[Commlist] Conference CFP #THINKClimaConference "Lobbying for (in)action: Climate Emergence, Interest Groups and Denial"

Call for Papers
[Online] #THINKClimaConference "Lobbying for (in)action: Climate 
Emergence, Interest Groups and Denial"
26th & 27th of May, 2021
Organized by Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

The theme of this virtual conference is found at the intersection of 
climate change, denial and interest groups (such as lobbies, think tanks 
and any type of advocacy organization). The event aims to encourage 
researchers in any area of the social sciences to focus on the role of 
interest groups in delaying climate policies through an awareness of the 
complexity of climate change denial. We therefore invite abstracts (of 
no more than 500 words) related to this complexity promoting climate 
inaction and the current climate crisis pertaining, but not limited to, 
the following topics:
- Strategic communication, public relations and media coverage of 
interest groups involved in climate inaction: media representation, 
lobbies and think tanks’ rhetoric, discourse analysis, discursive 
networks, communication strategies, etc.
- Public Affairs, interest groups theory and practice connected to 
climate inaction: institutional relations, profiles of key pressure 
groups, network coalitions, the political economy of lobbies and think 
tanks, etc.
- Anthropocentrism and speciesism in climate inaction connected to 
interest groups: animal agriculture lobbies, dietary guidelines and 
lobbies, think tanks related to the industry, etc.
- Androcentrism and patriarchy in climate inaction connected to interest 
groups: toxic and new masculinities, ecomodernism, industrialism, 
masculine-driven techno-utopias, etc.
- Neoliberalism, the rise of far-right ideologies and interest groups: 
conservative narratives, right-wing populism, the making of neoliberal 
knowledge, the links between the rise of the far-right and climate 
change denial, etc.
- Other topics connected to interest groups and climate inaction: 
climate justice, climate change activism, environmental advocacy, the 
sociology of climate change denial, animal ethics and advocacy, etc.

We strongly encourage critical perspectives. The conference will be held 
virtually on 26 and 27 May, 2021 (full schedule TBD) and will encompass 
a mix of both synchronous and asynchronous presentations, including 
keynotes by distinguished scholars in the field of climate change denial 
research (TBD).

Check the full Call for Papers here: 
https://www.upf.edu/web/thinkclima/thinkclima-conference-may-2021 
<https://www.upf.edu/web/thinkclima/thinkclima-conference-may-2021>

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