Crisis2021 Exploring a More Sustainable World   Crisis, Activism, and Stakeholders
Channel: Audra Lawson
Date: 2021-04-09

Globally, when the COVID-19 pandemic begins to subside ‘business as usual’ will mean addressing issues of sustainability as the ‘wicked problems’ of sustainable consumer consumption, climate change, refugees, the victims left in the wake of crises and disasters become increasingly relevant to all populations. The presentations in this session will be exploring the role of communication as we forge a more sustainable world. Each of the presentations in this panel explores a different aspect of creating a more sustainable world and the intersection of stakeholder attitudes or behaviors, activism, and the role that different types of organizations will play in shaping this future. These presentations suggest there are meaningful roles for all segments of society to play from actions we can all take towards more responsible consumption to the actions that organizations can take in shaping support and care for the most vulnerable in society. We hope that you will join us for a robust and interdisciplinary discussion about developing a more sustainable world. 

Tanja Habermeyer & Marina Sandmann (University of Augsburg, Germany)Emotions as Frames to Mobilize Recipients in a Crisis? Analyzing Communication Strategies Dealing with Clothing Mass-Production

Delia Dumitrica (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands) & Giuliana Sorce (Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany)Adapting Activist Repertiores of Action to the Pandemic: The Case of Fridays for the Future

Tanja Habermeyer, Janine Nadine Blessing, & Rebecca Hellmeier (University of Augsburg)Combatting the Meat Consumption Crisis: Effects of Activists' Communication Strategies for a More Sustainable Nutrition

Kjell Brataas (Senior Communications Advisor, Billingstad, Norway)Constructing Victim Support In the Aftermath of a Crisis

Yijing Wang (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)Addressing the Refugee Crisis But How? The Impact of Corporate Refugee Support on Employee Attitudes Through Perceived Organizational Morality