To what extent and in what way does language matter in climate change representations and interpretations?
The primary objective is to generate new and integrated knowledge about the role of language in climate discourse through developing an innovative multidisciplinary methodology including an opinion survey and a psychological experiment in addition to comprehensive linguistic and discursive analyses.
Contact:
Research assistant: Vegard Rivenes - Vegard.Rivenes@if.uib.no
Head of project: Professor Kjersti Fløttum - Kjersti.Flottum@if.uib.no
LINGCLIM news
2015.02.01 Endre Tvinnereim and Kjersti Fløttum published in Nature Climate Change
2014.09.20-21 LINGCLIM a part of National Science fair in several Norwegian cities
2014.05.16-17 LINGCLIM hosted the PhD seminar: Climate exchanges: Language, Media and Politics in Paris
2014.04.25 LINGCLIM participated on the Christie Conference with a exhibition of project activities
2014.02.04 Climate Gathering with high school pupils arranged by LINGCLIM
2013.11.11 Norwegian Citizen Panel
2013.10.31 Desire for climate consensus impedes action- Professor Mike Hulme
2013.10.25 Kjersti Fløttum named Honoary Doctor at Uppsala University
2014.04.02 Presentation of results from LINGCLIMs school surveys
Financed by SAMKUL-programme, Research Council of Norway