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Dear all, we are delighted to extend a warm invitation to the ninth Organization Studies ConJunction Day “Organizing in/exclusion” which will take place on November 28, 2025, at 3 p.m. 

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Dear all, we are delighted to extend a warm invitation to the eight Organization Studies ConJunction Day “Organizing (In)transparency” which will take place on November 22, 2024, at 3 p.m. 

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International Research Project:
“Local Journalism and Municipal Communication in digital Transformation”

(from left to right: Urs Dahinden, Matthias Künzler, Ulla Autenrieth, Simon Gadras, Alwin Baumhöver, Johanna Burger, Caroline Dalmus, Malte Meyer)

The international research project “Local Journalism and Municipal Communication in Digital Transformation” brought together researchers from Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, and Austria to explore the digital transformation of local journalism and municipal communication. 

Our team presented the findings at the 10th European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, held from September 24 to 27. This year’s theme, “Communication & Social (Dis)order”, provided a platform for our panel presentation titled “Innovation as a Threat to Democracy? Effects of Local Communication’s Transformation on Democracies”. Here, we discussed the potential risks and opportunities of digital innovation in local communication, particularly the evolving interdependencies between municipalities and local media. 

For more information and access to project results, including practical recommendations for local media and municipalities, visit the project’s website where the results are available in German language.