Dr. Sadia Jamil
Associate Professor, School of International Communications, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
Dr. Sadia Jamil is an Associate Professor and Director of Research at the School of International Communications, The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China. She is also the former co-director of Institute of Mobile Studies at UNNC. She earned a PhD in Journalism (University of Queensland, Australia), a Master of Science in Media Management (University of Stirling, Scotland), and a M.A. in Mass Communication (University of Karachi). Dr. Jamil is the recipient of University of Queensland's prestigious awards inculding UQ's Centennial Award (2010) and IPRS Award (2010). She is the recipient of Cairo Air Crash Journalists Victim Memorial Gold Medal and Sardar Ali Sabri Memorial Gold Medal in Pakistan (2007).
She has taught courses at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi and in the past, at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Dr. Jamil is the Country Representative United Arab Emirates and China of Asian Media Information & Communication Centre (AMIC). She has served as the Vice-Chair of the Journalism Research and Education Section of the International Association of Media & Communication Research (IAMCR) between 2016-2020 and as the Chair of IAMCR's Journalism Research & Education Section between 2020-2025..
Dr. Jamil is also the co-editor of IAMCR and Palgrave book series, the 'Global Transformations in Media and Communication Book Series'. She serves the prestigious IAMCR & Palgrave books series as co-editor.
Dr Jamil is the Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, as well as International Journal of Indigenous Language Media and Discourse that is published by North-West University, South Africa. She sits in the editorial boards of international journals including Digital Journalism, Journalism Practice, World of Media, Media Watch and book series Bloomsbury – I.B. Tauris series, Political Communication & Media Practices in the Middle East & North Africa.
Dr. Jamil is one of the Ambassadors of Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA). She sits in the editorial board of six leading international journals in the areas of journalism, digital media, political communication, and media practices in the Middle East. She is serving as honorary advisor of Media Action Nepal as well.