We are pleased to announce the Closing Keynote of the EUPRERA 27th Annual Congress, delivered by Øyvind Ihlen, professor at the University of Oslo and former President of EUPRERA.
The Closing Keynote, ‘Territories of Public Relations in the New Global Disorder’, will take place on Friday 18 September, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in the Salón de Actos / Auditorium, delivered by Øyvind Ihlen. It will be followed by the EUPRERA Hour, the General Assembly and the Research Escalator, with the social activity taking place the following day. The talk situates public relations and strategic communication within the current global disorder, with particular attention to their role at the societal macro level, calling for more power-oriented analysis while renewing the normative case for reflexivity and ethics in practice.
About the speaker
Øyvind Ihlen is a professor at the University of Oslo, Norway.
He has authored or co-authored over 170 articles, chapters, and books, including the edited volumes Public Relations and Social Theory (2018) and Handbook of Organizational Rhetoric and Communication (2018). He applies theories of rhetoric and sociology to risk and crisis communication and lobbying and interest group studies.
Ihlen has led two large cross-disciplinary research projects on the COVID-19 pandemic and is involved in the EU Horizon project PREPSHIELD, the COST network Alerthub, and the Crisis Communication Think Tank – International (CCTT).
He is a former President of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) and vice-chair of the Public Relations Division of the International Communication Association (ICA).
