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The Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research is a London-based forum for open dialogue and scholarship related to media law and policy around the world. A significant emphasis is on engaging graduate students on these issues.
Working with the London School of Economics and the Centre for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School of Communication, the Stanhope Centre brings together scholars, experts, lawyers and graduate students in a variety of academic disciplines in London and internationally, to create a laboratory for interdisciplinary communication studies.
The Stanhope Centre has a number of different and complementary areas of research. The Centre serves as a facilitator of networks, a contributor to academic debates and an implementer within the field of media and development with a focus on media and conflict. |
Stanhope has been involved in developing and facilitating a variety of networks. Much of the work Stanhope does is virtual and these ever-evolving networks have played an important role in the development and continuing work of the centre. We are always interested in meeting new scholars interested in joining our networks and we offer student research internships for MSc and PhD students working in the field of media policy research both during the summer and term time.
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Stanhope has a particular interest in global communications studies in crisis areas. We have developed a strong publication record in this area and continue to be on the forefront of research within this growing field. At present we have several projects underway in this area including a book on media and guerrilla movements in Eastern Africa based on extensive research in the region and a project on Researching Attitudes Towards Peace and Conflict in Darfur for the African Union in collaboration with Albany Associates.
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The Stanhope team has released a second interim report (pdf) as part of its effort to track currents of opinion about the conflict in Darfur. The report is the result of:
- The monitoring and analysis of opinion pieces published in Sudanese, Western, and Anglophone African press on Darfur between February and April 2008.
- The ongoing ethnographic study of debates carried out by Sudanese online communities through discussion boards/forums in April 2008. This is part of a wider, multi-track effort to gauge public opinion in Darfur on the conflict and peace process. The goal is to provide negotiators and other parties to the peace talks with empirical information on the views and needs of those who have suffered from the conflict. Other components of the research are oral history interviews with a cross-section of Darfurians in all three states and more structured interviews with various Darfurian stakeholders, including members of civil society, the rebel movements, the government and academia. To read previous reports and learn more about the research Stanhope is carrying out in Darfur, please click here |
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