Dr. Katrin Voltmer is the Coordinator of a major research project on ‘Media, Conflict and Democratisation’ (MeCoDEM), which started on 1 February 2014 and will run over three years. The project investigates the role of the media in conflicts that accompany and follow transitions to democracy. MeCoDEM is funded by the European Union within the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme. With a total budget of 2,2 million Euros, the project consortium includes eight partner institutions from six countries: University of Leeds (coordinating institution), University of Belgrade, University of Hamburg, University of Capetown , University of Oxford, Stockholm University, Ruhr University Bochum and American University in Cairo.

Continue to the press release with a short outline of the project.