Perspectives on Knowledge Communication: Concepts and Settings

This collection elaborates an innovative analytical framework for knowledge communication, bringing together insights from a range of professional settings to highlight how a cross-disciplinary approach can promote a new view of knowledge that emphasizes constructivist and cognitivist perspectives.

Jan Engberg is Professor of Knowledge Communication at the School of Communication and Culture, Section of German Business Communication, Aarhus University, Denmark. His main research interests are the study of texts and genres in the academic field, cognitive aspects of domain-specific discourse, and the relations between specialized knowledge and text formulation as well as basic aspects of communication in domain-specific settings. His research is focused upon communication, translation, and meaning in the field of law.

Antoinette Fage-Butler is Associate Professor at the Department of English, School of Communication and Culture, where she gained her PhD in Knowledge Communication. Her research interests lie primarily in discursive and cultural aspects of knowledge communication, with particular focus on the communication of risk and trust between authorities and the public. She is currently Principal Investigator of the (Mis)trust of Scientific Expertise research project at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Peter Kastberg is a full professor of organizational communication and the founding director of the Communicating Organizations research group at the Faculty of the Humanities, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the founder and main organizer of the Dark Side conference series. He holds a BA and an MA degree in International Business Communication as well as a PhD in Applied Linguistics/Technical Communication. Among his current research interests are philosophy of communication, communication theory, as well as critical organizational communication.