[ecrea] CfC: Global Handbook of Communications and Sustainable Development

Call for Chapters

Global Handbook of Communicationsand Sustainable Development

In 2015 several member states of the United Nations agreed on the 
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or what is known as the 2030 
Agenda. The SDGs are expected to address major global challenges such as 
poverty alleviation, access to education, addressing inequality, climate 
change, improving access to quality 
healthcare, eradicating hunger, ensuring environmentalsustainability, 
promoting innovation and infrastructural developmentamong others.

To what extent are the intended beneficiaries of this ambitious 
plan aware of the 2030 agenda? What is the role of the media in 
communicating for sustainable development? Are the efforts to 
communicate the global goals reaching the target beneficiaries or do 
they end up as gathering of elites in major capitals with little to show 
for in terms of impact for the ordinary people? How can communication be 
utilized to address the challenges of achieving sustainable development? 
How is the digital media being utilized in communicating for sustainable 
development? How can communication serve as a tool for community 
empowerment in achieving sustainable development?

These are some of the questions that the Global Handbook of 
Communications and Sustainable Development would seek to address. The 
book, expected to be published by Palgrave Macmillan seek 
contributions that provide critical analysis, empirical research, 
theoretical insights and practical examples on communication and 
sustainable development. Themes to be covered by the book include, but 
not limited to the following areas:

• History of communication and sustainable development
• Theories of communication and sustainable development
• Communicating the global goals (17 SDGs and 169 targets)
• Regional experiences in communicating sustainable development (Africa, 
Asia, Europe, North & Latin America)
• Communication,sustainable development and social change
• Communication, sustainable development and social Justice
• Elite discourse, language and sustainable development
• Digital media and sustainable development
• Journalism and sustainable development
• Citizen journalism and sustainable development
• International communication and sustainable development
• Communication, foreign policy and sustainable development
• Communication, fragility, resilience and sustainable development
• Sustainable development and peace communication
• Role of international multilateral development agencies in 
communicating sustainable Development
• Role of NGOs and civil societies in communicating sustainable development
• Role of traditional institutions in communicating sustainable development
• Public Service Broadcasting and sustainable development
• Corporate communications for sustainable development
• Comparative approaches in communicating sustainable Development
• Communication and financing for sustainable development
• Challenges in communicating sustainable development
• Diasporic media and sustainable development
• Communication policy and sustainable development
• Communication, innovation and sustainable development

Time line

Authors should submit an abstract of 250-300 words to the editor, 
Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u, (mjyushau /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(mjyushau /at/ gmail.com)>

Deadline for submission of abstracts:30th October 2018

Notification for accepted abstracts: 30th December 2018

Full chapters: 30th March 2019 (5000-8000 words maximum)

All abstracts should contain the following information:

• Title of chapter
• Full name of author(s)
• Affiliation
• Email address and other contact details
• Short bio (150 words maximum)



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