The Marie Curie ITN proposal ‘Mediating Islam in the Digital Age’ (MIDA) has been awarded.
An international consortium of research institutes, universities and non-academic partners
in six European countries has been awarded with a research grant from the Department for
Research and Innovation of the European Commission in June 2018. MIDA is coordinated by the ‘Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique’ (CNRS) in Paris. The consortium includes twelve beneficiaries and thirteen partner organisations. "PS Media" is one of them.
The MIDA-project rests on the premise that digitisation and technological innovation do
have a tremendous impact on Islam, the effects of which are diverse and ubiquitous, and
they are reminiscent of technical revolutions in the past such as print technology. The rapid
changes that are already occurring are generating a sense of loss of control and instability
among the general public, politicians, journalists, academics, and, not least, among Muslims
themselves. The spread of modern digital media and new technologies of communication,
production and dissemination, prompts researchers and social actors, Muslims and non-
Muslims alike, to make sense of and understand these developments.
MIDA assesses these developments in all their dimensions by formulating three major
questions: How does digitisation (1) shape Islam (i.e. beliefs, practices, societies, political organisations, social institutions, and outlooks); (2) modify the relations Muslims have with
their past; (3) modify and reorganize scholarship and research on Islam?
PS supports the MIDA project as a media creating and consulting partner and presents projects and ongoing research.