[Air-L] ​Invitation | City St George's, U of London | MCCI Connect: A Seminar Series Bridging Research, Innovation, Education, and Professional Practice

[Devina Sarwatay]

The Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries (MCCI), School of
Communication and Creativity (SCC), City St George's, University of London
(CSG) invites you to *MCCI Connect*: A Seminar Series Bridging Research,
Innovation, Education, and Professional Practice!

Please join us for the 2nd event of its 2025/26 academic year where *MCCI
Connect* welcomes an amazing panel on 'Graphic Refuge' with Dr Dominic
Davies, MCCI and Prof. Candida Rifkind, University of Winnipeg with Dr
Ernesto Priego, CSG and Dr Mihaela Precup, University of Bucharest. Graphic
Refuge is the first in-depth study of comics about refugees, asylum
seekers, migrants, and detainees by artists from the Global North and South
(https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/G/Graphic-Refuge).

Date: Wednesday, 19th November 2025
Time: 5 pm
Room: C309, Tait Building, Clerkenwell campus (in-person & online)
Details & Registration:
https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2025/november/graphic-refuge/

*MCCI Connect* aims to foster connections between traditionally siloed
areas, encouraging interdisciplinary and cross-sector dialogue. Our focus
is emphasising integration and collaboration through these events which are
organised by MCCI Research Lead, Dr Carolina Matos and supported by MCCI
Presidential Fellow, Dr Devina Sarwatay.

This event is free and open to the public, with prior registration required
for both in-person and online attendance. Light refreshments will be
provided to in-person attendees. Attendees are encouraged to share their
experiences on social media using the hashtag *#MCCIConnect* and
*#CityStGSCC*.

We look forward to welcoming you to an evening of critical dialogue
bridging research, innovation, education, and professional practice! Please
also see other *MCCI Connect* events planned over the 2025-26 academic year:

February 4th 2026, 5 pm | Gen Z Market Research | Karis O'Leary-Smith, One
Minute to Midnight and Konrad Collao, Craft, in conversation with Ayesha
Taylor-Camara, MCCI
Event details & Registration:
https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2026/february/bridging-research-innovation-education-and-professional-practice-market-research/

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April 15th 2026, 5 pm | Reflections on practice-led climate fiction
research | Jasmin Kirkbride, University of East Anglia
Event details & Registration:
https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2026/april/mcci-connect-reflections-on-practice-led-climate-fiction-research

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May 7th 2026, 5 pm | Sustainable Storytelling in Fashion Media: Reorienting
Sartorial Desire | Morna Laing, The New School, Parsons Paris in
conversation with Rosie Findlay, MCCI
Event details & Registration:
https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2026/may/mccis-connect-bridging-research-innovation-education-and-professional-practice-event-sustainable-storytelling-in-fashion-media-reorienting-sartorial-desire/

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May 27th 2026, 5 pm | The Politics of National Promotion: Nation Branding
and the State in Latin America - MCCI & Journalism Joint Event | Cesar
Jimenez-Martinez, London School of Economics and Political Science
Event details & Registration:
https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2026/may/mccis-connect-bridging-research-innovation-education-and-professional-practice/



*Devina Sarwatay, PhD*

Presidential Fellow
<https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/devina-sarwatay>

Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries

School of Communication & Creativity

City St George’s, University of London

Northampton Square

London EC1V 0HB

My pronouns are she/her

Email: devina.sarwatay at citystgeorges.ac.uk

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk <http://www.city.ac.uk/>

@DevinaSarwatay

Vice-Chair, Media Education Research, IAMCR <https://iamcr.org/>

International Liaison, Children Adolescents and Media Division, ICA
<https://www.icahdq.org/>

Publishing ThinkIN Group, The British Academy
<https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/>


*Selected publications:*

🆕Social Media + Society: Kidfluencers in India
<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20563051251356169>

🆕Children, Media, and Technology: Access/Use
<https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003453123-3/access-use-devina-sarwatay-usha-raman?context=ubx&refId=611d0dfe-3004-4dcb-956b-2b265f0c794a>

Journal of Autoethnography: From the Self to the Community
<https://online.ucpress.edu/joae/article-abstract/4/2/298/196099/From-the-Self-to-the-CommunityExperiences-of-a>

Media International Australia: Exploring children’s TikTok cultures in India
<https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X221127037>

🏆Information, Communication & Society: Young People and Social Media in
India <https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1988129> (ICA CAM Best
Published Article 2023)
Frontiers in Human Dynamics: Media Literacy, Social Connectedness, and
Digital Citizenship in India
<https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2021.601239/full>

Wiley-Blackwell: Young People's Meme Cultures in India
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119166900.ch6>

Journal of Communication: Decolonizing Open Science
<https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab027>


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