The Center for Media, Communication & Global Change

The Center for Media, Communication, and Global Change promotes engaged research and teaching that explores the consequential role of media, communication, and new technologies in global political, social, and cultural change. The Center was preceded by the Civic Media Lab 2017-2022.

We conduct and connect: 

• interdisciplinary scholarly research within and beyond the university;
• pedagogical initiatives, curricular innovation, and student-faculty collaboration;
• creative research projects in the areas of technology, art, and at their intersection;
• collaborations with civil society actors globally;
• conversations with policy advocates.

The Center for Media, Communication, and Global Change hosts and supports talks, events, conferences, and interdisciplinary research. It supports pedagogical initiatives, curricular innovation, and student-faculty collaboration. It promotes creative work at the intersection of art, media technologies, and research. And it fosters dialogue and collaboration between researchers, and social justice advocates.

AUP’s Center for Media, Communication & Global Change hosted a research exchange (journée d’étude) with Sorbonne Nouvelle University’s Institut de Recherche Médias, Cultures, Communication et Numérique (IRMÉCCEN). The event was oriented towards enriching intellectual exchange about research in progress, between institutional traditions and histories. Learn more here.