IRMO scientists Jaka Primorac and Paško Bilić, CULTMED project associates, participated in the international scientific conference of the Media and Communication Research Network of the European Sociological Association (ESA RN18), held from August 28 to 30, 2025. The conference, titled “Communication and Capital(ism)”, took place at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It brought together around seventy researchers from across Europe, with keynote lectures delivered by Kylie Jarrett from University College Dublin (UCD) and Slavko Splichal from the University of Ljubljana.
As part of the conference, Dr. Primorac gave a presentation titled “Platform-mediated creative labour on the digital peripheries”, while Dr. Bilić presented “Global Capital and Digital Statecraft in the European Union”. They also moderated several sessions, including the keynote lecture by Dr. Jarrett.
The so-called mid-term conference of the RN18 research network is held every two years. Dr. Bilić currently serves as the chair of the board, while Dr. Primorac is a board member.
For more information about the conference, please visit the conference website.
The RN18 network website can be accessed at the following link.
