Learning from Communicators in Social Change Rethinking the Power of Development

Jan Servaes (PhD) was UNESCO Chair in Communication for Sustainable Social Change. He has taught International Communication and Communication for Social Change in Australia, Belgium, China, Hong Kong, the United States, The Netherlands, and Thailand, in addition to several teaching stints at about 120 universities in 55 countries.  Servaes is Editor of the Lexington Book Series “Communication, Globalization and Cultural Identity” and the Springer Book Series “Communication, Culture and Change in Asia”, and was Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal “Telematics and Informatics: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Social Impacts of New Technologies”. Servaes has undertaken research, development, and advisory work around the world and is the author of journal articles and books on such topics as international and development communication; ICT and media policies; intercultural communication; participation and social change; and human rights and conflict management. He is knownfor his ‘multiplicity paradigm’ in “Communication for Development. One World, Multiple Cultures” (1999).