(Creative) Methods to Approach Climate Change Politics

Abstract

This panel explores how innovative methodological approaches can deepen our understanding of contemporary climate change politics across the ideological spectrum. As climate debates grow increasingly polarized, researchers need tools that illuminate not only policy positions but also the emotions, narratives, and symbolic practices that drive public opinion, thereby shaping citizens’ political engagement. The panel invites research on the perception of climate change and climate-related policies that employ: ethnographic and qualitative methods art-based and creative methods (visual analysis) computational methods

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