24 February 2026
SCAIRY (Sustainable Climate Action through Interdisciplinary Research in YUFE) is proud to announce its inaugural seminar on the topic of “Climate and Communication”. Scheduled for 20 March 2026 at 14:00–16:30h CET
This ECR-led event invites participants to explore the multifaceted aspects of communication within the context of the climate crisis. This seminar is structured around three distinct yet interconnected approaches to communication: sociological discourse, biological interaction, and academic responsibility.
The session will open with Ho Won KIM (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle) and Tania Hernández González (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), who will present on “Communication as Climate Discourse.” Their talk will navigate the complex tensions between various narratives and discourses surrounding climate change today, with a special focus respectively on degrowth perspectives and corporate strategies. Following this, Tihomir Simin (University of Eastern Finland) will shift the perspective to the natural world, exploring communication in a biological context. This session will delve into how biological entities interact and communicate, offering a vital non-human perspective on the changing environment. The presentations will be moderated by Léa Robin (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle).
The seminar will conclude with a roundtable discussion that positions communication as a core responsibility of researchers working on the climate crisis. Together with award-winning filmmaker Amy Lauren and deputy director of the center of marine environmental sciences (Marum), i.e. Prof. Dr. Elda Miramontes García from the University of Bremen, the discussion will examine communication as a double-edged sword: on the one hand, as a powerful tool for fostering public understanding, trust, and engagement; on the other, as a source of growing pressure, exposure, and ethical tension for scholars navigating polarized debates, media dynamics, and institutional expectations. Drawing on perspectives from the social and natural sciences, the roundtable aims to reflect on how researchers can communicate climate knowledge responsibly, without oversimplification or loss of scientific integrity, and without being penalized by academic systems that often frame communication as time “wasted” away from research.
The roundtable discussion will be moderated by Julia Pamphile dos Santos (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Luz Maria Mejia (University of Bremen) and Aaron Van Poecke (University of Antwerp).
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