Molale, Tshepang

I hereby nominate myself to IAMCR’s International Council in line with the election committee’s procedures. I believe I meet the minimum requirement required to serve in this body, as a young and aspiring academic from South Africa. My research interest lie in communication for social change at an institutional setting within the context of public participation in Municipal Integrated Development Planning (IDP) (see Molale, 2014; Molale, 2019), journalism studies (see Asak & Molale, 2020 in press), and in a scholarship for Teaching and Learning (see Asak, Molale & Enwereji, 2018). Moreover, I believe I am the relevant incumbent to join this council as it requires one’s initiative drive and critical thinking to make input that will shape the association’s core activities. These include capacity development of budding intellectuals (through excellence awards), the sustained creation of platforms for knowledge exchange opportunities for like-minded academics on a global scale to showcase cutting-edge and socially responsive research (through conferences and symposia), as well as fundraising. Furthermore, I strongly believe in IAMCR’s participatory approach towards the an all-inclusive and active involvement of academics from all over the world in shaping the association’s direction through the council’s work. For my short CV, follow this link.