Online Course: Sustainability Communication

In this course, you will explore the rote of communication in relation to sustainability and sustainable development. After expanding your disciplinary and terminological background, the lecture focuses an the three dimensions of sustainability communication, communication of sustainability (Marketing and product communication, PR and organizational communication), communication about sustainability (i.e. climate change & sustainability representations in the media or in political discourses) and communication for sustainability (i.e. social movements, stakeholder engagement and participatory approaches). The lecture-units are complemented by interviews and dialogues with experts from the sister disciplines such as science and environmental communication, communication for social change and journalism and media research. The course ends with an outlook into future research fields and questions as well as perspectives for professional communication and communicators.
 

Acquisition of Competences

• Discovering the nature of contemporary practices of sustainability communication an an individual, organizational and societal level in a multiple crisis scenario
• Exploring the relationship between strategic communication practices to other public communication practices, especially the media.
• Developing comprehensive and well-founded knowledge in sustainability communication as field of study and understanding the inter- and transdisciplinary character and how other disciplines relate to the field
• Advancing your understanding of social and civic responsibility and developing an appreciation of and agency for the social context and cultural value of sustainability communication.

The course is a fully digital course. The individual courses can be accessed online on-demand and completed independently during the summer semester. The course is offered by the Virtual Academy for Sustainability at the University of Bremen and is organized by the Green Office at TU Braunschweig. The course is completed with an exam.

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Credit Points: 3
Language: English
Workload: 90 hours
Number of students: 20 persons
Home institution: Institute for Geosystems and Bioindication
Location: Pool of interdisciplinary qualifications
Semester: Summer semester 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. sc. Antje Schwalb
Event number: 1514334
Voluntary info date: 23.04.2025, 4:30 pm, Pockelsstraße 7, room 002
Examinations: probably in August and September, Date will be submitted later