Overview
Background
Assoc. Prof. Dr. habil Franzisca Weder, Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia), is researching, writing and teaching in the areas of Organizational Communication and Public Relations with a specific focus on Sustainability Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility.
She worked as Guest Professor at University of Alabama (USA), University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (GER), University of Waikato (NZ), RMIT (Melbourne, AUS) and University of Ilmenau (GER).
Franzisca Weder is Chair of the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA) -> check this out (and become a member :-): https://www.theieca.org
Curious about her work? check…
- her eco-culture jamming
- her sustainability related conversations with artists and campaigners
- one of her papers on Sustainability and Storytelling
- one of her books
- on Sustainability Communication: THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNICATION READER
- on integrated CSR Communication: INTEGRATED CSR COMMUNICATION
- or (in case you speak German..) on Organizational Communication and PR
- or other recent papers:
- on how (much) Covid made us more sustainable
- on sustainability as cognitive friction https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00008/full
- or on antagonistic framing and CSR Communication https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/CCIJ-01-2018-0014/full/html
- or (in case you speak German), her ideas on cultures of sustainability
Availability
- Dr Franzisca Weder is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
- Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Research interests
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Sustainability Communication
Communication about and for sustainability and sustainable development and sustainable communication
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Storytelling
I'm interested in storytelling as a communication strategy, as well as storytelling as process to story everyday live experiences, looking at narratives as social representations, and stories as the organising principle of how people give sense to the world
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Climate change communication
public representations and framing of climate change and related phenomena
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Framing
It's not always "only" about what is communicated in the media, by political institutions, corporates or NGO and even individuals (journalists etc.), but also about HOW it is communicated ... so I'm very interested in research that works with frame theory/framing approaches to better understand the interpretations and arguments about certain topics/issues.
Works
Search Professor Franzisca Weder’s works on UQ eSpace
2024
Book Chapter
Organisationskommunikation als Forschungsparadigma: Dialektik der Kommunikation in, von und über Organisationen
Weder, Franzisca (2024). Organisationskommunikation als Forschungsparadigma: Dialektik der Kommunikation in, von und über Organisationen. Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der Zukunft. (pp. 85-104) Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-45040-3_5
2023
Journal Article
Eco-cultural identity building through tattoos: a conversational approach
Weder, Franzisca, Burdon, Jasmine and Kearney, Caitlin (2023). Eco-cultural identity building through tattoos: a conversational approach. Frontiers in Communication, 8 1197843, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1197843
2023
Journal Article
Cultivation of sustainability in a discourse of change: Perspectives on communication for sustainability as new “norm” and principle of action in socio-ecological transformation processes
Weder, Franzisca (2023). Cultivation of sustainability in a discourse of change: Perspectives on communication for sustainability as new “norm” and principle of action in socio-ecological transformation processes. Journal of Language and Politics, 22 (5), 577-600. doi: 10.1075/jlp.22122.wed
2023
Journal Article
Rhetorical (ir)responsibility in the Australian Parliament: resurrecting Aristotle’s deliberative rhetoric as means to ethical, rational, and constructive climate change debate
McLaughlin, Simon and Weder, Franzisca (2023). Rhetorical (ir)responsibility in the Australian Parliament: resurrecting Aristotle’s deliberative rhetoric as means to ethical, rational, and constructive climate change debate. Journal of Language and Politics, 22 (5), 622-639. doi: 10.1075/jlp.22127.mcl
2023
Journal Article
The evolution of the sustainability story: strategic sustainability communication as niche construction
Weder, Franzisca (2023). The evolution of the sustainability story: strategic sustainability communication as niche construction. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 17 (3), 228-244. doi: 10.1080/1553118x.2023.2229304
2023
Book Chapter
Practice Spotlight: Queer Communicators in Environmental, Climate Change, and Sustainability Conversations
Weder, Franzisca (2023). Practice Spotlight: Queer Communicators in Environmental, Climate Change, and Sustainability Conversations. Queering Science Communication. (pp. 172-174) Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.51952/9781529224436.ch024
2023
Book
CSR Communication and Cultures of Sustainability
Weder, Franzisca and Erikson, Marte (2023). CSR Communication and Cultures of Sustainability. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/428d81b
2023
Book Chapter
Public service media and sustainability? A critical debate of the value of public service media in supporting the SDG18 (communication for all)
Murschetz, Paul Clemens, Weder, Franzisca, Frantz, Eduard and Meynhardt, Timo (2023). Public service media and sustainability? A critical debate of the value of public service media in supporting the SDG18 (communication for all). SDG18 Communication for All, Volume 2 Regional Perspectives and Special Cases. (pp. 79-106) edited by Jan Servaes and Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-19459-7_4
2023
Book Chapter
Sustainable communication? Media and communication responsibility in global transformation processes
Weder, Franzisca, Rademacher, Lars and Schmidpeter, René (2023). Sustainable communication? Media and communication responsibility in global transformation processes. CSR Communication in the media: media management on sustainability at a global level. (pp. 1-11) edited by Franzisca Weder, Lars Rademacher and René Schmidpeter. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-18976-0_1
2023
Book Chapter
Sustainability as cultural practice and media as institutions of change
Weder, Franzisca (2023). Sustainability as cultural practice and media as institutions of change. CSR Communication in the media: media management on sustainability at a global level. (pp. 27-33) edited by Weder, Franzisca, Rademacher, Lars and Schmidpeter, René. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-18976-0_3
2023
Book Chapter
Interviews
Weder, Franzisca (2023). Interviews. CSR Communication in the media: media management on sustainability at a global level. (pp. 241-250) edited by Franzisca Weder, Lars Rademacher and René Schmidpeter. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-18976-0_18
2023
Journal Article
Career, Covid-19, and Care: (Gendered) Impacts of the Pandemic on the Work of Communication Scholars
Müller, Kathrin Friederike, Peil, Corinna and Weder, Franzisca (2023). Career, Covid-19, and Care: (Gendered) Impacts of the Pandemic on the Work of Communication Scholars. Media and Communication, 11 (1), 184-196. doi: 10.17645/mac.v11i1.6050
2023
Journal Article
Curating conversations in times of transformation: convergence in how public relations and journalism are “Doing” communication
Weder, Franzisca, Weaver, C. Kay and Rademacher, Lars (2023). Curating conversations in times of transformation: convergence in how public relations and journalism are “Doing” communication. Public Relations Inquiry, 12 (2), 163-182. doi: 10.1177/2046147x231154550
2023
Journal Article
More support for hydrogen export than its domestic application in Australia
Bharadwaj, Bishal, Weder, Franzisca and Ashworth, Peta (2023). More support for hydrogen export than its domestic application in Australia. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10 (1) 7, 1-8. doi: 10.1057/s41599-022-01476-y
2023
Book Chapter
Practice spotlight: queer communicators in environmental, climate change, and sustainability conversations
Weder, Franzisca (2023). Practice spotlight: queer communicators in environmental, climate change, and sustainability conversations. Queering science communication: representations, theory, and practice. (pp. 172-174) edited by Lindy A. Orthia and Tara Roberson. Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol University Press.
2023
Book Chapter
Is sustainable already “normal”? Sustainability as a consumption compass and self-moralisation in dealing with consumer goods
Weder, Franzisca, Hübner, Renate and Voci, Denise (2023). Is sustainable already “normal”? Sustainability as a consumption compass and self-moralisation in dealing with consumer goods. Repair, do-it-yourself and circular economy: alternative practices for sustainable consumption. (pp. 133-153) edited by Michael Jonas, Sebastian Nessel and Nina Tröger. Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-40150-4_8
2023
Book
CSR communication in the media: media management on sustainability at a global level
Franzisca Weder, Lars Rademacher and René Schmidpeter eds. (2023). CSR communication in the media: media management on sustainability at a global level. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-18976-0
2022
Journal Article
Differences in universal health coverage and governments' COVID-19 communication: a global comparative analysis
Weder, Franzisca and Courtois, Cedric (2022). Differences in universal health coverage and governments' COVID-19 communication: a global comparative analysis. Frontiers in Communication, 7 1080948, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2022.1080948
2022
Book Chapter
Eco-art as discourse driver
Weder, Franzisca and Voci, Denise (2022). Eco-art as discourse driver. The Routledge Handbook of Nonprofit Communication. (pp. 235-245) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003170563-28
2022
Book Chapter
The complexities of contemporary communicator roles and the future of public relations
Weder, Franzisca and Weaver, C. Kay (2022). The complexities of contemporary communicator roles and the future of public relations. The Routledge Companion to Public Relations. (pp. 428-440) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003131700-39
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Franzisca Weder is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Re-branding Country Image Abroad: the Efficacy of Mega-events in KSA
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Aparna Hebbani, Dr Elena Block
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Doctor Philosophy
How has the COVID-19 pandemic created new public science experts and improved public science communication more broadly?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Murray
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Franzisca Weder directly for media enquiries about:
- Climate Change
- Climate Change Communication
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- CSR
- Environmental Care
- Environmental Journalism
- Green Journalism
- Greening
- Public Relations
- Strategic Communication
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Consumption
- Sustainable Energy
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