ECREA Radio and Sound schedule day one - Monday 8th September 2025
The schedule for the opening day of the ECREA Radio and Sound Conference 2025 at the University of Sheffield.
Day one - Monday 8th September 2025
Registration and coffee
From 8:30am in The Wave.
Welcome talk
9:30
Professor Briony Birdi (Head of School); Emma Heywood, Marie Fierens & Raúl Terol Bolinches
Keynote: Professor Mia Lindgren (University of Tasmania)
10:00 - Lecture Theatre 4
Sound Research That Resonates: Breaking Academic Boundaries Through Podcasting
Professor Mia Lindgren is a leading international podcast researcher and Adjunct Professor at RMIT University and University of Tasmania in Australia. She has held leadership roles across multiple Australian universities, as Founding Head of School of Media Film and Journalism at Monash University (2014 - 2018), Dean of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education at Swinburne University of Technology (2019 - 2022) and most recently, as Associate Dean Research in the College of Arts, Law and Education at University of Tasmania (2022 - 2025).
Professor Lindgren has received several national competitive grants for her work on audio storytelling for sense-making in public health issues. Her practice-led research is developed through documentaries, podcasts, and websites created in partnership with academics, media organizations, and audio producers.
Mia Lindgren is co-editor of the Routledge Companion to Radio and Podcast Studies (2022), and co-editor of Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media (Intellect, UK).
Coffee
Served from 11:15 in The Wave.
Morning panels
| 11:45 | Lecture Theatre 4 | Seminar Room 2 | Seminar Room 3 | Seminar Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel Title: | Voice, Empathy, Authenticity: Re-Evaluating Podcasts in an AI Era | Sound, Voice, and Aesthetic Experience | Community Voices: Local and Engaged Radio in Action | Telling Stories in Sound: Narrative, Genre, and Innovation in Podcasting |
Mia Lindgren (University of Tasmania) Helene Thomas (University of Tasmania) Richard Berry (University of Sunderland) Maria Cristina Marras (Audio Practitioner) | Radio, the First Platform Marcelo Kischinhevsky (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) | Radio Experiences That Last Over Time: From Community Radios in Hospitals to Local Radios Close to Communities - The Case Study of Three Portuguese Radios in Sanatoriums Ana Isabel Reis (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto / CITCEM) Miguel Midões (Polytechnic University of Viseu) | From Authenticity to Audience Engagement: Examining the Success Factors of Podcast Episodes Through 'Not Gonna Lie' with Kylie Kelce Nikolina Borčić (Faculty of Political Sciences University Zagreb) Petra Kovačević (Faculty of Political Sciences University Zagreb) | |
| Enunciation from Radio Practice of Indigenous Youth in Taiwan: A Perspective of Border Thinking Chun Wei Lin (Department of Indigenous Languages and Communication, National Dong Hwa University) | Community Radio and Sustainable Waves Moina Khan (Bennett University) | Unfiltered and Unfettered: Testing the Limits of Freedom of Speech on South African Podcasts Pheladi Sethusa (Wits University) | ||
| The Theatricality of Radio Voices Through the Form of the Interview Louisa Léo (Sorbonne Nouvelle) | Community Broadcasting in the Digital Age – A Solution for Local Journalism? Henry Loeser (Bournemouth University) | Podcasts as Instance of Political Legitimation in a Polarized Society Daniel Gambaro (Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences - Unicamp) | ||
| “Wait… Are You human?”: The Synthetic Podcast Era and the Challenges for Voice and Audio Ana Sofia Paiva (ICNOVA/NOVA FCSH) Ricardo Morais (CITCEM & Labcom, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto) José Manuel Sotero (iNOVA Media Lab/ICNOVA/NOVA FCSH) |
Lunch
Served from 13:00 in The Wave.
Afternoon panels - session one
| 14:15 | Lecture Theatre 4 | Seminar Room 2 | Seminar Room 3 | Seminar Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel Title: | Broadcast Biographies: Intersections of Radio Drama and Life Writing | Podcasting: Narration, Genres and Innovations | Voice as Action: Audio, Politics, and Society | Community Radio for Engagement and Change |
Birgit Van Puymbroeck (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Iana Nikitenko (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Inge Arteel (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Kim Wolgast (Vrije Universiteit Brusssel) | Why Has the Deep Dive News Podcast Become a Global Phenomenon? An Integrative Literature Review Jakob Johansen (Aarhus University and The Danish School of Media and Journalism) | ‘We've been told our history from outsiders’: Amplifying Hawaiian Sovereignty Through Broadcasting from Place Katie Moylan (University of Leicester) | Community Journalism: When Citizens Take on a Leading Role in “Free Radio for All” Miguel Midões (Polytechnic University of Viseu) | |
| Women Narrating in Spain: Non-Fiction Narrative Podcasts Told by Them Paloma López Villafranca (University of Malaga) Teresa Piñeiro-Otero (University of La Coruña) | Audio Storytelling as Place-Based Political Activism Britta Jorgensen (UTS Impact Studios) | What is the Future of Local Radio; a UK Case Study Aleksandar Kocic (Edinburgh Napier) | ||
| Canadian Podcasters, Longform Narrative Journalism, True Crime, and Other Cases Anne MacLennan (York University) | The Stories I Want to Hear: Journalists of Color Creating a More Expansive News Ecosystem Through Values-Centered Occupational Activism Laura Garbes (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) | Changes in Polish Diaspora Radio in the United States Over the Past Century Barbara Leja (University of Silesia in Katowice) | ||
| Feminist Podcasts in Spain Arantza Gutierrez-Paz (UPV/EHU) | The Role of Women in Talk Radio: Catalonia 1924–2024 Sílvia Espinosa (Universitat de Girona) Mónica Puntí (Universitat de Girona) Jordi Serra (Universitat de Girona) |
Coffee
Served from 15:30 in The Wave.
Afternoon panels - session two
| 16:00 | Lecture Theatre 4 | Seminar Room 2 | Seminar Room 3 | Seminar Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel Title: | Radio, Social Media, and Conflict: Navigating Information and Disinformation in Africa | Voice, Aesthetics, and the Digital Turn | Radio in Transition: Media Convergence and the Digital Shift | Innovation, AI, and the Digital Media Shift |
| Harmonizing and Humanizing Baby Talk: The Transformative Power of Sound in Early Childhood Development Teresa Costa Alves (CECS/Minho University) | The Evolving Role of Radio in the Streaming Era: Gatekeeping, Algorithmic Playlists, and the Digital Transformation of Music Discovery Neval TURHALLI (UOC) | Strategic Analysis of the Impact of Technology on Podcasting and Video Podcasting in Spain Ignacio José Martin Moraleda (Complutense University) | ||
| Sonic Portraits: Exploring Hybrid Conceptual Music and AI in the Creation of Immersive Aural Experiences Adrien Faure-Carvallo (Universitat de Barcelona) Magda Polo Pujadas (Universitat de Barcelona) | From Wartime Communal Radio, Public Loudspeakers, and Modern Radio to Podcasts Anh Dinh-Hong (University College London) | From Hertzian to Digital Broadcasting. Case Study: The Spanish Program Carne Cruda Ángela Ruiz Martínez (Universidad de Sevilla) | ||
| Can Sound Function as Photographic Image? Exploring ‘Her’ Audial Photograph Can Kocak (University of Sussex) | From Human to AI: The Rise of AIRAH and the Future of Radio Broadcasting in the UAE Daniela Patornilho (NOVA-FCSH) | Artificial Intelligence in Podcast Production: A Comparative Analysis Between Europe and the United States Xavier Ribes (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Belén Monclús (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Raúl Terol Bolinches (Universitat Politècnica de València) | ||
| True Crime Podcasts in Spain: Three Different Journalistic Genres to Tell the Same Stories José Legorburu (Universidad San Pablo-CEU) Cristina Rodríguez-Luque (Universidad San Pablo-CEU) José Antonio Alonso-Fernández (Universidad San Pablo) | The Role of the Practice Academic as a Translator for Industry Carl Hartley (University of Leeds) | The Transformation of Public Broadcasting Podcasting Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of FORTA Corporations in Spain Miquel Camarasa Sanchis (Universitat Politècnica de València) Raúl Terol Bolinches (Universitat Politècnica de València) | ||
| Narrative Structures and Archetypes: Exploring Trauma and Social Responsibility through Podcasts in the Contemporary Media Landscape Elisa Spinelli (Università degli Studi della Tuscia) | Revenue Generation Trends and Strategies in Urban Radio Stations in Kenya Khamadi Shitemi (Indiana University) | On YouTube and the End of Podcasting as We Know It? Andrew Bottomley |
Break
17:15
Evening meal and drinks
19:00