Political Emotions in Times of Crisis

Programme

Wednesday, 11 March 2026 

Sala l'Altana
14:00 – 14.10
Introduction Manuela Caiani (SNS)
14.10-16.10 Keynote Lectures 
Åsa Wettergren (University of Gothenburg)
Feeling the end. Intra-apocalyptic emotive-cognitive work and the temporality of post-apocalyptic environmentalism
Anna Durnová (University of Vienna) 
Emotional Infrastructures of Democracy: Vulnerability, Crisis, and the Boundaries of Belonging
 

16.10-17.40 Parallel Panel Session
Panel 1 - Sala l'Altana [1]  
Far-Right Politics and Climate Change: Denial, Emotion, and Mobilization
Panel 2 - Aula Pollaiolo
Reflections from the fields: Renavigating Identities and Political Positionalities of Farmers in the Climate Crisis 
 
Thursday, 12 March 2026 [2] 

Aula Pollaiolo
9.00-9.45 Keynote Lecture
Luigi Pellizzoni (SNS)
The times of climate emotions (online)
 

9.45-11.15 Parallel Panel Session
Panel 3 - Aula Pollaiolo 
Ambiguous emotion and climate change: theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and analytical challenges
Panel 4 - Aula Strozzi
Emotional conflicts around Energy transitions in Europe: Policy narratives and policymaking dynamics 
 

11.45-13.15 Parallel Panel Session
Panel 5 - Aula Pollaiolo 
Political Emotions and Climate in Social Media Communication 
Panel 6 - Aula Strozzi 
Gendered Political Emotions in the Climate Crisis: Power, Care, and Resistance

14.30-16.00 Parallel Panel Session
Panel 7- Sala l'Altana 
Climate as a Question of Inequality: Perceptions, Interpretations, and Affective Moral Economies of the Climate Transformation
Panel 8 - Aula Pollaiolo 
Reinvigorating democracy: The role of emotions in engaging citizens in participatory engagement around environmental policymaking

Sala l'Altana
16.15-17.45 Climate change through a photographer’s lens
Edoardo Delille & Giulia Piermartiri
Atlas of the New World. Interactive multimedia presentation on climate change and the future of local communities

[1] Altana Room closes at 18.00.
[2] On the 12th of March, the fifth floor is only reachable by the elevator, situated just inside the main entrance, to the right of the central courtyard next to the café.

Climate, Inequality, and Democratic Action: The Force of Political Emotions - CIDAPE. This project has received funding from the European Commission under the HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Grant - EU-HORIZON EUROPE HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01 (GA 101132327)