International cooperation

International research collaboration

In recent years researchers from the Department of Media and Communication have participated in international cooperation projects such as Mediatized Stories (Peter Lang, Ed. Knut Lundby) and Digital Media Revisited (MIT Press, Ed. Gunnar Liestøl, Andrew Morrison and Terje Rasmussen).

Researchers from our department have been invited as guest researchers to institutions such as New York University, Oxford Internet Institute, CNRS Paris, Annenberg School of Communication, University of California at Berkeley, University of Zimbabwe, University of Westminster, London School of Economics and University of Stirling. For its part, the department has hosted guest researchers from a number of countries in Europe and Africa and from the USA.

Professor Gillian Doyle is currently forging ties with the Centre for Cultural Policy Research at the University of Glasgow. Professor II Espen Aarseth is forging ties with the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University in Copenhagen.

International research network

The department participates in a number of international and Nordic networks, including:
EU Kids Online, The Broadcast Talk Group, COST action IS0906 Transforming audiences – transforming societies, The Euromedia group, The European Media Management Association Innovation Network, Nordic Research Network on the Mediatization of Religion and Culture, Nordic Research Network in Journalism Studies and Nordic Network for the History and Aesthetics of Photography.

Exchange programmes

The Department of Media and Communication has exchange programmes with several teaching institutions in Europe and the USA. Students at both Bachelor and Master degree levels have the opportunity to study abroad for one or two semesters. Study periods abroad count as part of the Norwegian degree.

Exchange programmes for students and staff members are currently being negotiated with the University of  Strathclyde and the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3.
The department is also concentrating efforts on developing cooperation partnerships in the USA. Exchange programmes are already in place with the University of California at Berkeley and further ones are being planned with New York University, University of Indiana and University of Iowa.

See an overview of the department’s exchange programmes.