Network of European Political
Communication Scholars
We aim to further internationally comparative political communication research.
17
Years
NEPOCS was founded 17 years ago, in December 2008 in Zurich (CH).
47
Joint publications
We have published 47 articles in some of the most prestigious scientific journals in communication sciences.
4
Guiding principles
The work of NEPOCS is guided by 4 C’s: Collaboration, Conceptualization, Comparability, and Cumulativity.
About NEPOCS
NEPOCS is a network of 17 social scientists, each bringing expertise from a particular European country. This makes Nepocs an exceptionally strong, internationally networked group in the field of internationally comparative political communication research. Find out more about us and our members by clicking on the buttons below.
Our current research
Communication and Democratic Erosion
Democracies are currently challenged on different fronts and extant research points to dynamics of democratic erosion and backsliding. In the most recent NEPOCS project we interrogate the role that communication plays in these processes. It is clear that democratic erosion does not happen independently of communication, but when and how it matters is less clear.