Call for Chapters in the Edited Volume: Communicating Environmental Justice: Organisational Communication practices and perspectives
Edited by Gisela Gonçalves, Abena A. Yeboah-Banin and Mohktar Elareshi
Deadline for Submission of abstracts (500 words): 30 October 2025
Deadline for Submission of Full Manuscripts: 30 January 2026
Publisher: LabCom Books
Topic
In an era characterized by environmental crises and social disparities, the imperative for effective communication in promoting environmental justice has never been more urgent. The IAMCR Singapore conference theme, Communicating Environmental Justice: Many Voices, One Planet, highlighted the critical intersection of diverse voices from various stakeholders and their collaborative action in addressing the pressing challenges of our time.
This edited volume, inspired by the engaging discussions at the 2025 IAMCR Conference, invites scholars to explore the multifaceted nature of environmental justice from an organisational communication perspective. It aims to examine contemporary communication practices in evolving interactions between organizations and stakeholders on issues related to environmental sustainability.
Organisations are being forced by technological evolutions and affordances; growing stakeholder power, consciousness of organisational impacts and demand for environmental action; and growing regulatory attention to adopt more sustainable practices. Importantly, the growing recognition for, uptake and influence of AI in messaging have complicated the dynamics of authenticity in conversations around the environment challenge. These developments prompt critical questions, including:
- How do communication and decision-making processes facilitate the adoption of environmentally sustainable actions?
- Who initiates and shapes conversations about environmental sustainability?
- What roles do ethics, leadership, and change management play in fostering environmentally responsible practices?
- What are the outcomes of climate-related dialogues within organizations?
- How prevalent are greenwashing and other forms of superficial environmental claims?
- What is the influence of AI on dialogic communication and ethical issues on environmental issues
- What is the societal impact of environmental rhetoric and storytelling?
- Who are the key actors debating climate issues within organizational boundaries?
- What activist roles do organizations assume in addressing the climate crisis?
- How do organizations from developing countries contribute to conversations on climate justice?
We call authors with completed research presented at the Organisational Communication sessions at the 2025 IAMCR Conference as well as other scholars interested in these topics, to submit a chapter related to their studies. International perspectives are encouraged, as are both theoretical and empirical works from different methodological perspectives.
Timeline
- Submission of abstracts (500 words): 30 Octobre 2025
- Submission of full chapters: 30 January 2026
- Peer-review feedback to authors: March 2026
- Submission of revised chapters: April 2026
- Publication date: Summer 2026
Submission Guidelines
- Manuscripts should be between 5,000–7,000 words, including references.
- Manuscripts must follow APA 7th Edition guidelines and be submitted in Word format.
- Submission type: Completed research only (no works in progress)
- Submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review to ensure academic rigour and quality.
- Language: Submissions must be in English.
- Please prepare two separate Word files:
- Title Page File: This should include the chapter title, full names of all authors, their institutional affiliations, and the email address of the corresponding author.
- Main Chapter File: This should start with the chapter title, followed by an abstract (100–150 words), and then the main body of the chapter. This file must not include any author names, affiliations, or identifying information, as it will be sent for blind review. Additionally, ensure that no identifying information is embedded in the file’s metadata.
- Submit your manuscript to: orgcomiamcr@gmail.com
The Publisher
LabCom Books is an open access transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary publishing platform devoted to online publication of scientific books in and across the fields of Communication, Philosophy, and the Humanities. With a strong aim in crossing disciplinary borders, our purpose is to contribute for the advance in the public circulation of knowledge in this broad field, both within the circle of Portuguese speaking countries and across other international scientific communities.
Reach out to orgcomiamcr@gmail.com if you have any questions and read more about the ORG here.
We are looking forward to your contributions!