Reviving, Boosting, Optimising and Transforming European Film Competitiveness (REBOOT)

Funded by: European Union • Horizon Europe
Duration: 2023-2026
PI: Katharine Sarikakis
Collaboration: Janina Jüngst • Gentiana Ramadani

Be competitive, the industry says! But what does competitiveness in the media and film industry mean?  REBOOT (REviving, BOosting, Optimising and Transforming European Film Competitiveness) is working to give a unified answer from researchers, scholars and experts in the field through a 3-year project funded by Horizon Europe (2023-2026). It aims to connect the existing strengths of the European Film Industry, identify and overcome weaknesses, and plan for future competitiveness in the fields of policy, practice and experience.

The project will explore the industry to get the necessary answers about diachronic understandings of the 'competitiveness' and of the 'European' in the European Film Industry. It will look at the institutional context of the EU film industry, will work on the framings and strategies of cinema professionals, and will contribute to the building of future competitiveness.


Communication, Facts and Regulation for European Democracy (FREuDE)

Funded by: European Union • Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education Project
Duration: 2019-2022
PI: Katharine Sarikakis
Collaboration: Oleksandra Gudkova
Status: Completed


Refugee Education Initiatives II (REIs II)

Funded by: European Union • Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education Project
Start: 2019-2022
Co-PI: Katharine Sarikakis
Collaboration: Gert Tomita
Status: Completed


The importance of appearances: How suspects and accused persons are presented in the courtroom, in public and in the media

Funded by: European Union
Duration: September 2017 – June 2019
PI: Katharine Sarikakis
Collaboration: Krisztina Rozgonyi • Darya Novatorova • Markos Mpadanes
Status: Completed


Jean Monnet Chair of European Media Governance and Integration

Funded by: European Union
Duration: September 2016 – August 2019
PI: Katharine Sarikakis
Collaboration: Wagner Piassaroli Mantovaneli
Status: Completed


Refugee Education Initiatives (REIs)

Funded by: European Union • Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education Project
Duration: December 2016 – November 2018
Co-PI: Katharine Sarikakis
Collaboration: Yulia Belinskaya • Wagner Piassaroli Mantovaneli
Status: Completed


The Governance of cultural memory through audiovisual broadcast archives: Preservation and accessibility in four European countries

Funded by: FIAT/IFTA
Duration: April 2017 – September 2017
PI: Katharine Sarikakis
Collaboration: Krisztina Rozgonyi • Olga Kolokytha • Izabela Korbiel
Status: Completed