Following the very successful Summer School of last summer, the first announcement of the 2012 ISCRAM Summer School is now out! The Summer School will again take place in Tilburg, the Netherlands, from August 15 to 24 2012. At the Summer School, we will discuss the role of social media in humanitarian crisis response and relief. Social Media experts from academia and practice will provide their experiences and views, looking back at recent humanitarian crises and reflecting on future use and impact.

The target audience for the Summer School is both PhD students and experienced Practitioners to attend the 2012 ISCRAM Summer School.

• Students in PhD programs in Information Systems, Computer Science, Organization Research, Management Science or in other fields with research interests related to (humanitarian) crisis management are eligible for nomination.

• Practitioners and full-time professionals active in the humanitarian sector. The Summer School is particularly interested in humanitarian practitioners with significant field experience looking for possible ways to improve their day-to-day practices through the use of frameworks that formalize and extend the practical competence they already possess.

To quote one of the participants of last year: " The ISCRAM summer school was one of the most encouraging thing that happened during my doctoral studies. I got to meet people with the same interest in crisis management, either techies or people oriented, but all sharing this same passion. Gathering students, academics and professionals from everywhere, all driven "to make a difference", no wonder the atmosphere was just "AAA" and the exchanges were outstanding. I know it's sometimes hard to organize the time and money for a summer school during your PhD, but my advice is...fight for it, it's worth it! That's all I have to say about that :)"

Application deadline is April 2nd, 2012. Regular updates on the program can be found at http://www.iscram.org/summerschool2012 .