Dear colleagues (apologies for cross-posting), We would like to circulate the CfP for IAMCR's Pre-Conference on *Climate Mis/Disinformation in a Post-Factual Era*. *Call for Papers * Download the Climate Mis/Disinformation in a Post-Factual Era CfP <https://iamcr.org/sites/default/files/final-extended-cfp-disinformation-and-climate-change_0.pdf> for more information. Climate change mis/disinformation is fed through well-funded, transnational interest groups, as well as conservative politicians and social media algorithms. These campaigns are currently changing the contours of political communication and blocking effective action. There is a growing body of literature establishing a connection between the global rise of right-wing populism and climate mis/disinformation (Fraune and Knodt, 2018; Gottenhuber and Mulholland, 2019; Hameleers, 2020). Right-wing leaders around the world have joined vested interests and co-opted climate debates as part of their culture wars. Denialist claims go from logical fallacies, fake experts, and conspiracy theories (Cook, Ellerton and Kinkead, 2018) to the fabrication of fake controversies and asking for unrealistic scientific proof (Hansson, 2017). However, in a context of overwhelming scientific evidence about the climate crisis, clear-cut disinformation and denialism are being combined with mere “inactivism” (Mann, 2021), recurring to more sophisticated techniques that send deterring and misleading messages (Forchtner and Lubarda, 2022). Big-tech firms play a role in this cycle, functioning without proper climate misinformation policies and amplifying climate mis/disinformation on social media. This pre-conference welcomes theoretical and methodological papers that explore the intertwining between climate change mis/disinformation, populism, and vested interests in a post-factual world. *Date and time* Saturday, 8 July 2023 | 09h00 – 18h30 *Location* Lyon, France (venue to be confirmed) *Participation and Registration* The pre-conference welcomes original and state-of-the-art contributions that broaden the theoretical and/or empirical understanding of climate change mis/disinformation, populism, and vested interests in a post-factual world as well as a variety of methodological approaches. The conference will have a registration cost of €30. *Keynote Speakers* • Anabela Carvalho, Universidade do Minho (Portugal) • James Painter, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford (UK) *Submission guidelines* - Authors should send a 500-word abstract (excluding references) in English to Sara García Santamaría, sgarciasanta@uoc.edu - Abstract submission deadline: *14 April 2023* - All abstracts must include the title, full name, affiliation, and contact information. - Decisions on acceptance will be communicated by *30 April 2023.* *Organisers* - Marie Grusell (Associate Professor in Journalism Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Chair, Political Communication Research Section - IAMCR). - Sara García Santamaría (Postdoctoral researcher at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain; Vice-Chair, Political Communication Research Section - IAMCR). - Guillermo López (Professor and Head of Department, Faculty of Communication at Universitat de València, Spain). - Dolors Palau Sampío (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Communication at Universitat de València, Spain). - Eva Campos (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Communication at Universidad de Valladolid, Spain). *Contact email * Sara García Santamaría, sgarciasanta@uoc.edu -- Dr Sara García Santamaría (she/her) Postdoctoral Researcher Universitat Oberta de Catalunya sgarciasanta@uoc.edu UOC Av. del Tibidabo, 39 08035 Barcelona (Spain) Vice-chair of the Political Communication Section, IAMCR https://iamcr.org/s-wg/section/pol <https://iamcr.org/s-wg/section/pol> -- Latest Publications: Caring Ecologies of the New Right and Left: Populist Performances of Care during the Pandemic. *Media and Communication. * https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i4.5842 Politicians “Stay Home”: Left-Wing Populism and Performances of the Intimate Self on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic. https://ojs.meccsa.org.uk/index.php/netknow/article/view/638 (open access) Posing with the People: Food Porn and the Far-Right in a Post-Truth Era. In Contois, E. and Kish, X. (Eds.).* #Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation*. https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=58mye9fd9780252044465 Constructing Collective Identities and Solidarity in Premieres' early Speeches on Covid-19 (with Kranert et al.). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-021-00805-x (open access) New Book: *Cuba’s Digital Revolution: Citizen Innovation and State Policy *(with Ted Henken). https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9781683402022 <https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9781683402022>