News https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/ Environmental Ideologies Map – Now online The Environmental Ideologies Map is a website that provides an online platform that explores competing ideological projects over human-nature relationships and the more-than-human world(s). https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/environmental-ideologies-map--now-online/ 683728 Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:59:28 +0100 Environmental Communication Day on tour This fall Environmental Communication Day will go on tour and you will be able to meet us in Stockholm, Gothenburg or Luleå. Welcome to a day of inspiration, experience-sharing and discussion on the challenges of environmental communication in practice. This year's theme is Conflicts and synergies in the sustainability transition. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/environmental-communication-day-on-tour/ 678145 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:11:27 +0100 Inauguration of the Moulding Nature Exhibition On 26 August, the exhibition Moulding Nature opens at Färgfabriken in Stockholm. The exhibition is a result of the work carried out in the Focus area Media and Art in the Mistra Environmental Communication programme. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/inauguration-of-the-moulding-nature-exhibition/ 677063 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:16:43 +0100 Toolbox for museums in the age of the climate crisis What is the role of museums in the climate crisis? How can museums contribute to creating change? A new toolbox is now available as a resource for navigating complex issues of environment and sustainability in the work at museums. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/toolbox-for-museums-in-the-age-of-the-climate-crisis/ 644492 Tue, 30 May 2023 14:59:52 +0100 CIAs and indigenous rights Differences between stakeholding and holding rights must be addressed in impact assessments of Indigenous land use. Concrete suggestions are worked out in a new Policy Brief. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/cias-and-indigenous-rights/ 644400 Tue, 30 May 2023 11:33:29 +0100 Short talks: research results from the programme On May 15th some of the researchers in Mistra Environmental Communication presented findings from the programme. The short talks were recorded and are now available on YouTube. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/short-talks-research-results-from-the-programme/ 644237 Mon, 29 May 2023 14:44:30 +0100 Work in the programme as a “Communicator-in-Residence” After the success of an artist-in-residence, we are excited to host a communicator-in-residence at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala in autumn 2023! https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/work-in-the-programme-as-a-communicator-in-residence/ 642490 Wed, 31 May 2023 08:29:06 +0100 Debattartikel Westin och Österbergh A decreasing will to consensus stymies work on climate transformation, says an op-ed from programme researchers. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/debattartikel-westin-och-osterbergh/ 641506 Wed, 10 May 2023 13:38:49 +0100 Årsrapporten släppt The third year of Mistra Environmental Communication has been about both new research and delivering results, as shown in the new annual report. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/arsrapporten-slappt/ 637858 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:56:48 +0100 Rapport vindkraft Researchers from Mistra Environmental Communication has released a report about information and disinformation regarding windpower. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/rapport-vindkraft/ 632814 Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:20:24 +0100 Akademiledamot Holmgren Sara Holmgren, researcher at the Mistra Environmental Communication programme, has been elected to The Royal Swedish Agricultural Academy. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/akademiledamot-holmgren/ 584133 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:37:17 +0100 Op-ed Ganesh Professor Shiv Ganesh of the Mistra Environmental Communication programme, together with professor Delaney Harness, asks why some SDGs are underreported in a new piece for DownToEarth magazine. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/op-ed-ganesh/ 582227 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:24:29 +0100 In Memoriam: Kjell Sjelin Kjell Sjelin – a pioneer of sustainable farming, who in his active engagement with land use research also contributed to our work in Mistra Environmental Communication – has passed away after a period of illness. This obituary is an edited and shortened version of a text first published in Upsala Nya Tidning on 24th October. The writing of the text was coordinated by Emil Sandström. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/in-memoriam-kjell-sjelin/ 579207 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:01:54 +0100 Residency Two artists, based in France and Switzerland, have been selected to work at the Mistra Environmental Communication artist residencies in Prague and Uppsala. The residency works will start in September. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/residency/ 529304 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:00:09 +0100 New podcast: Social movements and Change Can social movements effect change? SLU researcher Cristián Alarcón Ferrari talks about his experiences in a new episode of the Undercover Heroes podcast. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/new-podcast-social-movements-and-change/ 528424 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:07:41 +0100 Networked Silences The Mistra Environmental Communication program arranges a symposium about missing environmental communication on algorithmic platforms. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/networked-silences/ 523479 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:25:03 +0100 First forced displacements, then slaughter In a case study of a Swedish tv documentary, Nico Carpentier and Kirill Filimonov argue that nature has its own agency in resisting systems of meaning in discourses about forced displacements of Sàmi. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/first-forced-displacements-then-slaughter/ 523476 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:29:58 +0100 Program Meeting 2022 Research results, new acquaintances and lots of ideas - see some of the action from the Program Meeting 2022 here. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/program-meeting-2022/ 523474 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 11:31:11 +0100 Diversity or neglect as the city turns into new biotopes A new project from the Strategical Reserve investigates communication about new urban areas for biological diversity. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/diversity-or-neglect-as-the-city-turns-into-new-biotopes/ 516354 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:34:49 +0100 New toolbox for sustainability work in museums A new project develops improved tools for museums working with sustainability issues. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/new-toolbox-for-sustainability-work-in-museums/ 515363 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:01:46 +0100 New communications officer Mistra Environmental Communications gets a new temporary communications officer. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/new-communications-officer/ 513990 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:00:44 +0100 Open call for Artist-in-Residence in Uppsala Mistra Environmental Communication extends its Artists-in-Residence programme to Uppsala. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/open-call-for-artist-in-residence-in-uppsala/ 513828 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 09:47:13 +0100 Annual report for 2021 The annual report for the second year of the Mistra Environmental Communications research program has now been completed. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/annual-report-for-2021/ 513344 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:20:03 +0100 Undercover Heroes Podcast Aristeidis Progoulakis, Amelie C. Grassl and Baraka Lulandala are three Environmental Communication and Management master students who have started the Undercover Heroes Podcast. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/undercover-heroes-podcast/ 511962 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:46:50 +0100 Environmental communication – what is it, really? A so-called Artist-in-Residence (AiR) started within Mistra Environmetal Communication at the beginning of this year. The AiR is an exchange program where artists, curators and researchers collaborate in order to investigate the concept of environmental communication. Three universities are involved in the program: Charles University in Prague, University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The idea is that collaboration between researchers and artists expands the frames of conventional academic practices, thus allowing for new perspectives on environmental communication and related concepts. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/environmental-communication--what-is-it-really/ 511347 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:28:22 +0100 Are we on the same page? How hunters and their organisation communicate over data Many volunteers in Sweden help to collect data for, among other things, research and wildlife monitoring. But how does the communication between those who collect and report data and those who are interested in the results work? A group within Mistra Environmental Communication will take a closer look at this. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/are-we-on-the-same-page-how-hunters-and-their-organisation-communicate-over-data/ 501937 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:58:37 +0100 “Conceptualizations of Change” selected for PAF festival The film “Conceptualization of Change” has been selected for the Other Visions CZ competition, which is part of PAF Olomouc 2021, the 20th Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art. PAF Olomouc 2021 was originally scheduled for 2 to 5 December 2021, but has been rescheduled to 13 to 19 December because of the pandemic. It will now be an online event. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/conceptualizations-of-change-selected-for-paf-festival/ 498033 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:11:38 +0100 Storytelling for the planet The climate crisis is not just a crisis of rising temperature and declining biodiversity, it is also a crisis of imagination, as Amitav Ghosh famously argued. Societies do not implement the radical changes that are needed, because we lack the stories that help us to imagine how we can respond to a crisis on a planetary scale. But, what stories do we then need and how should they be told? These are questions that the project Storytelling for the planet sets out to investigate. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/storytelling-for-the-planet/ 498012 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:58:11 +0100 Environmental Communication Days are back – Welcome on November 16-17 Welcome to two days of inspiration, experience-sharing and discussion on the challenges of environmental communication in practice. We’ll meet on Zoom on November 16-17. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/environmental-communication-days-are-back--welcome-on-novemer-16-17/ 494849 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:58:40 +0100 The Wolf Talks continues From 12 to 17 October 2021, the Wolf Talks exhibition will be in the Hollar Gallery in Prague. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/the-wolf-talks-continues/ 492634 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:54:34 +0100 Wolf Talks: An arts-based research project Wolves can’t talk, can they? Or can they? Wolf Talks is an arts-based research project, created by Nico Carpentier. Wolf Talks is a part of The Fotograf Festival in Prague, opening on September 2. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/wolf-talks-an-arts-based-research-project/ 488679 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:24:09 +0100 First findings from Mistra Environmental Communication On May 20th, some of the researchers from Mistra Environmental Communication presented the first findings from the programme. Now the speedtalks are available. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/first-findings-from-mistra-environmental-communication/ 482786 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:32:01 +0100 Daniel Urey Färgfabriken Meet one of our partners, Daniel Urey who works as a process leader at Färgfabriken. The art gallery has had a mutual exchange with WP5 Art and media in the project Lyssna!, which is an exhibition in collaboration with Skellefteå Art Gallery and Virserum Art Museum. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/daniel-urey-fargfabriken/ 477909 Mon, 03 May 2021 09:11:28 +0100 Professor Anke Fischer's inaugural lecture On April 28, Anke Fischer, Professor of Environmental Communication, gave her inauguration lecture "The struggle over sustainability: On the co-construction of meaning in environmental governance". https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/professor-anke-fischers-inaugural-lecture/ 477149 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:10:32 +0100 Save the date – An afternoon of speedtalks on first findings from Mistra Environmental Communication What do we know about environmental communication that we did not know a year ago? On May 20th, we’ll take stock of the insights that are beginning to emerge from our work within Mistra Environmental Communication. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/save-the-date--an-afternoon-of-speedtalks-on-first-findings-from-mistra-environmental-communication/ 476977 Wed, 19 May 2021 10:07:45 +0100 Meet one of our partners – interview with Ida Wiking, Uppsala municipality Ida Wiking works as a development leader at Uppsala municipality. She collaborate with city planning in Uppsala within work package 1 Dialogues in governance for sustainability. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/meet-one-of-our-partners---interview-with-ida-wiking-uppsala-municipality/ 474423 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:10:44 +0100 New article published The article "Silencing/Unsilencing nature. A Participatory Visual Essay on the Right to Flourish" has been published in a special issue on "Arts-Based Research in Communication and Media Studies". https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/new-article-published/ 475304 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:10:35 +0100 A meeting between theory and practice - for change On the 18-19th of March, Mistra Environmental Communication held its fourth program meeting. The digital meeting gathered the participants to reflect in different sessions and workshops. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/a-meeting-between-theory-and-practice---for-change/ 473896 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:10:51 +0100 Panel discussions available from the Environmental Communication Days 2020 with English subtitles If you missed the Environmental communication Days 2020, you now have the chance to see recordings of two of the panel discussions. The panel discussions were held in Swedish, but English subtitles are available. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/panel-discussions-available-from-the-environmental-communication-days-2020-with-english-subtitles/ 469619 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:10:58 +0100 First "think/do-tank"(2) Mistra Environmental Communications' first think/do-tank will take place in February together with the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/first-thinkdo-tank2/ 463121 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:18:12 +0100 First "think/do-tank" Mistra Environmental Communications' first think/do-tank will take place in February together with the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/first-thinkdo-tank/ 456958 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:22:40 +0100 Interview with Berit Oscarsson Berit Oscarsson is the chair of the programme board for Mistra Environmental Communication. Berit is a professional communicator herself, and has been the Head of Communications at Naturvårdsverket, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, for ten years. What does she think about the research programme, and about communication for a more sustainable future? https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/interview-with-berit-oscarsson--chair-of-the-programme-board/ 453347 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:39:13 +0100 Third Programme Meeting The 3rd Mistra Environmental Communication programme meeting will take place on October 20-21. Once again, due to Covid-19, all sessions will be on Zoom. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/tredje-programmotet/ 449529 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:42:57 +0100 Amelia Mutter – new colleague in WP1 Amelia Mutter, PhD in technology and social change is now working for WP 1, government-led dialogue. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/amelia-mutter--new-colleague-in-wp1/ 444768 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 13:17:56 +0100 Mistra Environmental Communication participates in an exhibition at Färgfabriken Nico Carpentier, WP-leader for Work Package 5, Media and arts, participates in the Listen! exhibition at Färgfabriken in Stockholm, Sweden. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/mistra-environmental-communication-participates-in-an-exhibition-at-fargfabriken/ 444626 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:31:56 +0100 Second programme meeting held – online On June 16th-17th, Mistra Environmental Communication held its second big meeting – this time entirely online – inviting its programme partners which represent a wide range of actors in environmental communication. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/second-programme-meeting-held--online/ 440215 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:45:26 +0100 Webinars on Work Package 1-5 In the first week on June five webinars were held on Work Packages 1-5. If you couldn´t participate you now have the opportunity to see the recorded webinars. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/webinars-on-work-package-1-5/ 438362 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:45:27 +0100 New Communications Officer Maria Arpe is the new communications officer for Mistra EC and will join SLU and the programme in June 2020. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/ny-kommunikator/ 436195 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:45:44 +0100 Seminars on dialogue and disagreement It is important, but also difficult and challenging, to articulate disagreements in dialogue while maintaining constructiveness. This was the theme of two seminars with the Swedish Forest Agency (Skogsstyrelsen) and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket), facilitated by Mistra-EC’s Hanna Bergeå and Lars Hallgren. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/seminars-on-dialogue-and-disagreement/ 436193 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:31:05 +0100 First do/think tank in progress A ‘think/do tank’ is an overarching concept for some of the activities in Mistra Environmental Communication which bring research and practice more closely together, enabling us to overcome barriers between thinking and doing. A think/do tank creates a space where issues of relevance for societal partners connected to the programme are discussed and developed in a way that is useful for the participating partners and society in general. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/first-dothink-tank-in-progress/ 436188 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:46:20 +0100 SLU to host major research programme in environmental communication SLU, together with SWEDESD at Uppsala University, have won funding from the research foundation Mistra for a 54 million SEK research programme over 4 years. The programme aims to advance the understanding and practice of environmental communication. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/mistra-ec/news/slu-to-host-major-research-programme-in-environmental-communication/ 503234 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:48:58 +0100