People Speaking Back? Media Democracy and Empowerment in East Africa (MEDIeA)

MEDIeA is a collaborative research program between Denmark, Kenya and Tanzania. Three universities – one Danish and two East African – have teamed up for the program, started in 2009 and scheduled to end in 2013: Roskilde University (RUC) from Denmark, the University of Nairobi from Kenya, and the University of Dar es Salaam from Tanzania. The program will comprise six individual research projects with a Kenya focus and a Tanzania focus, supplemented by an International Reference Group of leading experts in media, empowerment and democracy –theorists and practitioners. Dissemination, capacity building and policy dialogue are additional components of the program.