This intensive summer school on media development is designed to help early-stage researchers gain an understanding of the history, theory, practice, and current trends in the media development sector. In the program, students will be exposed to a wide range of theoretical, methodological, and applied/practitioner perspectives from academics and professionals in the media development arena. As part of the course, participants will help develop a comparative research project, undertake field research, and assess and evaluate findings in a written report, fully supervised by a mentor.

The goals of the course are:

1. To stimulate and advance research, scholarship and academic discourse on media development;
2. To identify a select group of scholars working in this area and nurture their research interests and capabilities;
3. To give participants the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in research related to media development of benefit to the academic and practitioner communities.

As a result of the course, we plan to develop an edited reader on media development, which will feature contributions from the summer course faculty as well as other leading thinkers in the field. SUN participants will have the opportunity to contribute individual field research case studies and comparative analysis developed during the program. Request application form: sunreq@ceu.hu, Apply online: https://online.ceu.hu/osun. To read more, click here.