[Commlist] CFP - Symposium: Communication for evidence-informed policy-making in crisis management

**Call for papers**
Getting ready for trouble: communication for evidence-informed 
policy-making in crisis management
An international scientific symposium and stakeholder workshop
organised by the Belgian Pandemic Intelligence Network (BE-PIN)
Brussels, 27-28 November 2025
This event wants to bring together the research traditions connected to 
evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM): science communication research, 
risk communication, political communication, organisational 
communication, knowledge exchange, journalism studies, crisis management 
and political sciences.
We welcome empirical and theoretical contributions with a special focus 
on the communication processes for EIPM in the context of the management 
of crises such as pandemics and other emergencies (natural disasters or 
incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear agents, 
usually grouped under the acronym CBRN).
In those contexts, we propose to analyse two intertwined levels of 
communication that are crucial to understand: 1) the organisation of 
scientific knowledge exchange between a diversity of stakeholders 
(amongst others: researchers, professionals, knowledge brokers, interest 
organisations and policy-makers); and 2) public communication explaining 
the policy decisions and managing the risks produced by public 
administrations, university press offices, scientists, journalists, etc.
Themes:
- Science communication as part of crisis management
- From (scientific) evidence to decisions: the communication processes 
of EIPM related to crisis preparedness and response
- Public communication of (evidence-informed) policy during a crisis
- Citizen perspectives on and expectations of public policy 
communication during crises
- Ethics and governance of EIPM in crisis times
- Professional knowledge and competences for an efficient EIPM ecosystem

Participation to the event will be free of charge for those presenting 
accepted papers.

Please submit a 300-word abstract, indicating the theme you want to 
contribute to, by 15 June 2025 (toingrid.van.marion /at/ ulb.be)

Location and program details will be available at the BE-PIN research 
project website once the selection of papers has been made:
https://www.pandemicintelligence.be/event-details/getting-ready-for-trouble
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