Katharine Sarikakis researches the political processes and economic dimensions of media and communications governance, nationally and globally. She holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Media Governance and Integration and she is the Director of the Media Governance and Industries research Lab at the University of Vienna. Among her publications: Chakravartty, P. & Sarikakis, K. (2006). Media Policy and Globalization, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Professor Sarikakis is the founding co-editor of the International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics with Prof Neil Blain (University of Stirling, UK), a widely known journal that aims to facilitate a forum for critical and astute analysis of contemporary world affairs as these are related to media and cultural politics. She has served as Chair of the Communication Law and Policy Section of ECREA for six years. She is also a re-elected member of the Executive Board of ECREA and a member of the international council of IAMCR. She has consulted with various international intergovernmental and other organizations and the media on media policy and rights issues. In 2011, Prof. Sarikakis joined the University of Vienna. Her previous academic post in the UK was at the University of Leeds 2004-2011. At the University of Vienna she is a Vice Director of the PhD Programs of the Faculty of Social Sciences.