Robyn Gulliver

How Collective Action Communication Frames are used to Drive Action on Climate Justice

Insights into how Australian environmental groups use collective action frames in their communication on climate justice.

Bar graph with yellow bars. Figure 1: Most common understandings of climate justice shown as a percentage of all mentions found in Australian environmental group communication.

Climate Justice: What does it mean?

Many environmental and social change groups call for climate justice, but what does ‘climate justice’ actually mean?

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Approaches to Organising: Decentralised, Directed Network and Strike Circles Models

An exploration of different organising models being utilised in Australia/NZ: Decentralised organising, Directed network and Strike Circles.

Approaches to Organising: The Ganz Model

Challenges and considerations faced by organisations in implementing the Ganz model of social change – Marshall Ganz organising model.

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Radicals: Outsiders Changing the World – Book Review

Introduction ‘Radicals: Outsiders Changing the World’ by Jamie Bartlett takes readers on an engaging journey back to the tumultuous world of 2016, a seemingly distant era pre-Covid, Trump and Brexit. This thought-provoking book delves into various ‘radical’ movements, with Bartlett immersing himself within these groups as they traverse the globe, disseminating their message and orchestrating […]

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Auckland Transport Decarbonisation Campaign (2020 – 2022)

Campaign case study to decarbonise road transport by a coalition of environmental & social change groups in Auckland, New Zealand / Aoteoroa.

Online Tactics: Digital Storms

A Digital Storm is an online event mobilising the public to email, call, text and post comments to a corporate or government target.

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Creating Change with Letter Deliveries

Introduction A letter delivery is a planned, usually in-person, event where representatives from a group or campaign deliver a letter to a manager or business. The letter explains the issue and what they would like the organisation to change. Letter deliveries have been used as a tactic by groups for a long time such as: […]

What is the Difference between Advocacy and Activism?

Find out the difference between advocacy and activism in this book chapter published in 2022 by Jane Johnston and Robyn Gulliver.

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Organising Model Structures: Influences, Challenges and Opportunities

Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey focused on influences, structure, subgroups, and how models can be strengthened.

The Shape of Organising Models

Organising Models Mapping Project survey results including images conveying how different organisations structure their organising model.

People Within Organising Models

Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey focused on how people gather to take collective action as part of organising programs.

Autonomy, Flexibility and Accountability in Organising Models

Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project focused on how organisations manage autonomy, flexibility, accountability and absorption.

Support and Leadership in Organising Models

The results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey which focus on how organisations attract, retain and support volunteers.

Australian Campaign Case Study: Stop Adani, 2012 – 2022

Learn about the Divestment campaign case study in Australia which aimed to secure commitments from institutions to divest from fossil fuels.

Australian Campaign Case Study: Divestment Campaign 2013 – 2021

Learn about the Divestment campaign case study in Australia which aimed to secure commitments from institutions to divest from fossil fuels.

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What Works to Increase Charitable Donations?

Find out from this research meta analysis how to increase donations to charities and also find out what doesn’t work.

Measuring Your Impact

How do you measure the impact of activism and advocacy work? Here are some ideas, resources and organisational examples to get you started.

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How Emotions Mobilise and Sustain the Anti-Coal Seam Gas Movement

Introduction Emotions play an important role in mobilising people to take action on social and environmental issues. In this study of the anti-coal seam gas movement in regional Australia the authors found that anger about coal seam gas mining mobilised people to take action, but the combination of anger with the joy of connecting with […]

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The Characteristics, Activities and Goals of Australian Environmental Activist Groups

A close look at the Australian environmental movement to help build our understanding about environmental movements at the national scale.

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