EEMC – www.electionsmonitoringcenter.eu - is an international research centre in studies and monitoring of European elections and electoral campaigns. Its research projects, backed by national and European institutions, have seen participation from over 100 researchers representing more than 40 European universities.
Among the achievement of EEMC's activity is the creation of the biggest archive of European electoral campaigns, housing over 10,000 materials that are freely accessible online.
For the 2024 European elections, as for those of 2014 and 2019, EEMC is promoting an international research on the EU electoral campaign in the 27 member countries.
The research involves collecting and analysing the electoral materials (posters, TV ads, and Social network content) produced by the main political parties in the 27 EU Member States.
The main objectives of the research are:
- the comparative analysis of the media, communication styles and formats of the electoral campaign;
- the investigation of the different communication cultures and traditions and their political or geographical origins;
- the analysis of the contents and issues of the campaign and their ideological and political roots;
- update the European elections archive with the 2024 electoral campaign materials
EEMC is selecting the National Research Groups eager to join a dynamic international research team at the forefront of political communication studies for the following EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Each National Research Group, must be led by a senior scholar, and will play a pivotal role in this research. Tasks of national teams are: to research, collect, and analyse the electoral materials produced in their nation by the main political parties. For these activities, the research tools and IT applications developed by the EEMC will be made available. At the end of the research, the national data set will be made available to the National Research Groups.
Researchers and research groups interested in participating in the project can send their application including their CVs and participation in international projects to: eemc@uniroma3.it.