From ash at leicester.ac.uk Thu Jun 11 09:21:53 2009 From: ash at leicester.ac.uk (Hansen, A.S.) Date: Sat Jun 13 08:16:12 2009 Subject: [PCST] CFP: Communicating the Environment (submission by 1 October 2009) Message-ID: <439DB4BD66E08F40903F804806A77AB3A61920209B@EXC-MBX1.cfs.le.ac.uk> Call for manuscripts for special issue of the International Communication Gazette Communicating the Environment Guest editors: Anders Hansen (University of Leicester, UK) and Julie Doyle (University of Brighton, UK) Manuscript deadline: 1 October 2009 2009 represents a significant year for International political negotiations on the environment, marked by the December meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, where a new global treaty on climate, to replace the Kyoto Protocol, will be established. As international governments seek political responses to global environmental problems, how environmental issues are communicated and given meaning is of equal importance, helping to shape public and political perceptions, and thus the kinds of responses/actions advocated to address environmental issues. This special issue focuses upon the role of the media, and mediation, in the construction and communication of contemporary environmental issues. As social actors, the mass media play a crucial role in defining and communicating about the environment. Yet their status and efficacy as environmental actors differs according to social, political, economic, national and local contexts. As environmental issues are also issues of justice and human rights, and as alternative forms of mediated communication seek to empower citizens as environmental communicators and activists, the question of democracy and power is central to how environmental issues are understood and addressed at the local, national and global level. Indeed, as global environmental change affects countries both differently and disproportionately, how the media frame and debate these issues is of crucial importance. With this special issue we invite contributions that examine the role of media in the definition, construction and communication of environmental issues. We welcome work from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. We particularly welcome papers offering a global and/or international comparative perspective, and we are keen that the issue should include contributions from Africa, South East Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Topics may include, but are not restricted to, the following: * Environmental justice, human rights and the media * Media, governance and environmental citizenship * Media representations of global environmental protest/activism * Alternative media and (local/national/global) activism * The politics of media coverage of environmental issues/environmental disasters * Environmental journalism, sources, PR and political spin * Environmental pressure groups and the media * Cultural constructions of nature and the environment Manuscripts should be prepared in English in Microsoft Word, and should not exceed 8,000 words including notes and references. Manuscripts should be accompanied by an abstract of 100-150 words and up to 10 keywords. The manuscript must contain a separate title page that should include: the title of the manuscript; the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s); full contact details of the author(s); the author's brief biographical information. Please send the manuscript as an email-attachment to Anders Hansen ash@le.ac.uk and Julie Doyle j.doyle@brighton.ac.uk by no later than 1 October 2009. From Susanna.Priest at unlv.edu Thu Jun 11 18:07:48 2009 From: Susanna.Priest at unlv.edu (Susanna.Priest@unlv.edu) Date: Sat Jun 13 08:16:24 2009 Subject: [PCST] Fw: Global Dialogue Conference Message-ID: P communication conference a extended. I hope to see a good num if this is a cross post for anyone - Susanna Priest --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Call for Papers--Submi ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Global Dialogue Conf GDC09: RESPONSIBILIT CLIMATE CHANGE AS CHALLENGE FOR INTERCULTURAL INQUIRY ON VAL November 3-6, Aarhus, Denmark -------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- An intern conference: [1]www.globaldialogueconference.org GDC09 is an integrated four-track meeting for researchers, journ alists, educators, and business representatives. Climate change r be motivated by direct p incentives alone. The aim of this conceptions of ecological responsibility across cu religions), and to explore the role of intercultural value stud for the development, communication, and practical implementation of new the interdisciplinary confere dialogue on values, as a means social innovation. The conferenc of the Global Dialogue Prize (www.globaldial We inv philosophy, pol religious studies, soci journalism and media science, manageme theory. Please submit abstracts (500 words) by& conference webpage for timeline and guideli publication venues. Possible topics to be add o Wh become a news o What type of actors and themes can attract the att journalists and get climate change onto the news agenda o How does environmental journalism operate and how does affect changes in individual behavior and public policy? o Is it possible to build a global public and what role can and should local media play in this effort? o At a ti few jour issues, h both accur o What is the appropriate role of journal industries offering market-based solutions o Can peace journalism help to preven social conflicts due to o Do journalists carry increasing responsib communication and if so, how will it affe References Visible links 1. 3D"http://www.globaldialogueco=/ Hidden links: 2. 3D"http://www.global=/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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My organisation, Danish Science Communication, is the organiser of the conference, which will be held on October 12 to 14 this year. 200 teachers from all over the world are expected to take part in the conference. I will be very grateful if you can pass on the information about this conference to relevant teachers in your country. The conference is open to secondary teachers, education researchers, civil servants and government officials, lecturers from teacher training colleges and universities with experience or interest in teaching climate change. Attached is an information flyer. More information can be found on www.ice2009.org Thank you for your help Mikkel ------------------- Mikkel Bohm Director Danish Science Communication Slotsgade 2, 4. tv. DK-2200 Copenhagen N Denmark Phone +45 70 20 86 20/mobile +45 20 22 46 33 Fax +45 70 20 86 21 Email mb@formidling.dk http://www.formidling.dk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: FLYER_ICE09.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 134804 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailmanlist.net/pipermail/pcst/attachments/20090615/867172f3/FLYER_ICE09-0001.pdf From kohlbauer at science2public.at Wed Jun 17 15:55:05 2009 From: kohlbauer at science2public.at (Sabine Kohlbauer) Date: Sat Jun 20 23:39:13 2009 Subject: [PCST] Call for Papers SciCom09 (Vienna) Message-ID: Call for Papers SciCom09 ?SciCom09 ? education, dialogue or event? Challenges for a target group-orientated science communication? Scicom09 is the second international and transdisciplinary conference on the topic of science communication in Austria, initiated and realised by science2public (www.science2public.at) in cooperation with the Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research (University of Klagenfurt, www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho) and the Vienna University of Technology (www.tuwien.ac.at). Please submit your paper until June 22nd 2009. Please visit the conference website www.scicom.co.at to receive more information: www.scicom.co.at (in German) Intentions SciCom09 is aiming for 4 main objectives: 1. Interprofessional and transdisciplinary reflection among the various players in science communication: scientists, media representatives, communicators, scholars and policy makers. 2. Analysis of communication processes and knowledge transfer among the mentioned players in science communication. 3. Illustration an examination of activities and formats in science communication with regard to their differing target groups. 4. Development of concrete recommendations for efficient, target group-orientated activities in science communication. Main issues SciCom09 addresses to the various players and differing target groups in science communication and seeks for successful activities and formats. Submission on current issues concerning science communication are appreciated as well. In particular SciCom09 deals with: 1. activities and concepts in science communication Which ways of knowledge transfer will be taken nationally and internationally in the future? Which activities and formats performed well (bad) in which contexts? Which setting can be established to value the success or failure of communication strategies? Which conceptions of responsibility and trust undergo the several practises of communication? 2. target groups in science communication focusing children and adolescents Which recipients receive which messages in which way? Who seeks for which topics? Which way of knowledge transfer is successful and reasonable? How can we deal with differing target groups: educational, experience-driven, participative, conversational, gender-specific? 3. players in science communication and their interests How are which players acting and in whose interest? Which rules, inherent to the system, are linked to these interests and enable or disable which communication process among which persons? Target groups The call for papers addresses to scientists as well as to media representatives, communicators, scholars, policy makers, students, and every other person who operates between science, media, education and cultural work. Contributions Please submit your contribution in form of speeches, discussion rounds, workshops, or in any other form of demonstration. Interactive and dialog orientated formats are highly appreciated. Furthermore, there is the possibility to present a whole panel. In that case you have to organise a two-hour program in course of the conference. Please outline a first draft in your submission. Submission Please send your submission to office@science2public.at or via mail to science2public, Stiftgasse 21/16, 1070 Vienna. Deadline: June 22nd 2009. Your proposals don?t have to be elaborated at that time. Your submission has to include: - headline - abstract (limited to 2500 characters) - if you submit a panel, please outline a first draft - short CV & photo (jpg.) - list of publications (selection) Your submitted documents (title, abstract, CV, photo, etc.) will be published in the agenda of the conference, on the website www.scicom.co.at and in other conference related promotion material. If there are any reasons which precluce a publication in advance please contact Sabine Kohlbauer: kohlbauer.sabine@science2public.at . Contributions can be presented in German or English. After June 22nd all submitted papers will be evaluated based on content, form and adequacy for the conference (see intentions and main topics). It is not possible to enforce a claim to acceptation of your contribution. Authors of accepted contributions will be informed till July 30th 2009. Venue SciCom09 takes place at the Vienna University of Technology (Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna). The University is in close proximity of public transportation: metro U2, U4 and U1 take you directly to the conference. For more information please visit the website of Vienna?s public transport: www.wienerlinien.at . Important dates Submission deadline: June 22nd 2009 (11:59 pm) Information about acceptation or refusal: July 30th 2009 (11:59 pm) SciCom09: November 16th to 17th 2009 Licensing Submitted titels, abstracts and information about the author will be published in the agenda of the conference, on the website www.scicom.co.at and in other conference related promotion material. If applicable the presentations will be recorded during the conference. These recordings are subjected to the same terms of licence as the submitted texts. Conference team Susanne Schwinghammer and Sabine Kohlbauer, science2public (www.science2public.at) Markus Arnold and Gert Dressel, Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research, University of Klagenfurt (www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho) Bettina Neunteufl, Vienna University of Technology (www.tuwien.ac.at) Contact Sabine Kohlbauer science2public kohlbauer@science2public.at T +43 (0) 1 890 4283 12 M +43 (0) 676 564 7085 From brian.trench at dcu.ie Thu Jun 18 10:29:19 2009 From: brian.trench at dcu.ie (Brian Trench) Date: Sat Jun 20 23:39:19 2009 Subject: [PCST] call for information on science comm PhD theses In-Reply-To: <4A1D4148.B6B4.006C.0@uni-klu.ac.at> References: <4A1D4148.B6B4.006C.0@uni-klu.ac.at> Message-ID: <4A3A16FF.8020109@dcu.ie> PCST network is collecting information about PhD theses completed since 2000 on topics in science communication and closely related areas. This information, with a classification by topic area and country, will be published on the web site, pcstacademy.org, and a review will be presented at PCST11 conference in 2010. This exercise is intended to provide an overview of current and recent research in the growing field of science communication that will support those starting in the field. It is also intended to promote networking between researchers in science communication. Information is sought on doctoral theses that addressed mainly or exclusively topics such as science in media, public communication by scientists and scientific institutions, history of popularisation, science museums and science centres, science festivals and events, public consultation in science-related policy, risk communication on science-related issues, and so on. For each thesis we seek the following details: Title; author; affiliation (university or similar); date of completion; supervisor(s); examiner(s); abstract (approx 250 words); where accessible (online or print). Brian Trench of the PCST network scientific committee and Maarten van der Sanden of University of Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) are leading this project. Summaries of theses, as outlined, should be sent by 1 October to M.C.A.vanderSanden@tudelft.nl An example of a completed summary can be had from Maarten at this email address and further information on this project can be had from Maarten or from brian.trench@dcu.ie This message is sent to mailing lists concerned with science communication. If you receive this message and know of a researcher or thesis supervisor to whom it might be relevant, please pass it on. Feel free also to post it to other relevant mailing lists. Thank you.