Rhetoric
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- Humanities-Social sciences
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Research in rhetoric revolves around communication and argumentation from a humanities perspective. Among other things, we study how dialogue in speech and writing, non-verbal communication and visual rhetoric contribute to effective argumentation and knowledge development.
Current research subjects are crisis communication with a focus on ecological and social sustainability, discourses within care, health, and functionality as well as communication on social media. Other areas concern didactic issues and various forms of political discourse.
The rhetoric department at Örebro University has a long tradition of research in gender issues linked to public speakers. This profile includes research related to issues of discrimination, agency, and empowerment.
Rhetoric has collaborations both within and between faculties, especially in matters of multimodality, climate/environment, diversity, and didactics.
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Research projects
Active projects
- Crisis Communication in Practice
- International Symposium on Comparative Didactics (ISCOD)
- Nonverbal behaviour as argumentation in election campaign interviews
- Rhetorical actio: the power of body language
- Rhetorical Aspects on Crisis Communication
- Rhetorical messages about decontamination after a nuclear accident
- Stance that trigger conflict escalation
- The rhetoric of Swedish disability organisations
- The visual rhetoric of store-window mannequins
- To make sense of the inconceivable - press conferences of the Swedish government in connection the tsunami emergency 2004
Completed projects
- Developing Intercultural Competencies through Collaborative Rhetoric
- Rhetorical Education and the Democratic Mission of the School: Preparing Students for Academic and Civic Life
- Sustainable dialogue? Rhetoric in meetings on nuclear waste management
- The communication of Swedish nuclear power plants to the public
- The Sweden Democrats 2002-2010. A rhetorical study of public debate and argumentation..
- Women´s Rhetorics in South Africa and Sweden: a Comparative Study in democratic deliberation