Call for papers COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CRISIS AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
2nd International science communication conference Ljubljana, 10-11 October 2024
Submission of abstracts: 30 April 2024
Notification of acceptance: 1 June 2024
The conference organised by the University of Ljubljana, online journal Alternator and theMuseums and Galleries of Ljubljana aims to bring together experts active in sciencecommunication (and related fields) research, practice, training, or education.The heat waves, forest fires and catastrophic floods of summer 2023 as well as recordbreakingtemperatures across Europe and other parts of the world were just one of manyrecent extreme weather events that contributed to the increasing media attention to climatechange and, more importantly, emerging climate crisis. The latter is not just another topic onpolitical and media agenda but is rather a systemic challenge that societies face “fromeveryday life choices to the very foundations of the economy, social interests and powerrelationships” (Kunelius & Roosvall, 2021, p. 1). Moreover, the discursive struggles over themeaning of climate change and the problematisations it entails have a long lifespan and thenotion of climate change which is invested with antagonisms circulates in a variety of societalfields, including academia, politics, everyday life, and the media (Filimonov & Carpentier,2022, p. 111). Among others, Schäfer and Painter (2020) have highlighted that the ecosystemof climate communication (and journalism) is changing, but research is still too focused ontraditional media outlets and their content or output (instead of production and sources).
These are just some of the issues that the conference aims to address within the wider topicof communicating climate crisis and extreme weather events.
The conference organisers therefore invite papers based on either theoretical research or on case studies to discuss any of the following themes related to the theme of the 2024 conference: – The science of climate change: challenges and opportunities for communicating findings – Climate change and science communicators – Climate journalism: attitudes, norms, role perceptions – Climate change and traditional media – Online media and climate change – Climate scepticism and denialism – Climate change and climate crisis in the media – Climate change and sustainability – Climate change and agriculture – Climate change activism and climate protests – Political populism and climate change – Communicating extreme weather events – Framing climate events and policy – Climate change in literature, film, and television
This is an unexhausted list. You are welcome to submit a proposal outside of this list ifthe topic broadly fits the conference main theme. Graduate students are also encouragedto contribute to a special student’s session on the conference theme.
Please submit your proposal of a paper or a session (maximum 300 words), together with ashort biography (maximum 100 words) and affiliation information to the organising committee(science.communication /at/ uni-lj.si) by 30 April 2024.
The official language of the conference is English: all the proposals should be submitted in English; the presentations will also be in English.
Confirmed keynote speakers: James Painter, Reuters Institute, Oxford University,Anastasia Denisova, Westminster University, Matjaž Ličer, Slovenian Environment Agencyand National Institute of Biology, Tjaša Pogačar, University of Ljubljana.