Communication for Social Change Research Centre
Haere Mai
Welcome to the Communication for Social Change Research Centre (CfSC). Founded in 2021, we are a research collective exploring how communication technologies and processes impact social transformation, community empowerment, and contribute to equitable change in Aotearoa and globally. Based in the School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology, the CfSC collective brings together communication researchers and leading film and web practitioners working at the interface of communication, technology, and social change.
Our Kaupapa
We believe that meaningful social changes must be driven by communities themselves. We are here as partners to work collaboratively to enable this. We are thus committed to collaboration and sharing of knowledge, grounded upon a culture of respect and social obligation, and commitment to rigour and research integrity.
The Centre’s goals are to:
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Foster research-informed analysis and commentary on social change communication as it relates to climate, health, development, environment, wellbeing, social cohesion and ethnic relations
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Work with key partners in community, government and industry to address pressing social problems and to help deliver a good, just and sustainable society.
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Learn from cultural worldviews and knowledge systems of local communities and leverage these knowledges collaboratively to enable social and communicative transformations
