PolObs Seminar: “Media ownership structures within the authoritarian-populist conjuncture in Europe”

The PolObs Seminar on “Media ownership structures within the authoritarian-populist conjuncture in Europe — Preliminary findings of a cumulative PhD Project” will be held on April 12 at 3.30 pm in the ICS Meeting Room. Marlene Radl, from the University of Vienna in Austria, will be the guest speaker for this session.

Marlene Radl is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna. She holds an MA in Political Science and a bachelor’s degree in Developmental Studies and Economics. From 2021 to 2023, she worked as a research assistant for the international research project POPBACK and a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna.
In her thesis, she explores the evolution of news media ownership structures within the context of authoritarian-populist developments in various European countries. Theoretically, she employs perspectives of Political Economy of Communication (PEC), material state theory, and feminist and intersectional approaches.
From January 2024 to July 2024, she is completing a research stay at CECS under the supervision of Professor Helena Sousa, funded by the Austrian Ministry of Science (OeAD Marietta-Blau-Stipendium).

[Posted: 27-03-2024]