Academic Flying and the Means of Communication
Bjørkdahl, Kristian
Academic Flying and the Means of Communication - Springer Nature 2022 - 1 electronic resource (365 p.)
Open Access
This open access book shines a light on how and why academic work became entwined with air travel, and what can be done to change academia’s flying habit. The starting point of the book is that flying is only one means of scholarly communication among many, and that the state of the planet now obliges us to shift to other means. How can the academic-as-globetrotter become a thing of the past? The chapters in this book respond to this call in three steps. It documents the consequences of academic flying, it investigates the issue of why academics fly, and it begins an effort to think through what can replace flying, and how. Finally, it confronts scholars and scientists, students, activists, research funders, university administrators, and others, with a call to translate this research into action.
Creative Commons
English
978-981-16-4911-0 9789811649110
10.1007/978-981-16-4911-0 doi
Human geography
Sociology
Education
Media studies
new mobilities paradigm mobilities climate change air travel carbon footprint academic communication academic conferences academic institutions university administrators academic flying sustainability communication technology COVID-19 open access
Academic Flying and the Means of Communication - Springer Nature 2022 - 1 electronic resource (365 p.)
Open Access
This open access book shines a light on how and why academic work became entwined with air travel, and what can be done to change academia’s flying habit. The starting point of the book is that flying is only one means of scholarly communication among many, and that the state of the planet now obliges us to shift to other means. How can the academic-as-globetrotter become a thing of the past? The chapters in this book respond to this call in three steps. It documents the consequences of academic flying, it investigates the issue of why academics fly, and it begins an effort to think through what can replace flying, and how. Finally, it confronts scholars and scientists, students, activists, research funders, university administrators, and others, with a call to translate this research into action.
Creative Commons
English
978-981-16-4911-0 9789811649110
10.1007/978-981-16-4911-0 doi
Human geography
Sociology
Education
Media studies
new mobilities paradigm mobilities climate change air travel carbon footprint academic communication academic conferences academic institutions university administrators academic flying sustainability communication technology COVID-19 open access