Dr Gabi Mocatta

Awarded the 2022 IAMCR New Directions for Climate Communication Research Fellowship by the International Association for Media and Communication Research, in collaboration with the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA). 

Environmental communication, science communication, climate change communication

Environmental protests and social movements

Investigative journalism on the environment

Media literacy and environmental literacy

Environmental justice and inequality 

Global journalism

Research Fellow in Climate Change Communication, Climate Futures, Discipline of Geography, University of Tasmania. 

Research Affiliate, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder.

I teach mainly postgraduate journalism subjects, including news and feature writing, multimedia journalism and transmedia storytelling, strategic communication, global journalism and communication research methods.

I have unit chaired or taught into all of the following units at Deakin:

ALJ729 Newsroom Practice

ALJ111 News Reporting 1

ALJ112 News Reporting 2

ALJ304 Local Journalism

ACX702 Applied Research Methods for Communication

ALJ710 Multimedia Journalism

ACX700 Public Relations Campaigns

ACX707/708 Professional Research Project

ALJ721 Global Journalism

Mocatta, G (2013) 'CSR communication vs. protest movement campaign in Chile: A case study of the HidroAysén megaproject debate', CSR Communication Conference 2013 Conference Proceedings, 18-20 September, Denmark, pp. 40-48. ISBN 978-961-235-678-1

Mocatta, G (2015) 'Media, symbolism and becoming emblematic: lessons from an enduring environmental conflict in Chile', The 2015 Conference on Communication and the Environment in Boulder, 11-14 June, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 10. [Conference Extract]

Mocatta G, (2019) 'Energy that's as clean as water: tracking mediatized discourse on hydroelectric dam building and climate change in Chile', The 2019 Conference on Communication and Environment in Vancouver, 17-21 June, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 24. [Conference Extract]

Mocatta, G (2019) 'Creating environmental communicators: media education for environmental change', Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia, 4-6 December, University of Sydney.

Mocatta, G (2020) 'Environmental harm as impetus to repoliticisation: experience from Chile', ICA Conference on Open Communication, 20-26 May, (virtual).

Vice-President of the International Environmental Communication Association (2021-2023) and President (2023-2025)

Reviewer for the Routledge Environment & Sustainability list

Reviewer for Weather, Climate & Society

Reviewer for Environmental Communication

Mocatta, G, “Talking Point: We’re in the final decade it will be possible to fix climate change”, The Mercury, News Pty. Ltd., Hobart, Tasmania, 20 September (2019) [Newspaper Article]

Williamson, G and Mocatta, G and Harris, R and Remenyi, T, “Yes, the Australian bush is recovering from bushfires – but it may never be the same”, The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 19 February 2020 (2020) [Newspaper Article]

Mocatta, G and White, R, “This is how universities can lead climate action”, The Conversation, Australia (2020) [Newspaper Article]

Mocatta, G and Harris, R and Remenyi, T, “Pass the shiraz: how Australia’s wine industry can adapt to climate change”, The Guardian, Guardian Australia, Australia, 16 June 2020 (2020) [Newspaper Article]

Mocatta, G, “With increased awareness and visibility, climate optimism set to rise”, Breakfast with Taylah, RTR FM 92.1, Perth, Western Australia, 7 May 2021 (2021) [Media Interview]

Mocatta, G and Harris, R, “More reasons for optimism on climate change than we’ve seen for decades: 2 climate experts explain”, The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 26 April 2021 (2021) [Newspaper Article]

Mocatta, G, "What's behind News Corp's new spin on climate change?" The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 18 October 2021 (2021) [Newspaper Article]

Mocatta, G and Lucas, C, “Children deserve answers to their questions about climate change. Here’s how universities can help”, The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 19 October 2021 (2021) [Newspaper Article]

Mocatta, G, "News Corp & Climate Change", Joy FM 94.9 Current Affairs, 23 October 2021 [Media Interview]

Mocatta, G, "What’s behind News Corp’s new spin on climate change?", Deakin Disruptr, 27 October 2021 [Media article}

Mocatta, G, "Rupert Murdoch's News Corp pivots on climate change", Here & Now, NPR, USA, 9 November 2021 [Media Interview]

Beasy, K, Lucas, C, Mocatta, G, Kelly, R and Pecl, G, "How well does the new Australian Curriculum prepare young people for climate change?" The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 23 May 2022 (2022) [Newspaper Article]

Co-lead of the Climate Change Communication and Narratives Network research group at Deakin. This research group seeks seeks to complement existing climate change-related research activity at Deakin, critically focusing on the politics and practices of climate change communication and narratives in a time of climate emergency. See: https://www.cccnn.org.au/

2001 University of Melbourne International Research Scholarship and Fee Remission Scholarship

2010 Australian Post Graduate Award Scholarship

2010 University of Tasmania Elite Scholarship

2018 University of Tasmania Teaching Excellence Award

2020 Commendation for Service Excellence to CoSE (College of Science and Engineering) at the University of Tasmania as part of the Climate Futures research program

2021 Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education Teaching and Learning Award for Curriculum Design that is Innovative, Motivates and Inspires 

2022 IAMCR Climate Communication Research Fellowship Award

Environmental Communication in a Time of Crisis, a research collaboration with Dr Erin Hawley that examines the nexus between media literacy and environmental literacy on a planet in crisis. A book arising out of this project is due for publication by Routledge in 2023.

Collaborator with A/Prof. Max Boykoff et al. at the University of Colorado, Boulder, on the MeCCO (Media and Climate Change Observatory) project, contributing monitoring and analysis of Russian media coverage of climate change.

Global Environmental Thought Leaders project. This project (with Dr Erin Hawley) has interviewed 25 global environmental thought leaders to better understand the imperative of environmental discourses and leadership in this current crucial decade for action on climate change. 

Place-based climate literacy: towards better climate change communication with young people in the Pacific. This project examines how the climate communication and literacy needs of young people living in Pacific Island communities on the frontlines of climate change are understood and served by educators, activists, media professionals and other climate change communicators.