On November 25, 2022, a PD-PCF Student Research Hub “Digital Diplomacy of the European Union to New Zealand: An Update Study” presented the key findings and recommendations to the EU diplomats – HE Nina Obermaier, Head of the Delegation of the EU to New Zealand, Kevin O’Connell, Counsellor (Political) / Deputy Head of Delegation, and Lucy Ross, Communications Lead of the EU Delegation. In 2022, Public Diplomacy and Political Communication Forum (PD-PCF) of the Department of Media and Communication secured support from the Delegation of the EU to New Zealand to conduct the follow-up analysis of the digital diplomacy outreach by the EU Delegation in New Zealand. The team of six students – under-and post-graduates – examined social media and other online channels of diplomatic communication, compared them over times using the findings of the 2021 Research Hub with the EU Delegation and presented its recommendations.
Research Leader: Prof Natalia Chaban, Department of Media and Communication
Students Research Hub members: Shaylee Bright (Accelerator PhD, Media and Comms), Samuel Brett (PhD, Media and Comms), Aspen Berry (MStratCom), Margrethe Bendsen (MA, Political Science), Oebe Roelant (under-graduate), Margret Vernygora (under-graduate).
