SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMUNICATION SECTION - CALL FOR PAPERS

ECREA's 3rd EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE

Conference Theme: 'Transcultural Communication -- Intercultural
Comparisons'.

Hamburg, Germany, 12-15 October 2010 www.ecrea2010hamburg.eu


ECREA's Science and Environment Communication Section welcomes the
submission of proposals for papers, posters and panels for ECREA's 3rd
European Communication Conference to take place in Hamburg, Germany from
12 to 15 October 2010.

The 21st century faces unprecedented challenges in the environment and
science fields. The Science and Environment Communication section seeks
to foster a strong network of research in the wide area of science and
environment communication. Science is understood here in broad terms as
research that has its roots in the social sciences, humanities or
natural sciences, including technology. Environment is also understood
broadly as both the natural and the built milieu. Example of topic areas
that can be addressed include - but are far from restricted to - the
following:

* Media representations of science and the environment
* Political and commercial discourse on the environment
* Communication, democracy and scientific/environmental
governance
* Public engagement with science and the environment
* The dialogic, interactive communication of research-based
knowledge
* The discourse and politics of environmental activism

The section welcomes work that crosses a range of disciplinary
(communication/media/cultural studies, science and technology studies,
sociology, social psychology) and methodological
(quantitative/qualitative/empirical/theoretical) boundaries. For
activities of the section, please visit http://www.scienv-com.eu/

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 28 February 2010

Guidelines for submission

ECREA is pleased to accept proposals for individual papers, panels as
well as poster presentations. All proposals must be submitted to (and
will be reviewed) by one of the 17 ECREA thematic sections through the
conference website. www.ecrea2010hamburg.eu


Abstracts should be written in English and should contain a clear
outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, and where applicable
methodology and results. The preferred length of the individual
abstracts is between 400 and 500 words (the maximum is 500 words, i. e.
3,500 characters). Panel proposals -which should consist of five
individual contributions - combine a panel abstract with five individual
abstracts, each of which are between 400 and 500 words (i. e. max. 3,500
characters).

Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper or
poster by the same first author will be accepted and programmed. First
authors can still be second (or third, etc.) author of other papers or
posters, and can still act as chair or respondent of a panel.

Deadline

All proposals should be submitted through the website no later than 28
February 2010. Please note that this submission deadline will not be
extended!

Proposals should be submitted through the conference website. Online
submission system opens 1 December 2009.

To avoid technical problems, early submission is strongly encouraged.

Timeline

1 December 2009: Online submission system open

28 February 2010: Deadline for online submission

End of April 2010: Notification of acceptance

15 September 2010: Deadline for submission of full papers (for online
publication)

Feel free to circulate this call to colleagues or any other research
networks that may be interested in submitting a proposal.