[Commlist] CFP: Transitions in tension. Controversies and tensions around ecological transitions - Transitions en tension - Transiciones en tensión

Transitions in tension.

Controversies and tensions around ecological transitions.


A conference organised by the Research Group Communication, Environment, 
Science and Society (part of the French society of Information and 
Communication Sciences), UCLouvain, ULB.


Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 16-17 December 2021


Website: https://transition2021.scienceconf.org

info: (andrea.catellani /at/ uclouvain.be) <mailto:(andrea.catellani /at/ uclouvain.be)>


Please go to the website for a complete version of the call for papers 
(English version at page 16; Spanish version at page 28).


This conference aims to examine the discourses and communicational 
phenomena linked to ecological and energy transitions - we explicitly 
use the plural to indicate the complexity of the object in question. The 
polemical dimension of the communication surrounding the transitions - 
controversies, polemics, discussions, debates - and which mobilizes 
verbal language and all other types of semiotic de-vices (notably 
images, both still and moving), is in particular the focus of attention.


We want to involve researchers who analyze these phenomena with 
scientific tools from the humanities and social sciences in the 
reflection. Our focus is primarily on the information and communication 
sciences, but we also pay special attention to interdisciplinary 
projects or projects at the border between different disciplines. The 
conference is open to researchers working on different fields related to 
information and communication phenomena: media and journalism, digital 
social networks, political discourse, organisational communication, 
cultural and media industries, information sciences, etc.


Practical information

The conference will take place in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, in the 
premises of the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), on 16 and 17 
December 2021, and partially probably online.

■ Paper proposals, in French, Spanish or English, should include: first 
and last name, titles and functions, affiliation (e.g. university, 
laboratory), contact details of the author (e-mail); an abstract, 
between 5000 and 6000 characters including spaces and excluding 
bibliography, taking care to present the research problem and 
methodology; a bibliography; a short biography of the author in the 
third person singular (max. 1000 characters, including spaces) Authors 
are asked to respect the APA bibliographic standards. Specific 
instructions are proposed for participation in the round tables of axis 6.

■ A second file should include only a fully anonymised version of the 
abstract and bibliography (check that the author’s identity does not 
appear in the metadata).

■ Abstracts for contributions to the conference are due by 30 September 
2021, via the conference website: 
https://transition2021.sciencesconf.org/and 
<https://transition2021.sciencesconf.org/and> also by email to the 
following addresses: (andrea.catellani /at/ uclouvain.be) 
<mailto:(andrea.catellani /at/ uclouvain.be)> and (gregoire.lits /at/ uclouvain.be) 
<mailto:(gregoire.lits /at/ uclouvain.be)>. An email acknowledging receipt of 
the proposals will be sent.

■ If the proposal is accepted, the authors will be informed before the 
end of October 2021. An economic contribution may be requested from the 
selected authors.

■ A scientific publication is planned, following the conference.



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