Below is an overview of all PhD projects currently being conducted at ERMeCC.
Current Projects
Urban Tourism: Towards Sustainable Development Models
Shirley Nieuwland
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Imagining the Divided City
Emily Mannheimer
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Engagement with cultural diversity in secondary education
Zouhair Hammana
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Digital Vigilantism in Russia
Rashid Gabdulhakov
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Film tourism in China
Min Xu
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Reconcile or not? An empirical study on status and price within the contemporary art world
Simeng Chang
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Touching war: Contemporary visits to twentieth-century war sites and cemeteries in Europe
Siri Driessen
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Games set in war-devastated European (urban) landscapes
Pieter van den Heede
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Locating Imagination
Nicky van Es, Leonieke Bolderman
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Television culture and the myth of participation
Balázs Boross
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The making of the market for Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, 1886-2014
Liesbeth de Strooper
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Geopolitics of artivism
Frank Weij
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Empowering Citizens
Joyce Neys
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Introducing Gig Community Identification: On the Psychological and Communicative Bond Among Gig Workers
Phuong Hoan Le
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The recursive effect of communication on technological innovation and AI development practices
Tessa Oomen
![Robot playing chess](/sites/corporate/files/styles/responsive_w50_r16_9/public/2021-12/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-8438868.jpg.webp?h=90ef8266&itok=_hhjd59Z)
Recently completed
Social media and its impact on college students' trust in China
Qiong Gong
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Sensory Learning
Jaco van den Dool
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Reshaping Authenticity
Niels van Poecke
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Elvis has finally left
Julian Schaap
Regarding the pain of others
Johannes von Engelhardt
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Persuasive Gaming in Context
Ruud Jacobs, PhD
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The affordances of repackaged popular music from the past
Simone Driessen, PhD
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Symbolic Struggles in Changing Cultural Hierarchies
Janna Michael, PhD
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Citizen Engagement: Politics and Digital Media in Namibia
Sadrag Shihomeka
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New Media and Health Communication: A cross-cultural perspective
Lei Yang
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