Persoonlijk profiel
Expertise
Prof. dr. Yazan Badran is an assistant professor in international media and communication studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a researcher at the Echo research group. His research focuses on the intersection between media, journalism and politics particularly in the MENA region and within its exilic and diasporic communities. He was previously a Junior Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) (2022-2025) as well as a PhD fellow of the FWO (2016-2020).
He teaches in the BSc of Social Sciences and the MSc Communication Studies. He has a MSc in Communication Studies from the VUB (2015), and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan (2013). He has been a visiting scholar at different institutions including Kadir Has University (Istanbul, Turkey), and Centre d'Etudes Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT–Tunis, Tunisia).
Opleiding / Academische kwalificatie
Media and Communication Studies, PhD, Emerging Media Organisations: Voice, agency, and precarity in post-2011 Syrian and Tunisian mediaspheres, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Datum van toekenning: 23 sep. 2021
Communication Studies, MSc., Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Datum van toekenning: 12 sep. 2015
Computer Science, BEng., Nagoya Institute of Technology
Datum van toekenning: 21 mrt. 2013
Japanese language, Certificate, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Datum van toekenning: 31 mrt. 2007
Externe posities
Member of Editorial Board, Journalism Practice
feb. 2025 → …
Member of the Ethics Committee, European Communication Research and Education Association
jun. 2023 → …
Member of the Advisory Board - Editorial Coordination, Journal of Global Diaspora and Media
feb. 2023 → …
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Vingerafdruk
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Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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FWOTM1113: Satire overheen grenzen: productie, inhoud en publieken van panArabische nieuwssatire
Smets, K. (Administrative Promotor) & Badran, Y. (Mandataris)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Fundamenteel
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FWOTM807: Nieuwe communicatieruimtes in de Arabische wereld: een multi-methodische studie naar opkomende media-organisaties in Tunesië, Egypte en Syrië
Smets, K. (Administrative Promotor), Badran, Y. (Mandataris) & Loisen, J. (Co-Promoter)
1/10/16 → 30/09/20
Project: Fundamenteel
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OZR4419: Herconfigureren van grenzen: beleid, discours en de herstructurering van de journalistiek in Syrië
Badran, Y. (Administrative Promotor)
1/09/25 → 31/08/29
Project: Fundamenteel
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MENA Independent Media: Negotiating the Logics of Media Development Programs
Badran, Y., 9 jun. 2023, The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East. Khalil, J. F., Khiabany, G., Guaaybess, T. & Yesil, B. (uitgave). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc., blz. 191-204 12 blz. (Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research).Onderzoeksoutput: Chapter › Research › peer review
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Tashbih: The Logic of Annihilation of the Other
Badran, Y., 8 nov. 2022, In: Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. 15, 4, blz. 404-413 10 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Understanding Emerging Media: Voice, Agency, and Precarity in the Post‐2011 Arab Mediasphere
Badran, Y., 17 dec. 2021, In: Media and Communication. 9, 4, blz. 264–274 11 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Anatomy of a precarious newsroom: precarity and agency in Syrian exiled journalism in Turkey
Badran, Y. & Smets, K., 23 nov. 2021, In: Media, Culture & Society. 43, 8, blz. 1377-1394 18 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Media Capture and Journalism as Emotional Labor: How Do Media Professionals Manage Bureaucratic Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq?
Faris, J., Maeseele, P., Badran, Y. & Smets, K., 18 jul. 2023, In: Journalism Studies. 24, 7, blz. 876-895 20 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Datasets
Prijzen
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Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar Award
Badran, Y. (Recipient), 1 nov. 2018
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Top Student Paper Award
Badran, Y. (Recipient), 12 jun. 2016
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Excellence Award for Master thesis in Communication Studies
Badran, Y. (Recipient), dec. 2015
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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FWO grant for a long stay abroad
Badran, Y. (Recipient), okt. 2019
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Junior postdoctoral fellowship of the FWO
Badran, Y. (Recipient), 1 okt. 2022
Prijs: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activiteiten
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Visiting scholar - fieldwork [Turkey]
Badran, Y. (Participant)
4 apr. 2025 → 16 jun. 2025Activiteit: Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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DESIRE-ECHO Research Seminar with Marianna Patrona: Discourse as Social Practice: Discourse Analysis, Authoritarian Populism, and the News Media
Patrona, M. (Visitor), Badran, Y. (Organiser), Grönegräs, M. (Organiser) & De Cleen, B. (Organiser)
5 feb. 2024Activiteit: Participation in workshop, seminar
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ECREA 2024 Conference: Communication & social (dis)order
Badran, Y. (Speaker)
26 sep. 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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DESIRE-ECHO Workshop with Marianna Patrona: Conversation Analysis as a window into the social organization of political interviewing
Patrona, M. (Visitor), Grönegräs, M. (Organiser), Badran, Y. (Organiser), De Cleen, B. (Organiser), Oorts, H. (Participant), Lambrechts, G. (Participant) & Jurg, D. H. M. (Participant)
5 feb. 2024Activiteit: Participation in workshop, seminar
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Narrative power(lessness) of photography – visual research seminar
De Cleen, B. (Organiser), Tomanić Trivundža, I. (Visitor), Badran, Y. (Participant), Almenara Niebla, S. (Participant), Luo, A. (Participant), Dinsmore, A. (Participant) & Aiolfi, T. (Participant)
26 feb. 2024Activiteit: Participation in workshop, seminar
Scriptie
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Virtual Public Sphere as Replacement for Dysfunctional Ones: The Case of Syrian Online Journals
Badran, Y. ((PhD) Student), Morganti, L. (Promotor) & Sinardet, D. (Jury), sep. 2015Scriptie/Masterproef: Master's Thesis