CRISIS9 – ECREA Risk & Crisis Communication Section | Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication

Crisis9 invites scholars and practitioners to examine governance at the forefront of risk and crisis communication. The "CRISIS9 – ECREA Risk & Crisis Communication Section" conference will take place from Monday 4 October to Wednesday 6 October 2027 and is organised by the Department of Media and Communication of Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC).

Date: Monday 4 Oct 2027, 09:00 - Wednesday 6 Oct 2027, 18:00
Type: Conference
Spoken Language: English

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In a context marked by polycrisis, platformized information environments, algorithmic mediation, geopolitical instability, and declining institutional trust, crisis communication can no longer be approached solely as a response management. Instead, it needs to be better understood as a question of governance: of authority, coordination, legitimacy, accountability, and the communicative conditions under which trust is built, challenged, or repaired.

At the same time, these developments raise urgent questions about societal readiness. As risks become increasingly transboundary, datafied, and politically contested, societies are asked to anticipate and adapt to them. Readiness, in this context, concerns more than institutional preparedness. It also involves the capacities of publics, communities, and organizations to recognize emerging risks, engage with uncertainty, and sustain collective action under pressure. Risk and crisis communication are central to these processes, shaping, for instance, how threats are made intelligible, how responsibilities are distributed, and how resilience is organized across institutional and societal levels.

Crisis9 explores how communication structures the governance of crises and how risk and crises, in turn, expose the limits and possibilities of contemporary governance arrangements. We welcome contributions that address emerging theories, methods, and practices in risk and crisis communication, with particular attention to the role of governance in shaping public trust, societal readiness, resilience, responsibility, and democratic legitimacy.

PhD Best Paper Award

The Organizing Committee will select the best PhD paper, which will receive a monetary award of €500 from the Crisis Communication Think Tank.

Abstract submission

Submit an abstract for open sessions (max. 250 words) or panels (max. 500 words, 5-6 participants) by 2 April 2027.

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Key dates

Deadline for submission of abstracts | April 2, 2027

Deadline for submission of panels | April 2, 2027

Kindly mention ‘Crisis 9 submission’ in the email’s subject line.

Notification of authors | May 7, 2027

Registration open: May 10, 2027

Early bird by June 30, 2027

Late registration: starting with July 1, 2027

Registration closes: September 6, 2027.

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Standard submission, to be allocated to regular sessions (4 presenters, 1-hour slots) or to high-density sessions (6-8 presenters, 1-hour slots)
Panel proposal submission, which include up to five presenters’ contributions outlined in at most 100 words per contribution, and a 250-word description is given of the panel’s general purpose and cohesion.
Research escalator submission, where innovative new studies or research proposals are outlined by early-career researchers (on a Master’s or PhD candidate level) who are looking for a discussion or advice on their ideas from peers and/or established scholars. No studies need to be performed for submissions of this type to be accepted, but they are evaluated for their baseline quality level. Accepted presenters will present for around 5 minutes before opening up group- or plenary discussions or one-on-one meetings with established researchers. This submission type is not open for in-progress work by researchers who hold a PhD.

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