Academic Flying and the Means of Communication.

• Author: Bjørkdahl, Kristian.
• TeilnehmendeR: Franco Duharte, Adrian Santiago.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2021.; {copy}2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 pages)

Table of Contents

Academic Flying and the Means of Communication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1: Introduction: Ending the Romance of Academic Flying -- The Holy Grail of Academic Aeromobility -- Ending the Romance -- The Beginning of the End -- References -- 2: The Carbon Footprint of Travelling to International Academic Conferences and Options to Minimise It -- Introduction: Transportation as an Important Field of Action Against Global Warming -- Conferences as Part of the Academic World -- The Example: ECPR General Conferences 2013-2020 -- Method -- Calculating the Travel Distances -- Emission Factors -- A Realistic Estimation: Who Flies, Who Travels by Coach or Train? -- Estimation of Carbon Footprint: Baseline Results -- Total Emissions -- Emissions Per Participant -- Estimating the Impact of Carbon Reduction Measures for Academic Conferences -- Choosing More Central Conference Venues -- Promoting Low-Emission Travel Options -- Hybrid Conferences as an Alternative to Regular Attendance -- Combined Effects of All Three Actions -- The Carbon Footprint of Online Conferences: The Example of the Virtual ECPR GC 2020 -- For Comparison: Other Possible Actions to Reduce Conference Emissions -- Conclusion and Recommendations for Concrete Actions -- References -- 3: The End of Flying: Coronavirus Confinement, Academic (Im)mobilities and Me -- Introduction: The Hypermobile Academic -- Coming Clean: My Academic CO2 Footprint -- The Value Proposition of Academic Travel -- The Virtues of Virtual Mobilities -- Conclusion: Flying After the End of Flying -- Appendix: Itinerarium vitae of Mimi Sheller, 2010-2020 -- References -- 4: The Absent Presence of Aeromobility: A Case of Australian Academic Air Travel Practices and University Policy -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- Methods -- Mobile Academics.

Absent Presence in University Internationalisation -- Absent Presence in University Sustainability Policy -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: How Environmentally Sustainable Is the Internationalisation of Higher Education? A View from Australia -- Introduction -- Australian Universities and the Sustainability Imperative -- Air Travel on the Part of University Staff -- Air Travel on the Part of University Students -- Australian Universities in the Aftermath of COVID-19 -- A Case Study from the University of Melbourne -- Air Travel on the Part of University Staff -- Sustainability Policy on Staff Air Travel at the University of Melbourne -- Observations at Two University of Melbourne Events -- Air Travel on Part of University of Melbourne Students -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Who Gets to Fly? -- The Challenge of the Century -- Reducing CO2 Emissions in Academia -- Reducing Flying at KTH -- Material Visualisations -- Inequalities in Flight Distribution at KTH -- Discussion -- References -- 7: Exceptionalism and Evasion: How Scholars Reason About Air Travel -- Background -- Method and Context of Study -- Findings: Specific Solutions and General Inertia -- Suggestions to Change -- Arguments of Inertia -- Agency -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Academic Aeromobility in the Global Periphery -- Introduction -- Aeromobility in the Global Academic Periphery -- Empirical Materials -- Results -- Complex Drivers -- Selective Substitution -- 'Don't weaken me!' -- Assorted Scalar Accountabilities -- The COVID-19 Acceleration -- Conferences Reimagined: Entrenching a Post-COVID New Normal -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: The Virus and the Elephant in the Room: Knowledge, Emotions and a Pandemic-Drivers to Reducing Flying in Academia -- Theoretical Background -- The Swedish Case and the Rise of the Flight Shame Debate.

What Makes Scientists Reduce Flying? -- Climate Awareness and Sorrow as Incentives to Reduce -- Individual Responsibility and the Forced Air Travel Stop -- A New Virus and New Travel Habits -- Flying Less Affects Personal Life More than Career -- COVID-19 as a Testbed and Tipping Point: Academic Flying in a Post-pandemic World -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 10: Decarbonising Academia's Flyout Culture -- Introduction -- Academic Flight -- The Extent and Impact of Academic Flying -- Pressures to Decarbonise and the Role of Flying in Those Efforts -- Six Values of Flyout Culture -- Value of Ideas -- Value of Efficiency -- Value of Quality -- Value of Evaluation -- Value of Recreation -- Value of Status -- How Flyout Culture Might Change -- Buying Carbon Offsets -- Shifting Travel Modes -- Centralised, Infrequent or Slow Conferencing -- Virtual Communication -- What New Values Might Arise? -- Value of Localism -- Value of Climate Concern -- Value of Emissions Transparency -- Value of Verification -- What Might Be Gained and What Might Be Lost -- How Flyout Culture Might Resist Change -- Conclusion -- References -- 11: Aeromobilities and Academic Work -- Introduction -- Global Work and Aeromobilities -- The Change in Academic Work -- Why Do Academics Travel? -- The Need for Co-presence and Face-to-Face Talks -- Facing the Conference -- Aeromobility: Freedom to Travel? -- Do Meetings Have a Future? -- Aeromobility Management: A Way to Work with Air Travel and Meeting Demands at Universities -- Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- 12: Means and Meanings of Research Collaboration in the Face of a Suffering Earth: A Landscape of Questions -- Introduction: Where on Earth Are We? -- The Importance of Academic Collaboration and Expertise (Erkenntnis).

Beyond 'Technical Solutions': Geographies and Materialities of Digital Presence and Absence in Collaborative Research -- Building Understanding: Three Questions for Increased Awareness -- Action and Commitment to Change -- References -- 13: Academic Air Travel Cultures: A Framework for Reducing Academic Flying -- Introduction -- Why Do Academics Fly? -- Issues Concerning Academic Flying -- The Energy Cultures Framework -- The Impact of COVID-19: Rethinking Academic Air Travel -- The Transport Cultures Framework of Academic Flying -- Cognitive Norms -- Material Cultures -- Practices -- Applying the Framework to the Post-COVID New Normal -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.