Counter-Research Symposium
Join us for the Counter-Research Symposium at King's College London!
About the Symposium:
Where: James Clerk Maxwell Building, Room JCMB G.16
When: 27 February 2026; 09.00-17.30 pm
The Counter-Research Symposium is a one-day event organised by CRIMSON (Counter Research in Media Studies Organized Network), a new cross-institutional research network that centres research on marginalised, precarious, contentious, and often silenced communities. It supports media scholars and activists undertaking politically and emotionally complex work in challenging environments, including closed authoritarian regimes, and whose research directly confronts state and institutional power.
The symposium will bring CRIMSON members together with invited participants to explore the meaning and stakes of counter-research in global media and communication studies - particularly in the context of rising right-wing populism and intensifying attacks on critical theories and DEI initiatives. It will also serve as a space for collective reflection on the methodological, ethical, and emotional challenges of conducting research that unsettles and confronts structures of the state, establishment, and academy.
Keynote speaker
Natalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London
For more information, visit: https://www.crimson-research.com/about-7
Join us for the Counter-Research Symposium at King's College London!
About the Symposium:
Where: James Clerk Maxwell Building, Room JCMB G.16
When: 27 February 2026; 09.00-17.30 pm
The Counter-Research Symposium is a one-day event organised by CRIMSON (Counter Research in Media Studies Organized Network), a new cross-institutional research network that centres research on marginalised, precarious, contentious, and often silenced communities. It supports media scholars and activists undertaking politically and emotionally complex work in challenging environments, including closed authoritarian regimes, and whose research directly confronts state and institutional power.
The symposium will bring CRIMSON members together with invited participants to explore the meaning and stakes of counter-research in global media and communication studies - particularly in the context of rising right-wing populism and intensifying attacks on critical theories and DEI initiatives. It will also serve as a space for collective reflection on the methodological, ethical, and emotional challenges of conducting research that unsettles and confronts structures of the state, establishment, and academy.
Keynote speaker
Natalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London
For more information, visit: https://www.crimson-research.com/about-7
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Highlights
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- In person
Location
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8WA
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Agenda
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Registration, Tea & Coffee
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Welcome & CRIMSON Network Session
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