Analysing Emotions in Policy Narratives

Work Package 2 studies how policies that address the climate crisis and its inequality effects are communicated to the public, and evaluated by the audience, with a special focus on emotions. Political emotions are at the heart of policy communication: When political decision-makers employ policy narratives to justify public policies (and their consequences) to the broader public, this is not just a matter of 'information sharing'. WP2 helps us understand the policy narratives that surround specific policies, and how policy actors address specific emotions when communicating them. It will also assess with whom these narratives resonate, and on what emotional grounds they are received.

Find out more about the team working on WP2.