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Doctoral Spring School 2023

Host: Beaconhouse National University, Tarogil Campus, Lahore, Pakistan

Organizer: Association of Media & Communication Academic Professionals (AMCAP)

Dates: Feb 11 - Feb 19, 2023

 

The 2023 4th AMCAP Doctoral Spring School, hosted by Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan, aimed to improve the quality and rigor of Communication and Media Studies Ph.D. research projects in the country. The program spanned nine days and offered Ph.D. candidates and M-Phil students the opportunity to enhance their research skills with the mentorship of faculty members from various international backgrounds, such as Czech Republic, Nigeria, Sweden, Russia, USA and Germany. Renowned scholars from Pakistani universities also delivered lectures and facilitated workshops. The program comprised more than 40 sessions, covering lectures, workshops, media dialogues, panel discussions, presentations, one-on-one sessions, and guidance on scholarships and funding. Five particpants won merit scholarships for this school.

 

  Names

Lectures and Workshops

1.

 

Prof. Dr. Nico Carpentier

 
  • Poster Workshop
  • Discourse Theory
  • Participation Theory
  • Arts-based Research & Communication Studies
  • Abstract Writing for International Conference
  • One-on-One Sessions

 

2.

 

Dr. Jeffery Wimmer

 
  • Qualitative interviews: implementation & interpretation
  • Qualitative Long term studies
  • Digital Stress: How to overcome & research it

 

3.

 

Prof. Umaru Pate

 
  • Initiating and executing your doctoral research project

 

4.

 

Prof. Dr. Pille Pruulmann

 
  • Developing a Scholarly Argument
  • Outlining as a strategy for Academic writing
  • Auto-ethnograhy
  • Action Research
  • One-on-One Sessions

 

5.

 

Dr. Svetlana Bordrunova

 
  • Contextual knowledge in research design 
  • Contextual knowledge in research design 
  • Linking Journal’s scope to the research question

 

6.

 

Dr. Francois Heinderyckx

 
  • Experts in news media in times of Crisis
  • Opinion Polls: Enduring against all odds
  • Fundamentals of data visualization
  • One-on-One Sessions

 

7.

 

Mr. Kamal Siddiqui

 
  • Challenges for Pakistani Journalism in the digital era

 

8.

 

Prof. Dr. Bushra Hameedur Rahman

 
  • Iqbal’s world view

 

9.

 

Dr. Ahmad Usman

 
  • The Qualitative Debate: Philosophical Foundations, Planning, & Designing, Data Collection & Analysis

 

10.

 

Dr. Shafiq Kamboh

 
  • Sources of science communication research in South Asia

 

11.

 

Farahat Ali

 
  • Introduction to SPSS & Artificial Intelligence in Research