Scholarship & Publications

Displacement is fiercely complex. So is climate change. Explaining how those factors intertwine requires an array of legal and scientific jargon that obscures the suffering experienced by people caught at… Continue Reading Communicating the Complexity of Displacement in a Changing Climate

This podcast of a presentation made at the 2018 Nonprofit Management Institute addresses the question: What should strategic communication in the public and social change sectors look like in a time… Continue Reading Building a Communication Strategy for Diversity and Inclusion

Why do people hold prejudiced beliefs toward refugees and people seeking asylum? How can we develop communication strategies to engender more positive feelings toward refugees? Published: UNHCR Innovation Service via… Continue Reading The Science of Belief: Move Beyond “Us” and “Them” to “We”

Why do people have such radically different responses to refugees? How is it that despite our best efforts to gain support for the protection of people whose lives are devastated… Continue Reading The Science of Belief: Use Values and Worldviews to Build Bridges

Why do some people support policies that limit asylum seekers’ opportunity to seek refuge in another community? How is it that people can have such radically different perspectives on solutions… Continue Reading The Science of Belief: Identify Perceptions of Harm

No single organization or individual can pull off an effective storytelling campaign alone. Reaping the benefits of storytelling requires that we build better partnerships between three important players. This article… Continue Reading The Secret to Better Storytelling for Social Change: Better Partnerships

Effective communication is not simply about getting your message out. It requires you to strategically tap into what shapes people’s feelings and values. This article contains five principles pulled from… Continue Reading The Science of What Makes People Care

Findings that have long adorned psychology textbooks and found their way into the popular press, like the Stanford prison experiment, have come under scrutiny when their findings were critically re-explored.… Continue Reading How We Are Making Sure The Science We Share Is Good

In June 2018, 50 YouTube content creators from around the world gathered in London for YouTube’s Creators for Change camp. These ambassadors met to work on projects for their YouTube… Continue Reading Things I learned from YouTube stars, ex-extremists, and storytellers about fighting hate