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Bournemouth University’s media and communication studies co-exist thanks to multiple international links. Among them are links with learned societies, one of which is the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).

The election of the new ECREA’s Executive Board took place during the General Assembly held in Prague on the last day of the 6th European Communication Conference (12th November, 2016). Among the elected members of the board is academic from BU’s the Faculty of Media and Communication.

The Board have elected among themselves the President, Vice-President, General Secretary and Treasurer.

Ilija Tomanić Trivundža was elected as the President of ECREA, John Downey as Vice-President, Irena Reifová as the General Secretary and Paweł Surowiec as the Treasurer.

The Executive Board consists of the following colleagues:
President:
Ilija Tomanić Trivundža, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Vice-President:
John Downey, Loughborough University, UK

General Secretary:
Irena Reifová, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Treasurer:
Paweł Surowiec, Bournemouth University, UK

Members of the Board:
Ali Murat Akser, Ulster University, UK
Christina Holtz-Bacha, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Galina Miazhevich, University of Leicester, UK
Miguel Vicente-Mariño, University of Valladolid, Spain