Yazan Badran

Prof. Yazan Badran is an Assistant Professor in International Media and Communication Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, affiliated with the ECHO: Media, Culture & Politics Research Group. His research focuses on media, journalism, and politics in the MENA region, particularly Syrian and Tunisian mediaspheres, and diasporic communities. He holds a PhD from VUB (2021), MSc in Communication Studies (2015), and BEng in Computer Science (2013).

• Affiliations: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, ECHO Research Group, Centre for Democracy, Signification, and Resistance.
• Teaching: BSc Social Sciences, MSc Communication Studies.

Research interests include emerging media systems, journalistic precarity, and media in conflict zones. Key projects include FWO-funded studies on pan-Arab satire and Syrian exiled journalism. Awards include the Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar (2018) and FWO fellowships (2016–2025).

Recent publications analyze media framing in Syria, Kurdish media in Iraq, and digital archives of conflict. He advises 26 students and collaborates with institutions in Turkey, Tunisia, and others. Active in editorial roles for Journalism Practice and Journal of Global Diaspora and Media.