Lecture Prof. Max Boykoff: 'Climate change communication to advance conversations, engagement and action'

On October 7 Prof. Max Boykoff of the University of Colorado Boulder, will give a lecture called: 'Climate change communication to advance conversations, engagement and action: media portrayal and comedy experimentation'.

Boykoff: 'Deliberations about environmental issues in our lives at the science-policy-society interface can often get stuck. In this session, I will highlight what kinds of climate communications work where, when, why, how, and under what conditions – within interlocking communication ecosystems – in efforts to enact productive and positive change. I will first touch on analyses of news-based communications about climate change. Second, I will walk through exploration/experimentation with comedy as a vehicle to productively, positively and powerfully advance climate change awareness, engagement and action. Third, I will broaden out to larger, intersecting considerations of creative climate communications at multiple scales and contexts that seek to more effectively influence attitudinal and behavioral changes.'

About

Maxwell Boykoff is a Professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Colorado Boulder, and is a Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. He is the inaugural Faculty Executive Director of the Buckley Center for Sustainability Education.

He has ongoing research interests in science and environmental communications, science-policy interactions, political economy, business and the environment (with negotiations, marketing and advertising concentrations).

Boykoff has experience working in several country contexts, and is a co-author and editor of seven books and edited volumes, along with many articles, reports and book chapters. He also leads the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) while he co-Directs Inside the Greenhouse.

Organisation

This event is organised by the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies and the European Climate Pact. Registration is not necessary.