[CogSci] Registration now open - Communicating climate hope: Countering eco-anxiety and climate doomism in research and practice

[Stickles, Elise]

Communicating climate hope: Countering eco-anxiety and climate doomism in research and practice
University of British Columbia and Tilburg University
Vancouver, BC, Canada; Tilburg, Netherlands, August 15-16, 2024
Website: climatehope2024.com<https://climatehope2024.com/>

About the conference
As the impacts of the climate crisis rise, we are also seeing a rise in eco-anxiety. Although experiencing such emotions may inspire some to act, for many the result is doomism, and a resulting inability to act. Therefore, the current Climate Hope event aims to explore the vital role of effective communication in fostering hope and driving positive action in the context of climate change. The rise in eco-anxiety and doomism reflects a disconnect between understanding the climate crisis and acting to affect positive change. Communication plays a vital role in resolving this disconnect, aiming to understand the ways in which people think and talk about the problem, and to develop ways to promote beneficial framings and narratives that can contribute to positive, collective change. We see that academics across a range of disciplines are increasingly interested in studying climate literacy, effective climate communication, and positive coping mechanisms. However, for research to be truly impactful, it must be applied to real-life issues. This can be difficult for a simple reason – academics do not always talk to people outside the academic world, even though they are probably working on similar questions. Therefore, the current event aims to bring together scholars, communication professionals, activists, artists and change-makers in a two-day conference on the communication of climate hope.

Registration
Register to attend the conference in person or online at either venue here<https://climatehope.sites.olt.ubc.ca/home-page/registration/>. There are reduced rates for students; Indigenous peoples; attendees from low-income and middle-income economies; and online-only attendees. Early bird registration fees are available through June 30. After June 30, registration rates will go up. Registration will close on July 31.

Venues
The Climate Hope conference has a “distributed-hybrid” design, which means that it will be held in-person at two local hubs: one in Europe (Tilburg University, the Netherlands), and one in North America (University of British Columbia – Vancouver, Canada). This distributed design allows for small group engagement and enables more sustainable local travel. The hybrid design enables collaboration at-a-distance, allowing real-time and asynchronous communication between hubs and with remote participants.

Invited Speakers: University of British Columbia

  *   Teenie Matlock<https://teeniematlock.com/>, Department of Cognitive & Information Sciences, University of California Merced, USA
  *   Naoko Ellis<https://chbe.ubc.ca/naoko-ellis/> and Derek Gladwin<https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/derek-gladwin/>, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering and Department of Language & Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  *   Ashley Fairbanks<https://ziibiing.com/>, Creative Director, 100% Campaign, Minnesota, USA

Invited Speakers: Tilburg University

  *   Noelle Aarts<https://www.ru.nl/personen/aarts-m>, Institute for Science in Society, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  *   Reyer Gerlagh<http://www.gerlagh.nl/>, School of Economics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
  *   Jenny Pickerill<https://www.jennypickerill.info/>, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Elise Stickles, UBC site co-organizer
on behalf of the Communicating Climate Hope 2024 Conference<http://climatehope2024.com> organizing committee
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Elise Stickles, PhD (she, her)
Assistant Professor
email: elise.stickles at ubc.ca<https://mailto:elise.stickles@ubc.ca>
website: https://elisestickles.com

The UBC Vancouver campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).

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