Risk and Crisis Communication in Europe: Towards Integrating Theory and Practice in Unstable and Turbulent Times (Routledge Research in Communication Studies) - Tapa dura

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Audra Diers-Lawson is a Professor of Risk and Crisis Communication and Director of the PhD in Communication and Leadership at Kristiania University College. She wrote Crisis Communication: Managing Stakeholder Relationships and co-edited Pandemic Communication. She has collaborated with colleagues with the Asia Europe Foundation, WHO, and EU and currently serves as a member of the WHO Europe’s Technical Advisory Group for Risk Communication, Community Engagement, and Infodemic Management.

Andreas Schwarz (PhD, TU Ilmenau, 2009) is senior researcher in risk and crisis communication at Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany, is co-director of the International Research Group on Crisis Communication, and founding chair of the Crisis Communication Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 2011–2018. Schwarz has received research grants to study risk communication of COVID-19, crisis communication of child protective services and nonprofit organizations, and perceptions of artificial intelligence or automated mobility. He is co-editor of the Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research.

Florian Meissner is Professor for Media Management and Journalism at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences. He serves as Chair of the Crisis Communication Section of ECREA. His research focuses on crisis and risk communication in both journalistic and social media. As one of the Principal Investigators in the research consortium “DigiFit”, funded by the German Federal Government, he currently focuses on communication about digital security. He has practical work experience as a journalist for public broadcasters in Germany.

Silvia Ravazzani, PhD, is Associate Professor in Management at the Department of Business, Law, Economics and Consumer Behaviour at Università IULM in Italy. Her main research interests include crisis communication, social media, and employee communication. Other research areas relate to diversity management and inclusion, sustainability, and related discursive practices.