Prof. dr. Caroline Pauwels
Director
Prof. dr. Caroline Pauwels was appointed Professor at the department of media & communications at the Free University of Brussels in 1995. She is director of iMinds-SMIT. She lectures national and European media & communication policies. Her main domain of competence is in the field of European Audiovisual policy, entertainment economy and convergence and concentration issues in media industries. She is member of several media and culture related boards, and acts as government commissioner for the flemish public service broadcaster VRT
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Mainstreaming EU cultural policies internally and externally: Caught between subsidiarity and global subsidiarity? (2013)
Private television in Western Europe: Content, markets and policies (2013)
Crowdsourcing the movies. A business analysis of crowdfinanced moviemaking in small geographical markets (2013)
Realising "Film Europe"? Eurimages and MEDIA efforts at building a single European film market (2012)
Public Service Media and Public Service Partnerships: beyond the hype. Providing tools for sustainable PSM business models. (2011)
The House of The Future. Public Service Broadcasting in a networked society. The impact of digitization on public broadcasters in a converged media landscape (2011)
New management practices and the public broadcaster's cultural remit: a means to an end or an end in itself? (2011)
The ex ante test of public broadcasters' new media services: Europe wants it or public broadcasters need it? (2010)
The introduction of an ex ante evaluation for new media services: 'Europe' asks it or public broadcasters need it? (2010)
What if competition policy assists the transfer from public service broadcasting to public service media? (2010)
Donders, K. & Pauwels, C. (forthcoming). The introduction of an ex ante evaluation for new media services: 'Europe' asks it or public broadcasters need it? In: International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. (2010)
Pauwels, C. & Donders, K. (forthcoming). Let's get digital. From Television without Frontiers to the digital Big Bang: the EU's continuous efforts to create a future proof internal media market. In: Mansell, R.& Raboy, M. (eds), Handbook of Media Governan (2010)
Back to basics: naar een 21ste eeuwse culturele opdracht voor de publieke omroep als hub. (2010)
Implementing the UNESCO Convention of 2005 in the European Union (2010)
Study Paper 3c: Protocols on Cultural Cooperation (2010)
Policy approaches in the converging media and communication sector. (2010)
From high hopes to high deficit and back: A historic overview of Europe's HDTV policy and reflections towards the future of HDTV (2010)
Cooperation and Partnerships in Public Service Media: regained legitimacy or business model utopia? Lessons from a geographic-comparative analysis (2010)
The 'Cultural Hub'? Towards a 21st Century-Proof Public service broadcaster. Assessing PSB's Cultural Remit with Regards to Its Role as a Hub in a Networked Society. (2010)
'The Cultural Remit Renaissance?' Conceptualizing and assessing Public Service Broadcasting as a hub in a networked media ecology (2010)
Debate with Christian Van Thillo (VMMa) & Caroline Pauwels (2009)
From High Hopes to High Deficit and Back: A Historic Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV. Paper accepted to the EuroITV 2009 Conference (2009)
Een historische analyse van het discours omtrent de introductie van televisie, radio en internet (2009)
The converging media and communications environment. (2009)
Communicatieve culturen in de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlanden: religieuze gezagsdragers en hun visie over boek, beeld en oraliteit (1600-1700) (2009)
Building a theoretical framework based on Douglass North's New Institutionalism to understand the audiovisual dossier in the WTO (2009)
Interactief Vlaanderen: kwalitatief onderzoek naar de intro en het gebruik van interactieve digitale televisie in Vlaanderen (2009)
Cyberteens; cyberrisks, cybertools, Tieners en ICT, risico's en opportuniteiten. (2009)
European State aid rules and the public service broadcasting remit in the digital age: analysing a contentious part of European policy and integration. (2009)
Policy and business models for the digital media economy - The case of Digital Television introduction (2009)
From television without frontiers to television beyond frontiers: evaluating 20 years of EU policy making in the audiovisual sector (2009)
The recognition of the specificity of sport in the European Commission’s Article 81 EC decisional practice related to sports media rights (2009)
Rethinking European Media and Communications Policies (2009)
From High hopes to High Deficit and Back: A historic Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV (2009)
‘I made my movie in Europe and all I got was public funding!’ An analysis of the economic, cultural and innovative impact of the Eurimages film fund in view of its position in a digital landscape. Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conferen (2008)
Chair of the parallel session ‘Media policies for distinct communities and multicultural societies’ at the 2nd European Communication Conference, Communication Law and Policy Section (2008)
Communication and citizenship: The media policy approach. Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference in Barcelona, Communication and Democracy Section (2008)
Does EU policy challenge the existence of public broadcasters in the digital age? An analysis of the Commission’s State Aid approach to public service broadcasting. Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference, Communication Law and Policy (2008)
What if competition policy delivers a service to the public interest? An assessment of 15 years of EU State aid control of public broadcasters’ funding. Paper presented at the ‘Television and the Digital Public Sphere Symposium organised by the DigiCult p (2008)
The remit of public broadcasting in a digital age: a story about private competitors’ interest and increasing European State aid control? Paper presented at the 26th world congress of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAM (2008)
The European Commission’s re-examination of the Sony BMG merger: a precedent-setting attempt to jump the fence (2008)
Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même chose. De inbreng en opbrengst voor België van bijna 20 jaar Eurimages-lidmaatschap. Working Paper (2008)
Somewhere, over the (digital) rainbow? The cultural-economic prospects of the European film sector in a digital environment and their consequences for European policy-making. Paper presented at the Association of Cultural Economics International (ACEI 200 (2008)
Cultural Diversity in a Context of Interinstitutional Dialectics: Leeway or No Way? Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference, Communication Law and Policy Section (2008)
Audiovisueel beleid en de WTO: beleidsopties in functie van culturele diversiteit. (2008)
Het Europese staatssteunbeleid en de openbare omroep: welke antwoorden voor de VRT? (2008)
Advies omtrent de herziening van de omroepmededeling (2008)
Does EU Policy Challenge the Digital Future of Public Service Broadcasting? An Analysis of the Commission’s State Aid Approach to Digitization and the Public Service Remit of Public Broadcasting Organizations (2008)
Naar een nieuwe globale communicatieorde: audiovisueel beleid binnen WTO. (2008)
Cultural diversity as the final outcome of EU policymaking in the audiovisual sector: a critical analysis (2008)
2007. Nieuwe media in oude zakken (2007)
Presentation paper ‘The mobile digital newspaper. Lessons learned from the epaper project’ (2007)
‘European State aid rules and the public service remit of public service broadcasting in the digital age: analysing a contentious part of European policy and integration.’ Paper presented at the ECREA conference Equal opportunities and communication right (2007)
A Political and Economic Analysis of the EU Initiatives in the Audiovisual Sector. Paper presented at the Conference “The protection of cultural diversity from an international and European perspective. The Unesco convention on cultural diversity, interna (2007)
Chair Session ‘EU mediabeleid’. Etmaal van de communicatiewetenschap (2007)
E-ink editions: no replacement of the print paper… yet! The results of Flemish financial daily De Tijd’s trials with e-paper (2007)
The Political and Regulatory Framework towards a European Information and Knowledge Society (2007)
Our Policies Keep on Reinventing the Past: An overview of the EU policy-making in the audiovisual domain (2007)
Culturele diversiteit komt niet vanzelf (2007)
De televisie- en filmparticipatie (2007)
'Power to the people'? The myth of televison consumer sovereignty revisited (2007)
Old research for a new world? Challenges for media policy inquiry in a converging environment. Intervention at the Symposium ‘European Communication Policy: Objects, Directions, Questions’. Inaugural meeting of the Communication Law and Policy Section of (2007)
De openbare omroep in nauwe schoentjes? Een blik op de impact van het liberaliseringsbeleid van de EU (2007)
De televisie- en filmparticipatie (2007)
Communicatiewetenschappen: multidisciplinariteit als bron en toekomst (2007)
Presentation ‘epaper businessmodelling and user research results’ at European Newspaper Publishers’ National Association (2006)
Micromedia & microdevices: some lessons learned from the flemish epaper trial. Paper presented at World Association of Newspaper Conference / World Editors Forum (2006)
Must institutions drive innovation? The role of Public Service Broadcasters in implementing digitization strategies and the paradoxal antagonism of switchover policies. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Communication and Mass Media (2006)
Si l’Europe était à refaire... European challenges: the politics of Culture and Media. Presentation at BI/CEAS (2006)
IDTV: terecht een verhaal van stijgende verwachtingen? (2006)
Europa als testlab voor de toekomstige mediabeleidsverkenning van de WRR: tussen droom en daad staan wetten in de weg, en veel praktische bezwaren (2006)
Repenser le rôle de l’État en matière d’audiovisuel – quelques pistes de réflexion proposées par Monsieur Rigaud – Commentaire (CD-ROM) (2006)
A dialectical view on the US position towards the liberalization of audiovisual services. (2006)
Culture Inc. or Trade revisited? How interinstitutional dialectics and dynamic actor positions affect the outcomes of the debate on cultural trade and diversity. (2006)
De liberalisering van de audiovisuele sector: het zwarte GATT? (2006)
Actor positions on the audiovisual dossier and the interinstitutional dialectics between WTO and UNESCO (2006)
Culture Inc. or Trade Revisited? How Interinstitutional Dialectics and Dynamic Actor Positions Affect the Outcome of the Debate on Cultural Trade and Diversity (2006)
European Multi-level Governance: Is Subsidiarity Contrary to an Efficient and Coherent Media Regulatory Framework? (2006)
The Lighthouse Channel: can Public Broadcasting bring public salvation in a digital era of fragmentation and globalisation? Paper presented at the IAMCR Conference (2005)
Onderzoek rond e-publishing vanuit interdisciplinair perspectief: het Fleet project. Presentation at Elpub (2005)
Belgie op weg naar de e-maatschappij. E-vaardigheden als sleutel tot de kenniseconomie. Presentation for the Belgian Senate (2005)
Séminaire ’Commentaire en tant qu’experte sur Le service Public.’ (2005)
Vrijhandel, koehandel of fair & balanced trade. De Unesco draft Conventie over culturele diversiteit. Presentation for the Unesco Commissie Nederland (2005)
Consumption and Quality of Life in a Digital World (2005)
Vrijhandel of koehandel? De audiovisuele sector binnen WTO en UNESCO (2005)
Film en beleid (2005)
Expert participation to the first Unesco Commissie Nederland meeting on the Convention on Cultural Diversity (2004)
EU regulatory policy for ICT convergence. Presentation at the European Politics Research Unit (EPRU), department of Information and Communications studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, funded by the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (2004)
Vrijhandel of Koehandel. De audiovisuele sector binnen Unesco en WTO. Presentation at the study day ‘Culturele diversiteit, wat staat er voor Vlaanderen op het spel?’ (2004)
Staging the romance: identity, gender and authenticity in dating (2004)
Expert participation on behalf of the Flemish Ministry of Culture at the first general meeing on the Unesco Convention on Cultural Diversity (2004)
Vlaanderen Interactief: Eindrapport onderzoeksbevindingen kwalitatief gebruikersonderzoek (2004)
De grenzen van de consumentensoevereiniteit: over de onmacht, ontevredenheid en onvrijheid van televisiekijkers. Article presentation at the conference ‘Het on(be)grijpbare publiek' (2004)
De televisie van morgen: interactief en zonder zorgen? Paper for the SISWO conference ‘De ontregelde samenleving’. Elfde sociaal-wetenschappelijke studiedagen (2004)
Does interactive television imply new uses? A Flemish case-study. Conference proceedings of European Conference on Interactive Television: Enhancing the Experience (2004)
Expert participation to think tank ‘Cultuur en economie: gedwongen huwelijk of verstandshuwelijk?’, on onvitation by Dutch Ministers Vander laan (Culture) & Brinkhorst (Economy) (2004)
Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C. & Van Oost, O. Het publiek is dood. Lang leve het publiek! In: Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C. & Van Oost, O. (Eds). Het on(be)grijpbare publiek. Een communicatiewetenschappelijke verkenning van het publiek. Brussels, VUBPress, ree (2004)
De digitale kloof in perspectief. Van empirische en theoretische analyse tot beleidsaanbevelingen (2004)
'There is no bigness like show bigness': de economische, culturele en politieke contouren van de globale informatie- en communicatieorde (2004)
De grenzen van de consumentensoevereiniteit: over de onmacht, ontevredenheid en onvrijheid van televisiekijkers (2004)
Von GATT zu GATS und darüber hinaus. Die Bedeutung der WTO für die audiovisuelle Politik (2004)
Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C. & Van Oost, O. (Eds). Het on(be)grijpbare publiek. Een communicatiewetenschappelijke verkenning van het publiek. VUBPress, reeks Media en Maatschappij, 2004, 495 p. (In Dutch) ?The ungraspable audience. A communication science (2004)
Mind the gap(s). Lecture for the ‘Dag van de Cultuurcommunicatie’ (2003)
Expert participation at workshop IPTS (EU joint research centre. Institute for prospective technology studies) ‘ICTs and social capital in the knowledge society’ (2003)
IES Lecture on Globalisation - Respondent for the lecture of W. Kleinwachter: “The mysterious link between ICT, the Internet and a globalized world” (2003)
Chair and presentation ‘Television without frontiers: an overview on the EU audiovisual framework and possible future changes’. Telenor/CEAS/SMIT workshop (2003)
Chair panel ‘Consumption’ at EMTEL congres (2003)
TV, democratisch burgerschap en de publieke sfeer: een onderzoek naar de omgang met TV als publiek medium en maatschappelijk klankbord (2003)
Verscholen achter de krant. Media, nieuws en burgerschap in het dagelijks leven. Een publieksonderzoek naar de betekenis en beleving van de krant (2003)
Discussant to Martijn Poel’s paper ‘Competition and innovation in broadcasting markets: an integrated approach to stimulate digital interactive TV’ (2003)
Respondent seminar EMTEL ‘The use of ICT in everyday life’ (2003)
Chair session ‘ICT en cultuur’. Congres Steunpunt Re-creatief Vlaanderen (2003)
Vlamm@ - De Vlaamse MultiMedia Actoren (2003)
Policy challenges to the creation of a European Information society : a critical analysis (2003)
Europa en de audiovisuele sector: transformaties in de driehoeksverhouding tussen staat, individu en mediabedrijf (2003)
Een vergelijkende analyse van de 19 uur-journaals van TV1 en VTM en van het 19-journaal op TV1 en het 20 uur-journaal op Canvas. Report commissioned by VRT (2003)
The digital divide: from empirical and theoretical analysis to policy recommendations (2003)
Beyond the Digital Divide: reducing exclusion and fostering inclusion (2003)
Beyond The Digital Divide (2003)
WTO Policy in Audiovisual services (2003)
The impact of WTO negotiations on the future of audiovisual policy (2003)
La souveraineté audiovisuelle nationale à l'heure de la mondialisation: la spécificité culturelle européenne menacéé? (2003)
The WTO and the audiovisual sector. Economic free trade vs cultural horse trading (2003)
Regulation and Media Policy in e-Society. Enhancing Cultural Diversity or Heading towards Cultural Deficit: the Impact of the WTO on European Audiovisual Policy. Paper presented at the conference “Mass Media and Communication in the Society of the 21st Ce (2002)
La souveraineté audiovisuelle nationale à l’heure de la globalisation: la spécificité culturelle européenne menacée Working paper for the Centre d’Etudes sur les Médias in the framework of the ‘séminaire international sur la concentration des médias’ (2002)
La souveraineté audiovisuelle nationale à l’heure de la globalisation: la spécificité culturelle européenne menacée Presentation held at the the Centre d’Etudes sur les Médias in the framework of the ‘séminaire international sur la concentration des médi (2002)
Participation in the EMTEL seminar ‘the use of ICT in everyday life.' (2002)
Mediaconcentraties en machtsverhoudingen in Vlaanderen, Europa en wereldwijd. Presentation at Archipel-trefdag media en politiek (2002)
Naar een nieuwe globale audiovisuele orde: over de impact van de WTO op audiovisueel beleid (2002)
De WTO en de audiovisuele sector: economische vrijhandel vs. culturele koehandel? (2002)
Culturele participatie in een digitale wereld. Presentation in preparation of the informal council for culture under the Belgian presidency (2001)
Concentration and competition policies. Presentation at the Workshop ‘South Africa’s communication policy in a changing global concept’ (2001)
Secretary at the Conference ‘Innovations of an e-Society: Challenges for Technology Assessement’ (2001)
Naar een geïntegreerd mediabeleid in Brussel: een doorlichting van de Vlaams-Brusselse media. Report commissioned by the commission of the Flemish community, SMIT, 15 October 2001 (2001)
De dood en de media: brothers in arms? Lecture for the lecture series ‘Het leven voorbij’, Centrum voor morele dienstverlening (2001)
Final conclusions study day ‘Kunst in de openbaarheid, kunst en de openbare omroep’ (2001)
Een vergelijkende analyse van de VRT- en VTM-avondjournaals naar inhoud en vormgeving. Report commissioned by VRT. CEMESO, 29 January 2001 (2001)
Chair debate ‘Een Rosettaplan voor de film’ (2001)
Concentration and competition policies: toward a precarious balance within the global audiovisual order (2001)
Is de Vlaamse film op sterven na dood? (2001)
Chair and final conclusions seminar ‘The digital divide’ (2001)
Concentration and competition policies: toward a precarious balance within the global audiovisual order. Publication CEM on the basis of the presentation held at the the Centre d’Etudes sur les Médias in the framework of the ‘séminaire international sur l (2000)
Concentration and competition policies: toward a precarious balance within the global audiovisual order. Lecture for the Centre d’Etudes sur les Médias ‘séminaire international sur la concentration des médias’ (2000)
Chair and closing presentation colloquium ‘Welke toekomst voor de kabel’ (2000)
Communicatiewetenschappen vanuit pedagogisch perspectief: "watch carefully, think critically and use responsively"; het instrumenteel gebruik van audiovisuele media gekaderd in de debatten over zelfstandige mediavorming en multi-etnische opvoeding in het (2000)
De creatie van een competitieve Europese audiovisuele programma-industrie: een mission impossible? (2000)
Radio and television systems in Belgium (2000)
Welke toekomst voor de kabel? Conclusies. Acten van het colloquium ‘Welke toekomst voor de kabel’ (2000)
Is de Vlaamse film op sterven na dood? (1999)
Participant debate at the symposium ‘State of the art of the Flemish-Belgian documentary - Pre view point (1999)
The market is the message (1999)
Business as usual (1999)
Waar zit onze cultuurpolitiek? (1999)
Baas op eigen buis? (1999)
Consumer sovereignty and the audiovisual sector: a contradiction in terms (1999)
Je kan ook thuis niet met de computer werken: Vragen over zin en onzin van de (Vlaamse) informatiemaatschappij (1998)
Chair seminar ‘Convergence: market and institutional competition’ with the Economic and Social Research Council en European Media Regulation Seminar Group (1998)
Kunst, autonomie en engagement (1998)
Integrating economies, integrating policies: the importance of antitrust and competition policies within the global audiovisual order. Presentation for the 12th European Communication Policy Research Conference (ECPR) (1998)
Je kan thuis ook niet met de computer werken (1998)
Concentration and competition policies: toward a precarious balance within the global audiovisual order (1998)
Consumentensoevereiniteit en de audiovisuele sector: een contradictio in terminis (1998)
Integrating economies, integrating policies: the importance of antitrust and competition policies within the global audiovisual order (1998)
EU competition policy and Public Service broadcasting: an impossible marriage. Presentation for the seminar ‘The future of public service: European trends in Culture and media politics’ (1997)
Public service broadcasting into the next millenium: challenges and legitimacy. Presentation for the seminar ‘The future of public service: European trends in Culture and media politics’ (1997)
Concentratie en mededingingsbeleid: naar een moeilijk evenwicht in de globale audiovisuele orde. Presentation for the Ascor meeting (1997)
From citizenship to consumer sovereignty: the paradigm shift underlying the European audiovisual policy of the 80’s (1997)
Consumer sovereignty and the audiovisual sector: a contradiction in terms (1997)
De noodzaak van een Nieuwe Culturele Politiek (1997)
Les normes et logiques de l’Union Européenne. Presentation for the seminar ‘Droit à l’information - droit de la communication’ - Rencontre des droits économiques et sociaux (1997)
Consumer sovereignty and the audiovisual sector: a contradiction in terms. Presentation for the EMTEL meeting (The European Media, Technology and Every day Life Network) (1996)
Consumentensoevereiniteit en de audiovisuele sector: een contradictio in terminis. Presentation at ‘Sommatie’ (1996)
Section chair and respondent ‘Program of International Summer Seminar (Tele)communications policies in Western Europe and South-East Asia: cultural and historical perspectives (1996)
Discussant ‘Welk profiel voor de BRTN’ (1996)
La politique cinématographique en Flandres. Paper at the colloquium ‘Regards sur les Flandres- Tendances culturelles dans le film moderne en Flandres’ (1996)
interview met J.P. Rondas Radio 3/Wereldbeeld: welk profiel en legitimatie voor BRTN (1994)
Vlaamse beleidsmogelijkheden in Europees perspectief (1994)
Audiovisuele media in Vlaanderen. Analyse en beleid (1994)
Eigen kultuur eerst (1993)
Toekomst en verleden van de openbaarrechtelijke omroepen (1993)
Logiques de développement et modes de financement: repli identitaire régional ou alliances internationales? Paper for the ‘Assises de l’audiovisuel de service public: quel contenus à l’horizon 1997’ (1993)
Het omroepbeleid van de Europese Gemeenschap: tussen commercie en cultuur (1993)
La politique de la Commission Européenne (1993)
De schaduwvechters: de confrontatie tussen publieke omroep en commerciële televisie (1993)
The audiovisual policy of the European Community. Presentation prepared for the ‘Naar een cultureel gecorrigeerde markteconomie? Bescherming van de culturele verscheidenheid in het Europa na Maastricht.’ Organised by the Cabinet van Minister-president van (1992)
Proposal for a research framework for the study of the broadcasting policy of the Commission of the European Communities (1992)
Het omroepbeleid van de Europese Gemeenschap in een veranderend audiovisueel landschap: tussen commercie en cultuur (1992)
Audiovisueel beleid en cultuurpolitiek in de kleine Europese lidstaten. Paper presented at Sommatie (1992)
Beeldenstorm in een glas water (1992)
Audiovisual policy and cultural identity in small European states: the challenge of a unified market (1992)
Over de nieuwe beeldenstorm (1991)
Growing convergence between broadcasting and telecommunication: policy problems at the level of the Commission of the European Communities. Paper presented at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (1991)
Audiovisual policy and cultural identity in small European states: the challenge of a unified market. Paper presented at the ITSC Conference (1991)
Cultuurpolitiek en mediabeleid: een case-study naar de efficiëntie van het omroepbeleid van de EG (1991)
Samenwerking Nederland - België (1991)
Televisie zonder grenzen (1991)
El desafio del mercado unico audiovisual. La identidad de los pequenos estados (1991)
Het omroepbeleid van de Europese Gemeenschap in een veranderend audiovisueel landschap. Tussen commercie en cultuur (1991)
Growing convergence between broadcasting and telecommunication: policy problems at the level of the Commission of the European Communities (1991)
Wat doet de Europese Gemeenschap om de kleine Europese landen en culturen te beveiligen en te helpen? (1990)
Media and cultural policy in small European countries and the common market. Proposal for a research framework for the study of the media policy of small European countries (1990)
De samenwerking tussen de openbaarrechtelijke omroepen op Europees niveau (1990)
La politique audiovisuelle et l’identité culturelle des petits états européens: le défi d’un marché audiovisuel unifié. Paper presented at the IAMCR Conference (1990)
La convergence de l’audiovisuel et des télécommunications en Europe. La politique des Communautés Européennes (1990)
La politica de la Comision: primacia tecnologica e industrial (1990)
Audiovisueel beleid en cultuurpolitiek in de kleine Europese landen. De uitdaging van een ééngemaakte televisiemarkt (1990)
Cultuur of kijkcijfers. Europees cultuur-en omroepbeleid (1990)
La politique audiovisuelle et l’identité culturelle des petits états européens: le défi d’un marché audiovisuel unifié (1990)
La politique audiovisuelle et l’identité culturelle des petits états européens: le défi de DAVID (1990)
Television without frontiers: how to preserve European culture by means of a broadcasting policy (1988)
Welke cultuur voor Europa? Realiteiten en wensen (1988)
Private television in Western Europe: Content, markets and policies (2013)
Crowdsourcing the movies. A business analysis of crowdfinanced moviemaking in small geographical markets (2013)
Realising "Film Europe"? Eurimages and MEDIA efforts at building a single European film market (2012)
Public Service Media and Public Service Partnerships: beyond the hype. Providing tools for sustainable PSM business models. (2011)
The House of The Future. Public Service Broadcasting in a networked society. The impact of digitization on public broadcasters in a converged media landscape (2011)
New management practices and the public broadcaster's cultural remit: a means to an end or an end in itself? (2011)
The ex ante test of public broadcasters' new media services: Europe wants it or public broadcasters need it? (2010)
The introduction of an ex ante evaluation for new media services: 'Europe' asks it or public broadcasters need it? (2010)
What if competition policy assists the transfer from public service broadcasting to public service media? (2010)
Donders, K. & Pauwels, C. (forthcoming). The introduction of an ex ante evaluation for new media services: 'Europe' asks it or public broadcasters need it? In: International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. (2010)
Pauwels, C. & Donders, K. (forthcoming). Let's get digital. From Television without Frontiers to the digital Big Bang: the EU's continuous efforts to create a future proof internal media market. In: Mansell, R.& Raboy, M. (eds), Handbook of Media Governan (2010)
Back to basics: naar een 21ste eeuwse culturele opdracht voor de publieke omroep als hub. (2010)
Implementing the UNESCO Convention of 2005 in the European Union (2010)
Study Paper 3c: Protocols on Cultural Cooperation (2010)
Policy approaches in the converging media and communication sector. (2010)
From high hopes to high deficit and back: A historic overview of Europe's HDTV policy and reflections towards the future of HDTV (2010)
Cooperation and Partnerships in Public Service Media: regained legitimacy or business model utopia? Lessons from a geographic-comparative analysis (2010)
The 'Cultural Hub'? Towards a 21st Century-Proof Public service broadcaster. Assessing PSB's Cultural Remit with Regards to Its Role as a Hub in a Networked Society. (2010)
'The Cultural Remit Renaissance?' Conceptualizing and assessing Public Service Broadcasting as a hub in a networked media ecology (2010)
Debate with Christian Van Thillo (VMMa) & Caroline Pauwels (2009)
From High Hopes to High Deficit and Back: A Historic Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV. Paper accepted to the EuroITV 2009 Conference (2009)
Een historische analyse van het discours omtrent de introductie van televisie, radio en internet (2009)
The converging media and communications environment. (2009)
Communicatieve culturen in de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlanden: religieuze gezagsdragers en hun visie over boek, beeld en oraliteit (1600-1700) (2009)
Building a theoretical framework based on Douglass North's New Institutionalism to understand the audiovisual dossier in the WTO (2009)
Interactief Vlaanderen: kwalitatief onderzoek naar de intro en het gebruik van interactieve digitale televisie in Vlaanderen (2009)
Cyberteens; cyberrisks, cybertools, Tieners en ICT, risico's en opportuniteiten. (2009)
European State aid rules and the public service broadcasting remit in the digital age: analysing a contentious part of European policy and integration. (2009)
Policy and business models for the digital media economy - The case of Digital Television introduction (2009)
From television without frontiers to television beyond frontiers: evaluating 20 years of EU policy making in the audiovisual sector (2009)
The recognition of the specificity of sport in the European Commission’s Article 81 EC decisional practice related to sports media rights (2009)
Rethinking European Media and Communications Policies (2009)
From High hopes to High Deficit and Back: A historic Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV (2009)
‘I made my movie in Europe and all I got was public funding!’ An analysis of the economic, cultural and innovative impact of the Eurimages film fund in view of its position in a digital landscape. Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conferen (2008)
Chair of the parallel session ‘Media policies for distinct communities and multicultural societies’ at the 2nd European Communication Conference, Communication Law and Policy Section (2008)
Communication and citizenship: The media policy approach. Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference in Barcelona, Communication and Democracy Section (2008)
Does EU policy challenge the existence of public broadcasters in the digital age? An analysis of the Commission’s State Aid approach to public service broadcasting. Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference, Communication Law and Policy (2008)
What if competition policy delivers a service to the public interest? An assessment of 15 years of EU State aid control of public broadcasters’ funding. Paper presented at the ‘Television and the Digital Public Sphere Symposium organised by the DigiCult p (2008)
The remit of public broadcasting in a digital age: a story about private competitors’ interest and increasing European State aid control? Paper presented at the 26th world congress of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAM (2008)
The European Commission’s re-examination of the Sony BMG merger: a precedent-setting attempt to jump the fence (2008)
Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même chose. De inbreng en opbrengst voor België van bijna 20 jaar Eurimages-lidmaatschap. Working Paper (2008)
Somewhere, over the (digital) rainbow? The cultural-economic prospects of the European film sector in a digital environment and their consequences for European policy-making. Paper presented at the Association of Cultural Economics International (ACEI 200 (2008)
Cultural Diversity in a Context of Interinstitutional Dialectics: Leeway or No Way? Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference, Communication Law and Policy Section (2008)
Audiovisueel beleid en de WTO: beleidsopties in functie van culturele diversiteit. (2008)
Het Europese staatssteunbeleid en de openbare omroep: welke antwoorden voor de VRT? (2008)
Advies omtrent de herziening van de omroepmededeling (2008)
Does EU Policy Challenge the Digital Future of Public Service Broadcasting? An Analysis of the Commission’s State Aid Approach to Digitization and the Public Service Remit of Public Broadcasting Organizations (2008)
Naar een nieuwe globale communicatieorde: audiovisueel beleid binnen WTO. (2008)
Cultural diversity as the final outcome of EU policymaking in the audiovisual sector: a critical analysis (2008)
2007. Nieuwe media in oude zakken (2007)
Presentation paper ‘The mobile digital newspaper. Lessons learned from the epaper project’ (2007)
‘European State aid rules and the public service remit of public service broadcasting in the digital age: analysing a contentious part of European policy and integration.’ Paper presented at the ECREA conference Equal opportunities and communication right (2007)
A Political and Economic Analysis of the EU Initiatives in the Audiovisual Sector. Paper presented at the Conference “The protection of cultural diversity from an international and European perspective. The Unesco convention on cultural diversity, interna (2007)
Chair Session ‘EU mediabeleid’. Etmaal van de communicatiewetenschap (2007)
E-ink editions: no replacement of the print paper… yet! The results of Flemish financial daily De Tijd’s trials with e-paper (2007)
The Political and Regulatory Framework towards a European Information and Knowledge Society (2007)
Our Policies Keep on Reinventing the Past: An overview of the EU policy-making in the audiovisual domain (2007)
Culturele diversiteit komt niet vanzelf (2007)
De televisie- en filmparticipatie (2007)
'Power to the people'? The myth of televison consumer sovereignty revisited (2007)
Old research for a new world? Challenges for media policy inquiry in a converging environment. Intervention at the Symposium ‘European Communication Policy: Objects, Directions, Questions’. Inaugural meeting of the Communication Law and Policy Section of (2007)
De openbare omroep in nauwe schoentjes? Een blik op de impact van het liberaliseringsbeleid van de EU (2007)
De televisie- en filmparticipatie (2007)
Communicatiewetenschappen: multidisciplinariteit als bron en toekomst (2007)
Presentation ‘epaper businessmodelling and user research results’ at European Newspaper Publishers’ National Association (2006)
Micromedia & microdevices: some lessons learned from the flemish epaper trial. Paper presented at World Association of Newspaper Conference / World Editors Forum (2006)
Must institutions drive innovation? The role of Public Service Broadcasters in implementing digitization strategies and the paradoxal antagonism of switchover policies. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Communication and Mass Media (2006)
Si l’Europe était à refaire... European challenges: the politics of Culture and Media. Presentation at BI/CEAS (2006)
IDTV: terecht een verhaal van stijgende verwachtingen? (2006)
Europa als testlab voor de toekomstige mediabeleidsverkenning van de WRR: tussen droom en daad staan wetten in de weg, en veel praktische bezwaren (2006)
Repenser le rôle de l’État en matière d’audiovisuel – quelques pistes de réflexion proposées par Monsieur Rigaud – Commentaire (CD-ROM) (2006)
A dialectical view on the US position towards the liberalization of audiovisual services. (2006)
Culture Inc. or Trade revisited? How interinstitutional dialectics and dynamic actor positions affect the outcomes of the debate on cultural trade and diversity. (2006)
De liberalisering van de audiovisuele sector: het zwarte GATT? (2006)
Actor positions on the audiovisual dossier and the interinstitutional dialectics between WTO and UNESCO (2006)
Culture Inc. or Trade Revisited? How Interinstitutional Dialectics and Dynamic Actor Positions Affect the Outcome of the Debate on Cultural Trade and Diversity (2006)
European Multi-level Governance: Is Subsidiarity Contrary to an Efficient and Coherent Media Regulatory Framework? (2006)
The Lighthouse Channel: can Public Broadcasting bring public salvation in a digital era of fragmentation and globalisation? Paper presented at the IAMCR Conference (2005)
Onderzoek rond e-publishing vanuit interdisciplinair perspectief: het Fleet project. Presentation at Elpub (2005)
Belgie op weg naar de e-maatschappij. E-vaardigheden als sleutel tot de kenniseconomie. Presentation for the Belgian Senate (2005)
Séminaire ’Commentaire en tant qu’experte sur Le service Public.’ (2005)
Vrijhandel, koehandel of fair & balanced trade. De Unesco draft Conventie over culturele diversiteit. Presentation for the Unesco Commissie Nederland (2005)
Consumption and Quality of Life in a Digital World (2005)
Vrijhandel of koehandel? De audiovisuele sector binnen WTO en UNESCO (2005)
Film en beleid (2005)
Expert participation to the first Unesco Commissie Nederland meeting on the Convention on Cultural Diversity (2004)
EU regulatory policy for ICT convergence. Presentation at the European Politics Research Unit (EPRU), department of Information and Communications studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, funded by the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (2004)
Vrijhandel of Koehandel. De audiovisuele sector binnen Unesco en WTO. Presentation at the study day ‘Culturele diversiteit, wat staat er voor Vlaanderen op het spel?’ (2004)
Staging the romance: identity, gender and authenticity in dating (2004)
Expert participation on behalf of the Flemish Ministry of Culture at the first general meeing on the Unesco Convention on Cultural Diversity (2004)
Vlaanderen Interactief: Eindrapport onderzoeksbevindingen kwalitatief gebruikersonderzoek (2004)
De grenzen van de consumentensoevereiniteit: over de onmacht, ontevredenheid en onvrijheid van televisiekijkers. Article presentation at the conference ‘Het on(be)grijpbare publiek' (2004)
De televisie van morgen: interactief en zonder zorgen? Paper for the SISWO conference ‘De ontregelde samenleving’. Elfde sociaal-wetenschappelijke studiedagen (2004)
Does interactive television imply new uses? A Flemish case-study. Conference proceedings of European Conference on Interactive Television: Enhancing the Experience (2004)
Expert participation to think tank ‘Cultuur en economie: gedwongen huwelijk of verstandshuwelijk?’, on onvitation by Dutch Ministers Vander laan (Culture) & Brinkhorst (Economy) (2004)
Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C. & Van Oost, O. Het publiek is dood. Lang leve het publiek! In: Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C. & Van Oost, O. (Eds). Het on(be)grijpbare publiek. Een communicatiewetenschappelijke verkenning van het publiek. Brussels, VUBPress, ree (2004)
De digitale kloof in perspectief. Van empirische en theoretische analyse tot beleidsaanbevelingen (2004)
'There is no bigness like show bigness': de economische, culturele en politieke contouren van de globale informatie- en communicatieorde (2004)
De grenzen van de consumentensoevereiniteit: over de onmacht, ontevredenheid en onvrijheid van televisiekijkers (2004)
Von GATT zu GATS und darüber hinaus. Die Bedeutung der WTO für die audiovisuelle Politik (2004)
Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C. & Van Oost, O. (Eds). Het on(be)grijpbare publiek. Een communicatiewetenschappelijke verkenning van het publiek. VUBPress, reeks Media en Maatschappij, 2004, 495 p. (In Dutch) ?The ungraspable audience. A communication science (2004)
Mind the gap(s). Lecture for the ‘Dag van de Cultuurcommunicatie’ (2003)
Expert participation at workshop IPTS (EU joint research centre. Institute for prospective technology studies) ‘ICTs and social capital in the knowledge society’ (2003)
IES Lecture on Globalisation - Respondent for the lecture of W. Kleinwachter: “The mysterious link between ICT, the Internet and a globalized world” (2003)
Chair and presentation ‘Television without frontiers: an overview on the EU audiovisual framework and possible future changes’. Telenor/CEAS/SMIT workshop (2003)
Chair panel ‘Consumption’ at EMTEL congres (2003)
TV, democratisch burgerschap en de publieke sfeer: een onderzoek naar de omgang met TV als publiek medium en maatschappelijk klankbord (2003)
Verscholen achter de krant. Media, nieuws en burgerschap in het dagelijks leven. Een publieksonderzoek naar de betekenis en beleving van de krant (2003)
Discussant to Martijn Poel’s paper ‘Competition and innovation in broadcasting markets: an integrated approach to stimulate digital interactive TV’ (2003)
Respondent seminar EMTEL ‘The use of ICT in everyday life’ (2003)
Chair session ‘ICT en cultuur’. Congres Steunpunt Re-creatief Vlaanderen (2003)
Vlamm@ - De Vlaamse MultiMedia Actoren (2003)
Policy challenges to the creation of a European Information society : a critical analysis (2003)
Europa en de audiovisuele sector: transformaties in de driehoeksverhouding tussen staat, individu en mediabedrijf (2003)
Een vergelijkende analyse van de 19 uur-journaals van TV1 en VTM en van het 19-journaal op TV1 en het 20 uur-journaal op Canvas. Report commissioned by VRT (2003)
The digital divide: from empirical and theoretical analysis to policy recommendations (2003)
Beyond the Digital Divide: reducing exclusion and fostering inclusion (2003)
Beyond The Digital Divide (2003)
WTO Policy in Audiovisual services (2003)
The impact of WTO negotiations on the future of audiovisual policy (2003)
La souveraineté audiovisuelle nationale à l'heure de la mondialisation: la spécificité culturelle européenne menacéé? (2003)
The WTO and the audiovisual sector. Economic free trade vs cultural horse trading (2003)
Regulation and Media Policy in e-Society. Enhancing Cultural Diversity or Heading towards Cultural Deficit: the Impact of the WTO on European Audiovisual Policy. Paper presented at the conference “Mass Media and Communication in the Society of the 21st Ce (2002)
La souveraineté audiovisuelle nationale à l’heure de la globalisation: la spécificité culturelle européenne menacée Working paper for the Centre d’Etudes sur les Médias in the framework of the ‘séminaire international sur la concentration des médias’ (2002)
La souveraineté audiovisuelle nationale à l’heure de la globalisation: la spécificité culturelle européenne menacée Presentation held at the the Centre d’Etudes sur les Médias in the framework of the ‘séminaire international sur la concentration des médi (2002)
Participation in the EMTEL seminar ‘the use of ICT in everyday life.' (2002)
Mediaconcentraties en machtsverhoudingen in Vlaanderen, Europa en wereldwijd. Presentation at Archipel-trefdag media en politiek (2002)
Naar een nieuwe globale audiovisuele orde: over de impact van de WTO op audiovisueel beleid (2002)
De WTO en de audiovisuele sector: economische vrijhandel vs. culturele koehandel? (2002)
Culturele participatie in een digitale wereld. Presentation in preparation of the informal council for culture under the Belgian presidency (2001)
Concentration and competition policies. Presentation at the Workshop ‘South Africa’s communication policy in a changing global concept’ (2001)
Secretary at the Conference ‘Innovations of an e-Society: Challenges for Technology Assessement’ (2001)
Naar een geïntegreerd mediabeleid in Brussel: een doorlichting van de Vlaams-Brusselse media. Report commissioned by the commission of the Flemish community, SMIT, 15 October 2001 (2001)
De dood en de media: brothers in arms? Lecture for the lecture series ‘Het leven voorbij’, Centrum voor morele dienstverlening (2001)
Final conclusions study day ‘Kunst in de openbaarheid, kunst en de openbare omroep’ (2001)
Een vergelijkende analyse van de VRT- en VTM-avondjournaals naar inhoud en vormgeving. Report commissioned by VRT. CEMESO, 29 January 2001 (2001)
Chair debate ‘Een Rosettaplan voor de film’ (2001)
Concentration and competition policies: toward a precarious balance within the global audiovisual order (2001)
Is de Vlaamse film op sterven na dood? (2001)
Chair and final conclusions seminar ‘The digital divide’ (2001)
Concentration and competition policies: toward a precarious balance within the global audiovisual order. Publication CEM on the basis of the presentation held at the the Centre d’Etudes sur les Médias in the framework of the ‘séminaire international sur l (2000)
Concentration and competition policies: toward a precarious balance within the global audiovisual order. Lecture for the Centre d’Etudes sur les Médias ‘séminaire international sur la concentration des médias’ (2000)
Chair and closing presentation colloquium ‘Welke toekomst voor de kabel’ (2000)
Communicatiewetenschappen vanuit pedagogisch perspectief: "watch carefully, think critically and use responsively"; het instrumenteel gebruik van audiovisuele media gekaderd in de debatten over zelfstandige mediavorming en multi-etnische opvoeding in het (2000)
De creatie van een competitieve Europese audiovisuele programma-industrie: een mission impossible? (2000)
Radio and television systems in Belgium (2000)
Welke toekomst voor de kabel? Conclusies. Acten van het colloquium ‘Welke toekomst voor de kabel’ (2000)
Is de Vlaamse film op sterven na dood? (1999)
Participant debate at the symposium ‘State of the art of the Flemish-Belgian documentary - Pre view point (1999)
The market is the message (1999)
Business as usual (1999)
Waar zit onze cultuurpolitiek? (1999)
Baas op eigen buis? (1999)
Consumer sovereignty and the audiovisual sector: a contradiction in terms (1999)
Je kan ook thuis niet met de computer werken: Vragen over zin en onzin van de (Vlaamse) informatiemaatschappij (1998)
Chair seminar ‘Convergence: market and institutional competition’ with the Economic and Social Research Council en European Media Regulation Seminar Group (1998)
Kunst, autonomie en engagement (1998)
Integrating economies, integrating policies: the importance of antitrust and competition policies within the global audiovisual order. Presentation for the 12th European Communication Policy Research Conference (ECPR) (1998)
Je kan thuis ook niet met de computer werken (1998)
Concentration and competition policies: toward a precarious balance within the global audiovisual order (1998)
Consumentensoevereiniteit en de audiovisuele sector: een contradictio in terminis (1998)
Integrating economies, integrating policies: the importance of antitrust and competition policies within the global audiovisual order (1998)
EU competition policy and Public Service broadcasting: an impossible marriage. Presentation for the seminar ‘The future of public service: European trends in Culture and media politics’ (1997)
Public service broadcasting into the next millenium: challenges and legitimacy. Presentation for the seminar ‘The future of public service: European trends in Culture and media politics’ (1997)
Concentratie en mededingingsbeleid: naar een moeilijk evenwicht in de globale audiovisuele orde. Presentation for the Ascor meeting (1997)
From citizenship to consumer sovereignty: the paradigm shift underlying the European audiovisual policy of the 80’s (1997)
Consumer sovereignty and the audiovisual sector: a contradiction in terms (1997)
De noodzaak van een Nieuwe Culturele Politiek (1997)
Les normes et logiques de l’Union Européenne. Presentation for the seminar ‘Droit à l’information - droit de la communication’ - Rencontre des droits économiques et sociaux (1997)
Consumer sovereignty and the audiovisual sector: a contradiction in terms. Presentation for the EMTEL meeting (The European Media, Technology and Every day Life Network) (1996)
Consumentensoevereiniteit en de audiovisuele sector: een contradictio in terminis. Presentation at ‘Sommatie’ (1996)
Section chair and respondent ‘Program of International Summer Seminar (Tele)communications policies in Western Europe and South-East Asia: cultural and historical perspectives (1996)
Discussant ‘Welk profiel voor de BRTN’ (1996)
La politique cinématographique en Flandres. Paper at the colloquium ‘Regards sur les Flandres- Tendances culturelles dans le film moderne en Flandres’ (1996)
interview met J.P. Rondas Radio 3/Wereldbeeld: welk profiel en legitimatie voor BRTN (1994)
Vlaamse beleidsmogelijkheden in Europees perspectief (1994)
Audiovisuele media in Vlaanderen. Analyse en beleid (1994)
Eigen kultuur eerst (1993)
Toekomst en verleden van de openbaarrechtelijke omroepen (1993)
Logiques de développement et modes de financement: repli identitaire régional ou alliances internationales? Paper for the ‘Assises de l’audiovisuel de service public: quel contenus à l’horizon 1997’ (1993)
Het omroepbeleid van de Europese Gemeenschap: tussen commercie en cultuur (1993)
La politique de la Commission Européenne (1993)
De schaduwvechters: de confrontatie tussen publieke omroep en commerciële televisie (1993)
The audiovisual policy of the European Community. Presentation prepared for the ‘Naar een cultureel gecorrigeerde markteconomie? Bescherming van de culturele verscheidenheid in het Europa na Maastricht.’ Organised by the Cabinet van Minister-president van (1992)
Proposal for a research framework for the study of the broadcasting policy of the Commission of the European Communities (1992)
Het omroepbeleid van de Europese Gemeenschap in een veranderend audiovisueel landschap: tussen commercie en cultuur (1992)
Audiovisueel beleid en cultuurpolitiek in de kleine Europese lidstaten. Paper presented at Sommatie (1992)
Beeldenstorm in een glas water (1992)
Audiovisual policy and cultural identity in small European states: the challenge of a unified market (1992)
Over de nieuwe beeldenstorm (1991)
Growing convergence between broadcasting and telecommunication: policy problems at the level of the Commission of the European Communities. Paper presented at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (1991)
Audiovisual policy and cultural identity in small European states: the challenge of a unified market. Paper presented at the ITSC Conference (1991)
Cultuurpolitiek en mediabeleid: een case-study naar de efficiëntie van het omroepbeleid van de EG (1991)
Samenwerking Nederland - België (1991)
Televisie zonder grenzen (1991)
El desafio del mercado unico audiovisual. La identidad de los pequenos estados (1991)
Het omroepbeleid van de Europese Gemeenschap in een veranderend audiovisueel landschap. Tussen commercie en cultuur (1991)
Growing convergence between broadcasting and telecommunication: policy problems at the level of the Commission of the European Communities (1991)
Wat doet de Europese Gemeenschap om de kleine Europese landen en culturen te beveiligen en te helpen? (1990)
Media and cultural policy in small European countries and the common market. Proposal for a research framework for the study of the media policy of small European countries (1990)
De samenwerking tussen de openbaarrechtelijke omroepen op Europees niveau (1990)
La politique audiovisuelle et l’identité culturelle des petits états européens: le défi d’un marché audiovisuel unifié. Paper presented at the IAMCR Conference (1990)
La convergence de l’audiovisuel et des télécommunications en Europe. La politique des Communautés Européennes (1990)
La politica de la Comision: primacia tecnologica e industrial (1990)
Audiovisueel beleid en cultuurpolitiek in de kleine Europese landen. De uitdaging van een ééngemaakte televisiemarkt (1990)
Cultuur of kijkcijfers. Europees cultuur-en omroepbeleid (1990)
La politique audiovisuelle et l’identité culturelle des petits états européens: le défi d’un marché audiovisuel unifié (1990)
La politique audiovisuelle et l’identité culturelle des petits états européens: le défi de DAVID (1990)
Television without frontiers: how to preserve European culture by means of a broadcasting policy (1988)
Welke cultuur voor Europa? Realiteiten en wensen (1988)
