{"product_id":"9781032782478","title":"Critical Introduction to Environmental Communication","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCritical Introduction to Environmental Communication\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMalte Rödl | Amelia Mutter | Anke Fischer | Camilo Calderon | Lars Hallgren\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Development \/ Sustainable Development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new textbook introduces environmental communication as a sociocultural practice and an integral part of governance processes. It promotes change-oriented, critical and reflective environmental communication practice in a way that is both accessible and relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExisting textbooks emphasise instrumental and normative perspectives on environmental communication, advising readers on how to effectively communicate environmental issues to encourage more sustainable practices. This book expands on these perspectives while also introducing other approaches to understanding environmental communication that highlight its constitutive role in social change. It consists of three central themes that:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContextualise environmental communication within critical social science research through conceptual lenses such as social practices, governance and power.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscuss different understandings of communication and conflict that are relevant for environmental communication research and practice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplore what it means to engage in environmental communication in a complex world, from facilitating dialogue processes to navigating digital platforms and planning communication campaigns and activism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRich in pedagogical features, \u003ci\u003eA Critical Introduction to Environmental Communication\u003c\/i\u003e uses case study examples, reflective exercises and further reading recommendations to embed learning. Overall, it is an essential resource for students, as well as for practitioners in environmental communication and governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors work in the Division of Environmental Communication at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. They conduct research on a wide variety of environmental and sustainability issues, approaching environmental communication from a range of social science perspectives. All of them teach in the Master’s programme \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Communication and Management\u003c\/i\u003e, which attracts students from all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalte Rödl \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor of environmental communication, investigating the interactions between people, technology and environmental issues. Malte’s research combines insights from science and technology studies, information studies and sociology to explore the implications of digitisation for societal capacity to negotiate environmental concerns. Malte holds a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK (2019), and has lived in Sweden since 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmelia Mutter\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher and teacher of environmental communication. She earned her PhD in Technology and Social Change in 2020 from Linköping University, Sweden, where her research focused on future energy imaginaries. Her research interests concern the role of new technologies, imaginaries and understandings of science and expertise in sustainability transitions, as well as the role of different stakeholders in co-constructing these.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnke Fischer \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of environmental communication. After her PhD at the University of Göttingen, Germany (2004), she moved to Scotland, where she did research on meaning-making and conflict related to land use and sustainability issues, combining perspectives from psychology, sociology and governance studies. Between 2010 and 2012, she lived in Tanzania and Ethiopia, focusing her research on questions of wildlife management. Since moving to Sweden in 2019, her work examines the discursive construction of climate policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamilo Calderon \u003c\/b\u003eis a lecturer and researcher specialising in collaborative governance, and Study Director of the Master’s programme \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Communication and Management\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds a PhD from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2013). His work on collaboration spans energy transitions, urban renewal, sustainable development and public space design. His current research explores how inclusive decision-making can address challenges linked to climate change, rapid urbanisation, polarisation and public resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLars Hallgren \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior lecturer. With a PhD in environmental communication from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2003), his research examines communication in conflict and collaboration contexts as well as metadiscourses in professional environmental communication cultures. He has been involved in education in environmental communication since 1995 and has been instrumental in initiating, designing and implementing the Master’s programme in \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Communication and Management \u003c\/i\u003esince its inception in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032782478\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e362\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63547467464844,"sku":"9781032782478","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032782478","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}