The ASCoR Denis McQuail Award is offered for the best article advancing communication theory published in a peer-reviewed journal in the previous year. An international Award committee makes the selection, and the award goes to all listed authors of the article chosen. The first author is McQuail Honorary Fellow for one year, and is invited to give the McQuail Lecture.

The McQuail Honorary Fellow of 2024 is Prof. dr. Mariek Vanden Abeele

• prof. dr. Holli Semetko
• prof. dr. Cees van der Eijk
• prof. dr. Cees Hamelink
• prof. dr. Wouter van der Brug
• prof. dr. Joan Hemels
• prof. dr. Klaus Schönbach
• prof. dr. Kees Brants
• prof. dr. Fred Bronner
• prof. dr. Jo Bardoel
• prof. dr. Marijn de Bruin
• prof. dr. Ed Tan
• prof. dr. Betteke van Ruler
• prof. dr. Peter Neijens
• prof. dr. Hans Beentjes

ComLab 

The research lab for Communication science is called ComLab. It refers to a physical space with cubicles and a simulated living room, but also to the technical support service provided by the ICTO&ComLab-team. Contact us for any technical questions concerning your research, also for hardware and software requests.

NeSCoR

The Netherlands School of Communication Research NeSCoR is the national research school in communication science, which unites all Dutch Universities offering programs in communication science that are rooted in the social and behavioural tradition.

SWOCC

SWOCC is the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Brands and Brand Communication. Its aim is to expand the academic knowledge on branding and communication and to present this research in such a way that it can easily be implemented in day-to-day practice. SWOCC is fully sponsored by businesses from the field of advertising, media and marketing.

Center for Politics and Communication 

The goal of the Center for Politics and Communication  (CPC) is to provide a forum for scholars, journalists, political actors and others interested in political communication. The center aims to provide a central place for research and teaching in the area of political communication and to provide a place for the exchange of views and ideas about media, politics and public opinion.

Center for research on Children, Adolescents and the Media 

CCAM is part of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. CCAM strives to better understand the role of media in children's and adolescents' lives. In addition, CCAM tries to explore and explain the consequences of children's and adolescents' media use.

The Amsterdam Center for Health Communication

The Amsterdam Center for Health Communication (ACHC) strives to promote health through research on effective communication.

International Communication Association

International Communication Association (ICA) is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.

Netherlands Flanders Communication Association

Netherlands Flanders Communication Association (NeFCA) aims to advance the scholarly study of communication by encouraging and facilitating excellence in academic research and the creation of an academic community of communication scholars in The Netherlands and Flanders.

European Communication Research and Education Association

ECREA is the learned society for communication scholars across Europe and beyond. Individuals, institutions and associations have chosen to become members of ECREA to join a large community devoted to the development and the quality of communication research and higher education in Europe.

European Consortium for Political Research

The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is an independent, scholarly association, established in 1970. It supports and encourages the training, research and cross-national co-operation of political scientists throughout Europe and beyond.