Deadline: August 28, 2024.

Policy to tackle climate change is not keeping up with the risks posed by climate change. There are lots of reasons for this but one of them is that climate risk information produced by scientists could be communicated in a way that is more helpful for decision-makers in the policy community.  

This programme responds to the need for science, arts and policy communities to collaborate on dynamic strategies for decision-making in response to climate risk. Through this Fellowship, participants will develop the skills, knowledge and practice to help policy audiences engage with climate risk information in ways that could improve their decisions.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1. Creative storytellers e.g., working in theatre, poetry, prose, film, television, podcasts, games, creative agencies, social purpose campaigning organisations. Your work is English language based and could be factual or fictional. You might call yourself a writer or a director or a designer or something else.
2. People with ‘experience and a developed sense of their own practice’. What does this mean? If you’ve just graduated or started making work, this probably isn’t for you. You’ve probably been working in your field for 5-10 years and done a decent handful of projects. You’re not panicked by the idea of coming up with ideas and collaborating interdisciplinarily.
3. People who are interested in exploring what it means to use their skills in an instrumental way, to help policy-makers. We get that it can be annoying when artists and creative people are expected to use their skills to fix all the problems of the world. If you’ve had enough of that, this Fellowship is probably not for you. If you’re excited by the idea of finding creative ways to engage audiences with complex subjects in a less purely artistic sense, read on.
4. People with an interest in working in the climate space – but you don’t need previous experience of projects related to this.
5. People who can travel to in-person sessions in London on the dates.

BENEFITS

1. All participants invited to attend the introductory workshop will be paid an honorarium of £100.
2. Selected Fellows will be paid a fee of £1750, split into 2 instalments. (This is calculated as a day rate of £250, attending 7 days of workshops).
3. Support with travel costs will be available for Fellows based outside London.
4. Support with access costs will be available.

APPLICATION

There are three stages of selection for the Fellowship.

1. Expression of interest: This is due by Weds 28 August 2024, 17.00. They recognise that everyone is very busy so please please do not spend ages on this. It’s just your contact details plus 3
   questions (max 1250 characters each), which are:
   ○ Tell them about a project you’ve done that you’re proud of. What was it, what makes you proud of it, (how) is it representative of what you do, what was different after it.
   ○ Tell them about a project you’ve done that has tried to change something in the world. It doesn’t matter if you feel like it succeeded or failed. What was it, how did you go about making it, what did you learn during the process, how did it change your practice.
   ○ Where are you at with climate change and how the arts and creative industries deal with it?
   Please be honest – it’s totally legit to feel terrified, frustrated, alienated, energised, like no one is listening to your opinion, like you don’t know enough to have an opinion.
   There’s a form here for you to enter your answers. If you have any questions, you can email climateactionunit@ucl.ac.uk.
2. Interview (online): These short conversations will take place on Tues 3 and Weds 4 September. You will be sent a list of questions and/ or things they’ll talk about ahead of time.
3. Final round workshop (in person, in London): This will take place on Weds 25 September. They’ll let you know if you’ve been invited to take part in this by Friday 6 September, so hopefully that will give you enough time to make arrangements and sort any diary clashes. You’ll be paid an honorarium of
   £100 for attending the workshop.

Find more information on the OFFICIAL LINK