The RePIM consortium brings together a carefully balanced group of universities, research centres, public service media organisations and industry partners across Europe, selected to ensure strong scientific excellence, real-world relevance, and complementary expertise.

Academic Consortium

RePIM is implemented by eight academic institutions, all of which have longstanding research excellence in media, communication, digital innovation, and public interest media. These institutions host, supervise and train the project’s 12 Doctoral Candidates:

• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium – Project Coordinator, imec-SMIT research centre
  Prof. dr. Tim Raats (Project Coordinator, WP1 Leader)
  Dr. Catalina Iordache (Project Manager, WP6 Leader)
  Prof. dr. Wendy Van den Broeck (WP9 Leader)
  Prof. dr. Karen Donders
• Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark – Department of Electronic Systems, Digital Transformations group
  Prof. dr. Jannick Sørensen (WP2 Leader)
  Prof. dr. Reza Tadayoni
• Paris-Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS), Austria – Communication Studies Department
  Prof. dr. Sergio Sparviero (WP3 Leader)
  Prof. dr. Josef Trappel
• Charles University (CU), Czechia – Department of Film Studies
  Prof. dr. Petr Szczepanik (WP4 Leader)
• University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway – Department of Media and Social Sciences
  Prof. dr. Helle Sjøvaag (WP5 Leader)
• University of Warsaw (UW), Poland – Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies
  Prof. dr. Michał Głowacki (WP7 Leader)
• Tallinn University (TLU), Estonia – Baltic Film, Media and Arts School
  Prof. dr. Ulrike Rohn (WP8 Leader)
• University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland – Media & Internet Governance group
  Prof. dr. Natascha Just

These universities provide the scientific foundation for RePIM and collectively ensure high-quality supervision, international mobility and advanced doctoral training.

Associated Partners

The consortium is strengthened by a wide network of industry, regulatory, Public Service Media and civil-society partners, who provide secondments, mentoring, data access and practical insights into Public Interest Media practice. Associated Partners include:

• Altibox (Norway) – Distribution and digital infrastructure provider
• Česká Televize (Czechia) – Public Service Media, Czechia
• EBU (Switzerland) – European Broadcasting Union
• ERR (Estonia) – Public Service Media, Estonia
• JournalismFundEurope (Belgium) – Investigative journalism support
• Mediahuis (Belgium) – Cross-media sustainability and innovation
• Mediawijs (Belgium) – The Flemish Knowledge Centre for Digital and Media Literacy
• Nordvision (Norway) – Nordic Public Service Media network
• NPO (Netherlands) – Public Service Media, Netherlands
• Ofcom (United Kingdom) – UK media regulatory and competition authority
• VRT (Belgium) – Public Service Media, Flanders-Belgium

These partners collectively represent large, medium, and small media organisations, spanning public broadcasters, regulators, platforms, civil-society organisations and innovation labs. Their diversity provides Doctoral Candidates with multi-perspective access to Public Interest Media practice and regulation.

Advisory Board

The project is supported by an Advisory Board consisting of representatives of a number of stakeholder associations. The members will be actively involved in exploiting project results and organising joint events, webinars, and training sessions. At the start of the project, the Advisory Board consists of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Public Media Alliance (PMA), the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the International Association of Public Media Researchers (IAPMR), and the Responsible Innovation Centre for Public Media Future (BBC R&D).