural framework for the Department of Culture and Communication national and international research partnerships and collaborations c contributing to the wider outreach and better visibility of the Department’s research results.