Strategic Communication and Its Impact on Action, Including in Climate Change

Description

In the twenty-first century, targeted communication plays an important role in achieving results. Countries, international organisations, businesses and non-governmental actors use strategic communication to persuade other actors to act for their strategic purposes. Climate change, the war launched by Russia in Ukraine, Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) – these are just a few issues where there is a strong clash of strategic narratives, with each of the narratives gathering around themselves both supporters and denials and adversaries. In order to highlight the importance of strategic communication in international relations and its impact on action, including in climate-related topics, the Faculty of European Studies organised a research workshop. The workshop was chaired by Professor Natalia Chaban of the Department of Media and Communication at University of Canterbury (New Zealand). The first part of the workshop was a lecture, based on the newest findings in academia, on why it is important to study communication, narratives and discourses in the context of today's international relations and challenges and with what methods to do it. The second part of the workshop provided an interactive study of case studies, including on strategic communication on climate change.

Period	17 Apr 2023
Event type	Workshop
Organiser	Rīga Stradiņš University
Location	Riga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International