The Public Relations Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) has established a new biennial competition for the “ICA Public Relations Book Award” to recognize the most outstanding book(s) published in English in the field of public relations.
To be considered for the inaugural edition of the award that will presented in May 2022 in Paris, books must be published in the previous three years.
Out of 24 applications from 9 different countries, the Jury, together with a panel of expert reviewers, selected the finalists for the Master Thesis Award for Excellence in the theoretical and in the practical categories.
The EUPRERA BoD, the award coordinator Martina Topić and the jurors congratulate these promising graduates on the outstanding academic work done so far.
A winner in each category will be announced in October, selected among the following finalists:
The EUPRERA Master Thesis Award for Excellence is organised every year: spread the word in your department and talk to promising MA candidates directly to encourage them to submit their important work! More info are available on the award page
Out of 19 applications from 9 different countries, the Jury, together with a panel of expert reviewers, selected the finalists for the Master Thesis Award for Excellence in the theoretical and in the practical categories.
The EUPRERA BoD, the award coordinator Alexander Buhmann and the jurors congratulate these promising graduates on the outstanding academic work done so far.
A winner in each category will be announced in October, selected among the following finalists:
The EUPRERA Master Thesis Award for Excellence is organised every year: spread the word in your department and talk to promising MA candidates directly to encourage them to submit their important work! More info are available on the award page
IPRA, the International Public Relations Association, announces that the Golden World Awards for Excellence in PR (GWA) 2020 is now open.
Enter online at the IPRA website at www.ipra.org where you will find a description of the rules, an entry kit, the 37 categories, and a set of Frequently Asked Questions.
2020 deadlines:
The annual IPRA Golden World Awards initiative, established in 1990, recognizes excellence in public relations practice worldwide in a variety of categories. Recipients of the award take particular pride in the recognition granted to their entry as meeting international standards of excellence in public relations. An overall IPRA Grand Prix for Excellence is presented each year to the entry judged as representing the highest standard that year, as well as a special Global Contribution Award for PR with an objective of meeting one of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
EUPRERA Master Thesis Award: a unique opportunity to have an excellent thesis rewarded and to present it at the EUPRERA annual congress in Pamplona next autumn – all travel costs covered!
The award, run by EUPRERA since 1995, honours and rewards Masters theses (MSc, MA and MPhil) in any language that make a significant professional/ practical or academic contribution to the field of Public Relations in Europe.
The award is a celebration of the PR academia and of the role performed by European Higher Education Institutions in the evolution of knowledge of this field.
All theses in any language that research problems within the PR academic field and that contribute to the consolidation and/or evolution of the public relations body of knowledge will be eligible for entry.
All eligible theses should have been assessed and classified by the university of origin up to 13 months before the date of submission of the abstract to the jury and never have been a candidate to this same award.
The theses, at the time of application, must be accompanied either by a statement from the supervisor of the applicant, jury or other body of the university of origin, indicating the date of completion and/or assessment.
The award may comprise two categories: Practical Impact Award (theses following an applied research approach) and Theoretical Impact Award (theses following a basic experimental research approach and theoretical work).
Great if you could spread the word in your department and talk to promising MA candidates directly to encourage them to submit their important work. Download the poster for your department!
The Public Relations Division of ICA invites submissions for the 2020 James E. Grunig and Larissa A. Grunig Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Awards.
Eligible entrants for this competition cycle include master’s theses and doctoral dissertations successfully defended during the period from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2019. Theses and dissertations must focus upon phenomena, issues and questions relevant to the study of public relations. Submitters don’t have to submit the whole dissertation or thesis but will have to deliver a 30-40 page manuscript in English by February 1, 2020.
Award winners will be recognized at the ICA Conference
in Gold Coast, Australia, May 21-25, 2020.
The European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) has awarded two master students for their excellent theses in strategic communication at the EUPRERA annual congress in Zagreb on September 28. The congress is known as the major gathering of scholars and professionals interested in advancing the profession of public relations and corporate communications on the continent, hosted this year by University of Zagreb in Croatia.
The PhD Award for Excellent Doctoral Thesis is a bi-annual prize awarded by EUPRERA together with the PRCA (Public Relations and Communications Association) and ICCO (International Communications Consultancy Organisation), aimed to stimulate the academic discussion and build the body of knowledge in communication management across Europe. The jury, headed by Prof. em. Dr. Betteke van Ruler and Prof. em. Dr. Günter Bentele, selected the winning thesis and the award has been delivered by Ralph Tench (EUPRERA president), Sue Wolstenholme (PRCA representative) and Günter Bentele (head of the jury):
“Strategic Communication: The Instigatory Theory of NGO Communication (ITNC)”, by Evandro Oliveira. Supervisors: Teresa Ruão, University of Minho, Portugal; Ansgar Zerfass, Universität Leipzig, Germany.
After NGOs have been made understandable as civil society organizations from various disciplinary perspectives, the author develops a new model for NGO communication, the Instigatory Theory of NGO Communication (ITNC). Different models are being tested in the theses; a mixed-method-design, composed of a worldwide study on international human rights NGOs as well as an elite interview study are carried out. As one result, the ontological principles of the ITNC model were confirmed and the model turned out to be applicable for NGOs. The theoretical as well as the empirical part of the theses are of a very high standard. The dissertation was defended simultaneously at the University of Minho and at the University of Leipzig.
The Jury decided unanimously that Evandro Oliveira’s theses was the best in the whole field of applications, fulfilling all the criteria in an excellent manner. Complexity and appropriateness of the underlying theory, sophisticated empirical studies, practical orientation and suitability for practice are characteristics that distinguish this thesis. The development of an independent and new theory, the mentioned Instigatory Theory of NGO Communication, the broadness and complexity of the theory as well as the empirically very elaborate foundation are.
Master Thesis Award for Excellence is an annual prize aimed to celebrate the PR academia and the role performed by European Higher Education Institutions in the evolution of knowledge of this field. The jury, headed by Alexander Buhmann, from BI Norwegian Business School in Norway, selected the winning theses in two categories. The awards have been delivered by Stefania Romenti (EUPRERA director) and Ralph Tench (EUPRERA president):
Theoretical Impact Award
“Building the Nation: Analysing the Scottish Government’s Public Diplomacy Campaign Scotland is Now in the Context of Brexit”, by Melissa Walker. Tutor: Mariola Tarrega, University of Stirling, UK.
Brexit is currently one of the most salient and prevalent political challenges in the EU. The complex and uncertain process towards a British independence from the EU has led to a controversial debate over Scottish independence. Melissa Walker’s thesis is situated in this important context and focuses on elements of nation building in the digital campaign “Scotland is Now”. Using the case of the campaign, Walker looks at how elements of nation building are employed to cultivate an image of Scotland, and how these nation-building elements can be related to Scotland’s soft power strategies in the context of Brexit.
Overall, the jury congratulates Melissa Walker to a very interesting and topical thesis that focuses on important dimensions of a communication campaign in the complex negotiation processes over nation identity, thereby bridging conceptual insights from public relations, public diplomacy, and work on nation building.
Practical Impact Award
“The Impact of International News and Stereotypes on Country Images. A Case Study of the Swiss Country Image” by Jérôme Chariatte. Tutor: Diana Ingenhoff, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
The study of country images has become a vital research domain within in public diplomacy and international strategic communication. In his thesis, Jérôme Chariatte uses agenda setting theory and news value theory to hypothesize how international news and news factors, such as proximity, come to determine people’s country image. Further, the candidate incorporates a cognitive level in his analysis by including recent discussions on national stereotypes, as well as a newly developed five dimensional model of the country image.
For public diplomacy and strategic communication practice, the insights from Chariatte’s thesis offer a complex picture of the conjoined and weighted influence of national stereotypes and the international media on the country image, and assess how they differ along the lines of geographic proximity. The results allow practitioners to better understand the complex process of the formation of country images and can serve as an evidence based source for strategic communication measures accordingly. Overall, the jury applauds Jérôme Chariatte for outstanding academic work that contributes to a topical discussion in the field and offers insights based on a sophisticated research design.
Congratulations to our colleague Professor Øyvind Ihlen!
His chapter Beyond the Cultural Turn: A Critical Perspective on Culture-Discourse within Public Relations published in Advances in Public Relations and Communication Management has been selected by the Emerald editorial team as an Outstanding Author Contribution in the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards, as it is one of the most exceptional pieces of work the team has seen throughout 2018.
Advances in Public Relations and Communication Management (APRCM) is the series which collects the books published following each EUPRERA annual congress.
Out of 21 applications from 10 different countries, the Jury, together with a panel of expert reviewers, selected the finalists for the Master Thesis Award for Excellence in the theoretical and in the practical categories. The EUPRERA BoD, the award coordinator Alexander Buhmann and the jurors congratulate these promising graduates on the outstanding academic work done so far.
Winners of each category will be announced during the EUPRERA Congress in Zagreb on September 28, 2019, together with the winner of the EUPRERA PhD Award for Excellent Doctoral Thesis.
The Master Thesis Award for Excellence, run since 1995, is a celebration of PR academia and of the role performed by European Higher Education Institutions in the evolution of knowledge of this field. With this award, EUPRERA together with PRCA (Public Relations and Communications Association) and ICCO (International Communications Consultancy Organisation) want to honour and reward Master theses (MSc, MA and MPhil) that make a significant professional/practical or academic contribution to the field of Public Relations in Europe.
addressed to all communication professionals
The annual Golden World Awards (GWA) initiative, established in 1990 by IPRA (International Public Relations Association), celebrates each year the outstanding achievements of global communication professionals in a variety of categories. Recipients of the award take particular pride in the recognition granted to their entry as meeting international standards of excellence in public relations.
The GWA is open to all communication professionals, from such diverse fields as public relations, corporate and internal communications, brand building, and reputation management. Companies, consultancies, associations, institutions, and NGOs can apply. IPRA encourages entries from governments, universities and educational institutions. Applications are possible until May 13.
EUPRERA members are entitled to a discount on the GWA entry fee! Ask secgen@ipra.org for the discount code.
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