‘The ABC of communication for social change’ is a blog run by students from Malmö University’s masters program in Communication for Development. With this blog, we aim to spread knowledge and discuss issues and theories regarding communication for development and social change with a focus on activism and new media.
A little bit about the authors of this blog:
Ebba Beattie
Ebba is a ComDev student currently on maternity leave from her job as a Communications Officer on development projects focusing on minors seeking asylum in Sweden. Living in the mountains of Jämtland, Sweden, she spend most of her free time skiing, hiking or running with her rescue dog Kea.
Lola is a communication and ou
treach specialist who works managing and designing citizen mobilization and digital activism campaigns. Her things are hiking, reading and cooking, and day-dreaming with burning down all systems of oppression. She mostly writes about indigenous peoples’ rights, cultural hegemony, and intersectionality. She loves every dog on the planet.
Susanna Rossi 
Susanna is a photographer with a keen interest in social justice and communications. With Italian, Dutch, and Canadian blood, she’s lived in Sri Lanka, Italy, The Netherlands, and Timor-Leste. Currently in Sydney, Australia, in previous chapters she has studied and worked in design, travel, disability, and has a passion for plants.
Aisha
Aisha is a Chemical Engineer by education, with a cocktail of backgrounds; Dubai, Jordan and Palestine. Lived in Canada for 3 years and currently swings between Sweden and Dubai. She is bridging her way from the Chemical Equilibrium to the Social Equilibrium. She is another human bee-ing🐝 , who aims to learn, reflect, and work collectively for holistic just development.
Nikki
Nikki is a driven and passionate advocacy specialist who believes in the value of policy, advocacy and law as tools to fight for equality and inclusion. Currently based in Lebanon, Nikki hopes to further explore the influence of sectarian identities during the 2019 Lebanese revolution for her final research project. Nikki gets uncomfortable writing about herself in the third person.