[Commlist] New call for book proposals - Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change

With 25 volumes published and more in the pipeline, _Palgrave Studies in 
Communication for Social Change 
<https://link.springer.com/series/14642>_ is one of a kind, widely cited 
and considered the key book series in the field. With the benefit of 
hindsight, the objectives of enabling the publishing of books that have 
pushed boundaries, explored new thinking and expanded the framework for 
engaging with CSC, have largely been met. The works published straddle a 
number of areas and themes – data activism, social movements, 
investigative journalism, community radio, critical issues related to 
communication and culture, feminist media practices, and new 
interpretations of keywords, concepts and approaches in the theorising 
and practice of CSC, written by authors from across the world. Many 
scholars who have published in our series are globally significant 
academics while others are emerging in the field. This combination has 
contributed to what we consider a happy inclusivity.

Given the success of the series, the co-editors,_Elske van de Fliert and 
Pradip Thomas <https://communication-social-change.centre.uq.edu.au/>_, 
are opening a new call for proposals with a focus on emerging areas that 
are fundamental to an understanding of CSC in the current context. These 
areas will be characterised by the need for action and sustainability, 
as our societies are increasingly shaped by imperatives largely driven 
by digitally inspired change models – with AI being the latest 
disruptor. These emerging areas include:

CSC applications:

  * Climate-change communication, particularly case studies of
    communication interventions making a difference in agriculture,
    nature conservation, and marginal livelihoods
  * CSC in peace and conflict: The role played by communication in
    mediation and conflict resolution
  * Mitigating risk: Communication in the context of pandemics and other
    catastrophes
  * Community tech interventions linked to political and data sovereignty

CSC methodologies:

  * Making sense of CSC outcomes (both tangible and intangible) and
    their evaluation
  * Creative applications of research and facilitation methods in CSC

CSC theorising:

  * Critical explorations linked to the political economy of CSC
    institutions and their role in policy setting and practice
  * Theorising CSC from the South, showcasing non-Western epistemologies
    and epistemologists.

In all these areas, our criteria for evaluating proposals will be based 
on: conceptual clarity; understanding of context; reflective engagement 
with theory, and with CSC interventions as process and practice.

Co-editors, Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change: Elske 
van de Fliert & Pradip Thomas ((e.vandefliert /at/ uq.edu.au); 
(pradip.thomas /at/ uq.edu.au))


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