Dr. Noemi Mena Montes

Affiliation

Faculty of Social Sciences
Communication and Information Studies

Thematic areas of expertise

• Women Refugees: Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria)
• Political Communication: Framing Migration (Political and Media Agendas)
• Intercultural Communication and Cultural Competence: Mediation across cultures
• Migration routes: African Migration to the EU
• Employment and Education for Migrants-Refugees

Relevant projects

• Transparency-Visibility- Vaccination of undocumented migrants/ European Project: Lighthouse Reports (Coming soon: May-August 2021)
• Breaking Through New Barriers: We interview 30 refugees- assylum seekers to find out what were the Opportunities and Challenges for Newcomers entering the job market during a global pandemic.
• Research Sponsors: Re-Starter and Stichting Haella/ Research Partner Organizations: Stichting Road of Hope (Amsterdam); February- May 2021
• Supervisor Projects MA Bussiness and Communication,Erasmus University: Online Strategic Communication for Ngo’s: How to Develop Strategic Messaging and Positioning/ Intercultural Communication for global business and ngo´s (2017-2019) / Migration narratives in the media and political agenda (2017-2018)
• Researcher at Erasmus University. Project: New Media for Integration ( 2018-present)
• Researcher at Erasmus University. Topic: The voice of journalists: Challenges of reporting refugee crises and global migration in the digital society
• Researcher at the National Research Project: “Twitter: Estrategias del encuadre y articulación del discurso politico en 140 caracteres”, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, I+D, (2015-2016)
• Researcher at the National Project: "La dimensión mediática de la inmigración desde el Magreb", Fundación Euroárabe & Universidad de Granada, (2010-2012)
• Lecturer-Mentor in intercultural communication at the Preparatory Year for Higher Education for Refugees, Erasmus University (2019)
• Project Advisor, New faces, toolkit for Festival organizations to include Newcommers, The Netherlands and Belgium, 2018-2019