The VOICES consortium presented on the topic of ‘Nostalgia and populist challenges in post-industrial communities: Futurephobia and the reimagination of the past’ at the ECREA 2026 conference in Brno, 8–11 September 2026. Read more
James Morrison will be answering questions about his new book, The Workless, at an upcoming free online Q&A event hosted by Nottingham Trent University’s Research Centre for History, Heritage and Memory Studies. The Read more
Call for Contributions for a Special Section of Global Media Journal – German Edition– Summer 2027 Deadline for full paper submissions: 15 January 2027 Representations of (Post-)Industrial Communities: Voice, Visibility and Value Read more
Prof Lilleker had the pleasure of attending Bournemouth International Film Festival (BIFF) and participating in a panel discussion on who tells working-class stories. The panel followed a screening of the 1969 Ken Read more
Edited by Anke Fiedler, Darren G. Lilleker, James Morrison, Maike Dinger, Mediating Industrial Change sheds light on the process of deindustrialisation that has affected much of Western Europe for many years. The chapters Read more
On June 27, 2026, the IAMCR Working Group “Communication in Post- and Neo-Authoritarian Societies,” in collaboration with the VOICES team, organised a pre-conference on the topic “Representations of (Post-)Industrial Communities: Voice, Visibility, Read more
This book contests the hegemonic discourse around ‘worklessness’ – and dominant definitions of what we recognize as ‘work’. It argues the current ‘crisis’ in economic inactivity is merely the latest in a Read more
The German VOICES team has reached an important milestone: with the final focus group in Weißwasser on 27 May 2026, the WP2 fieldwork phase is officially wrapped up! The numbers speak for Read more
May 7 saw elections in some UK councils and in Scotland and Wales. In England Reform were the biggest winner. They gained 1,454 seats, the former industrial areas of Tyneside, West and Read more
On 23-24 April 2026, Anke Fiedler from University of Greifswald gave a keynote speech on the topic of “Locality Constructed, Contested, and Lived: Rethinking Media Inequality in Post-Industrial Communities” at the workshop Read more