European Media Management Association


The 'European Media Management Association' is an international not-for-profit organisation that was founded in 2003 in response to the dramatic growth in media management courses and programmes at higher education institutions throughout Europe. Until 2014, the name of the organisation was European Media Management Education Association. It has some 150 members for 20 European universities.
The association pursues the following aims:
To serve the needs and interests of the academic community that is providing education and producing scientific research in media management and economics, especially in Europe but open to membership from anywhere in the world
To provide a forum where educators, researches and practitioners share and develop information and documentation about their work in media management and economics
To encourage scientific research that is relevant to the field and this community, and to stimulate intellectual interest and development of the field
To promote communication, co-operation and collaboration between Association members
To spur scientific discourse and publication on all relevant platforms for the circulation of scholarship
To encourage, support and promote the work and development of young researchers and educators in this field
To facilitate links between relevant national and international organisations, professional media firms, and regulatory agencies within and across sectors – public, private and volunteer
To encourage and support diversity within the community
The current executive board consists of:
President: Ulrike Rohn from /
Deputy President: Päivi Maijanen from
Secretary: Sari Virta from
Treasurer: Ramona Dremljuga from /
Special Projects / Special Interest Groups: Sabine Baumann from
Communication Portfolio: Bianca Harms from and
Summer School: Miguel Crespo from
Conference: Joaquin Cestino from
Prior emma presidents were:
2003-2005: Alfonso Sanchez-Tabernero from
2006-2008: Heinz-Werner Niestedt from
2008-2010: Lucy Küng from
2010-2012: Charles Brown from
2012-2016: Gregory Ferrell Lowe
The main activity of emma is the annual conference.
The next conference will be held in 'Jönköping, Sweden, 3-5 June 2020
.
Previous conferences took place in:
2019 Limassol
2018 Warsaw
2017 Ghent
2016 Portugal
2015 Hamburg
2014 Tallinn
2013 Bournemouth
2012 Budapest
2011 Moscow
2010 London
2009 Paris
2008 Barcelona
2007 Zurich
Furthermore, a biannual doctoral summer school is organised. In 2020 this summer school will take place at
Its flagship journal is the