Research Seminar - A journey through the Australian environmental movement ecosystem
A journey through the Australian environmental movement ecosystem
Presented by: Dr Robyn Gulliver
Date: Friday 3 June 2022
Time: 12–1pm
Location: Hybrid (Online via Zoom and in-person at the SCA Writer's Studio (Level 6, Michie Building))
Abstract
Our rapidly escalating environmental crisis is fuelling increasing environmental activism on both the global stage and in Australia. Whether advocating for the reduction of carbon emissions, restrictions on landclearing or the protection of local wetlands, this environmental activism ecosystem is diverse, complex and highly active. Yet we know little empirically about what factors influence the extent to which environmental activists are achieving their goals.
This presentation takes listeners through a journey exploring the activities and outcomes of the Australian environmental movement. Through applying a range of communication analysis techniques to a diverse range of data sources, findings from recent publications will be presented covering four topics; who the environmental movement actually is, what they are doing, why they are doing it, and what they are achieving. Although these findings highlight the power environmental activism has for effecting change, further work remains to identify an evidence-based suite of effective strategies more likely to prompt a rapid, meaningful response to the environmental crisis. The presentation will conclude with an overview of plans to advance this work.
Presenter
Dr Robyn Gulliver is a post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland. She is a multi-award winning environmentalist, writer and scholar who has served as an organiser and leader of numerous local and national environmental organisations. Her research focuses on the antecedents and consequences of environmental activism. Recent publications include The Advocates, Civil Resistance against Climate Change and the Psychology of Effective Activism.
About Research Seminar and Workshop Series
School of Communication and Arts Research Seminar Series
The research seminar and workshop series occur each semester, each with a different topic and guest speaker from UQ or otherwise.
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Friday, 31 March Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | From Fatigue Studies to Burnout: A Brief History of Work Exhaustion | A/Prof Elizabeth Stephens |
Friday 21 April Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the SCA Writer's Studio
| Professor Anna Johston and Dr Paolo Magagnoli | |
Monday, 24 April Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | Structured Like a Language Model: Analysing AI as an Automated Subject | Dr Luke Munn |
Friday, 27 April Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | ‘Being with:’ Multimedia images as collaborative agents with human performers in posthuman performance | Dr Abbie Trott |
Friday, 5 May Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | Dr Helen Marshall, Dr Amanda Niehaus, and Ms Joanne Anderton | |
Wednesday, 10 May Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | Silly, Sentimental, Sweet: Taking Japanese Girls' Stories Seriously | Dr Lucy Fraser (School of Languages and Cultures, UQ) |
Friday, 12 May Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | ‘To Prep or Not to Prep?’ Autoethnographic Reflections Regarding the Prospect of Everything Falling Apart | Dr Tom Doig |
Friday, 19 May Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | Dr Caroline Graham | |
Friday, 26 May Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | “You may think you know what you’re dealing with but believe me, you don’t.” A conversation about the achievement and legacy of Chinatown. | Michael Eaton and Prof. Jason Jacobs |
Monday, 29 May Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the | Dr Karin Sellberg (School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry) |