Dear members, The YECREA pre-conference workshops on *31 October 2018* at ECC 2018 in Lugano are now* FREE* of charge for all early career scholars thanks to funding from ECREA. Please circulate! The deadline for the three connected workshops is *15 June 2018*. The Young Scholars Network of ECREA (YECREA) is happy to invite students and early-career scholars to a full day of workshops in connection to the 7th European Communication Conference (ECC) in Lugano, Switzerland. 1) Workshop on Methodological Challenges: Opportunities and Challenges of Action Research 31 October 2018, 9.30 – 11.30 Senior facilitators: Jule Uldam (Roskilde University) and Tina Askanius (Malmö University) 2) Workshop on Academic Writing: Writing Academic Publications Based on Your Research 31 October 2018, 12.30 – 14.30 Senior facilitators: Prof Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt (Malmö University) and Alessandro Nanì (Tallinn University). 3) Workshop on Digital Methods: Researching Digital Media Environments 31 October 2018, 15.00 – 17.00 Senior facilitators: Andreas Hepp (ZeMKI, University of Bremen) and Cornelius Puschmann (Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research and Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society) More information on the following link: *http://yecrea.eu/ecc-lugano/ecc-yecrea-pre-conference/ <http://yecrea.eu/ecc-lugano/ecc-yecrea-pre-conference/>* Abstract submissions should be sent to yecreapreconf@gmail.com Furthermore, the workshops also include coffee (in Workshops 1 and 3), and lunch (Workshop 2). So do not hesitate and miss a great opportunity to attend this unique event! We are looking forward to seeing you! The Organisers: Johan Farkas (Malmö University) - Workshop 1 Anna Zsubori (University of Leicester) - Workshop 2 Inês Amaral (University of Minho) - Workshop 3