Committees and Task Forces 2022-2023

IAMCR has various standing committees, task forces, and commissions.

Standing Committees are permanent bodies of the International Council with remits aimed at fulfilling key ongoing tasks within the organisation.

Task Forces or Ad hoc committees are permanent or temporary bodies of the International Council that fulfil other purposes.

Executive Board Commissions are entities that are mandated by the Executive Board to provide support in relation to a particular set of tasks defined by the Executive Board. The Executive Board is accountable towards the International Council for the work of the Commissions.

Standing Committees

• Environmental Impact Committee
  Chair: Graham Murdock [contact]
  Vice-Chairs: Bene Brevini, Alana Mann and Jeremy Swartz
  Members: Anabela Carvalho, Julie Doyle, Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Anders Hansen, Sadia Jamil, Tawana Kupe, Chris Paterson and Gerard Goggin (EB liaison)
  
• Finance Committee
  Chair: Elske van de Fliert [contact]
  Members: Beate Josephi, Robin Mansell and Sandra Ristovska
• Legal Committee
  Chair: Philippe Maarek [contact]
  Members: Adilson Cabral, Anastasia Grusha, Friedrich Krotz, Stefania Milan, Jo Pierson, Cees J. Hamelink (Honorary permanent member) and Nico Carpentier (EB liaison)
• Conference Committee
  Chair: Gerard Goggin
  Members: Nico Carpentier, Elske van de Fliert, Bruce Girard, 2 members drawn from the International Council.
• Membership Committee
  Chair: Helena Sousa [contact]
  Members: Yik Chan Chin, Olesya Venger, Leah Jerop Komen, Jude William Genilo, Valeria Zamisch (IAMCR Secretariat) and Gerard Goggin (EB liaison)
• Publications Committee
  Chair: Maria Michalis [contact]
  Members: Luis Albornoz, Marjan de Bruin, Sarah Cardey, Changfeng Chen, Joe Khalil, Levi Obonyo, Claudia Padovani, Pradip Thomas, Janet Wasko, Bruce Mutsavairo, Sadia Jamil and Usha Raman (EB liaison)
• Scholarly Review Committee
  Chair: Thomas Jacobson [contact]
  Members: Aimée Vega Montiel, John Sinclair, Robin Mansell, Jo Pierson, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Denize Araujo, Marjan de Bruin, Changfeng Chen, Sandra Ristovska and Usha Raman (EB liaison)

Task Forces

• Task Force on the Global Alliance for Media and Gender (GAMAG)
  Chair: Aimée Vega Montiel [contact]
  Members: Margaret Gallagher, Carolyn Byerly, Claudia Padovani, Maria Edström, Carla Cerqueira, Karen Ross and Usha Raman (EB liaison)
• Task Force on the Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change
  Chair: Thomas Jacobson [contact]
  Vice-chair: Elske van de Fliert [contact]
  Members: Thomas Jacobson, Jessica Noske Turner, Ana Duarte Melo and Elske van de Fliert (EB liaison)
• Committee for the Improvement of Academic Life
  Chair: Chika Anyanwu [contact]
  Vice-chair: Karen Arriaza Ibarra [contact]
  Members: Changfeng Chen, Fiona Martin, Claudia Lago, Steph Hill, Sibo Chen, Eno Akpabio, Tanya Bosch, Burçe Celik, Sergio Ricardo Quiroga, and Andrea Medrado (EB liaison)
• Task Force on Conference Modelling
  Chair: Eno Akpabio [contact]
  Members: Eno Akpabio, Cláudia Álvares, Salvatore Scifo, Nelson Costa Ribeiro, Sinikka Torkkola, Yik Chan Chin, Fiona Martin, Tonny Krijnen, Bruce Girard, and Andrea Medrado (EB liaison)
• INTER/ACTIONS: Multimodal Academic Communication
  Chair: Sandra Ristovska [contact]
  Members: Pedro Pinto de Oliveira, John L. Jackson Jr., Jeremy Shtern, Johanna Sumiala, Aysu Arsoy, and Nico Carpentier (EB liaison)

Executive Board Commissions

• Conference Organising Commission Lyon 2023
  Chair: Nico Carpentier [contact] 
  Members: Elske van de Fliert, Bruce Girard, Gerard Goggin, Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Chloé Gaboriaux and Françoise Paquienséguy.
• Evaluation Committee for the Section/Working Group and Committee/Task Force funds
  Chair: Elske van de Fliert [contact]
  Members: Maria Michalis and Bruce Girard (non-voting member)
• Clearinghouse for Public Statements
  Chair: Robin Mansell [contact]
  Members: Eno Akpabio, Abida Ashraf, Nancy Booker, Martin Becerra, Benedetta Brevini, Andrew Calabrese, Lauren Dyll, Flor Enghel, Divina Frau-Meigs, Audrey Gadzekpo, Cherian George, Rodrigo Gomez, Gholam Khiabany, Graham Murdock, Hillel Nossek, Vinod Pavarala, Takesato Watanabe and Nico Carpentier (EB liaison)
• Commission on IAMCR History
  Chair: Jörg Becker [contact]
  Members: Binod Agrawal, Cees Hamelink, Robin Mansell, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Sandra Ristovska, Eduardo Enrique Villanueva Mansilla and Usha Raman (EB liaison)

Award Juries

• Schiller Award Selection Committee
  Chair: Richard Maxwell
  Members: Helena Sousa and Peichi Chung
• Smythe Award Selection Committee
  Chair: John Sinclair
  Members: Ben Birkinbine and Yuezhi Zhao
• Stuart Hall Award Selection Committee
  Chair: Hopeton Dunn
  Members: Graham Murdock, Usha Raman, Sandra Ristovska, Garry Whannel and Audrey Gadzekpo
• Urban Communication Foundation Grant Selection Committee 2022
  Chair: Janet Wasko
  Members: Susan Drucker, Gary Gumpert, Cees Hamelink and Nico Carpentier
• Climate Communication Research Fellowship Selection Committee 2022
  Chair: Graham Murdock
  Members: Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Hanna E. Morris, Tawana Kupe and Jeremy Swartz
• UNICEF/IAMCR Communication for Development Research Fund 2021
  Chair: Elske van de Fliert
  Members: Thomas Jacobson, Andrew Carlson, Sohini Bhattacharya, Joumana Kalot, Vinod Pavarala and Bruce Girard (non-voting)