The 12th Macau International Communication Week, jointly organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Arts at Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the Center for Information and Communication Studies (CICS), Fudan University, will be held from April 28 to April 30, 2026, at Macau University of Science and Technology. Under the theme “Digital and Cultural Macao,” this year’s Communication Week will bring together scholars and industry professionals from around the world to participate in a series of events, including academic symposia and a doctoral forum.
The Doctoral Forum welcomes PhD students from communication studies, journalism, sociology, and other humanities and social science disciplines to submit and present academic papers related to the forum theme, “Intelligent Media · Communication · Future”.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
Media and urban culture
Digital platforms, infrastructure, and urban governance
Public participation and global narratives on social media platforms
Public art, visual culture, and city image
Media literacy and news exposure
Artificial intelligence and human–computer interaction
Algorithmic society and digital journalism
Health, environmental, and risk communication
Computational communication
（10）Other topics in communication and the humanities and social sciences
Submission guidelines
Submissions may be in Chinese or English. High-quality papers written in English are especially encouraged. Both full papers and extended abstracts are accepted. Full papers should be approximately 8,000–10,000 words. Extended abstracts should be approximately 1,500–3,000 words. The first author must be a doctoral student.
Manuscripts are suggested to follow APA (7th edition) style guidelines.
The forum encourages diverse research paradigms (including quantitative, qualitative, and critical approaches) that address theoretically significant social science questions.
All submissions will undergo rigorous peer review. Approximately 20 papers will be selected for presentation. The shortlist will be announced on April 2. Selected papers will be presented in person on April 29, 2026.
Awards will be granted for outstanding research papers (full papers only. Authors who initially submitted an extended abstract must submit the full paper by April 20 to be considered for awards). Award-winning papers will receive a certificate and a monetary prize.
Please submit your full paper or extended abstract by 11:00 PM on March 28, 2026 to: macaucomweek2026@gmail.com
