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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Wendi Li is a Lecturer in Communications in the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Before joining Monash University in 2025, she graduated with a PhD from the University of Melbourne and taught in the Media and Communications Program there.
Her teaching and research interests lie at the intersection of global(ised) public communication, climate change activism and communication, qualitative research, methodological cosmopolitanism, and comparative studies. Wendi has an upcoming book with Routledge, entitled "Young people’s climate change communication in Hong Kong and Melbourne: Global crisis, deliberation, and citizenship" in the Routledge Series in Environmental Communication and Media.
Passionate about community building, Wendi has been elected as the Student and Early Career Representative for the Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division (2023-2025) and the Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division (2025-2027) within the International Communication Association (ICA).
Research interests
- Environmental and climate change communication
- Public sphere in the context of globalisation
- Citizenship
- Youth studies
- Methodological cosmopolitanism
- Qualitative research
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Media and Communications, PhD, Global crisis citizenship and deliberation: A comparative study of young generations' climate communication in Hong Kong and Melbourne, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 31 Aug 2023
Global Media Communication, MA, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 31 Jul 2017
Linguistics, MA, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Award Date: 30 Nov 2015
English Language and Literature, BA, Beijing International Studies University
Award Date: 31 Jul 2014
External positions
Student and Early Career Representative for Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division, International Communication Association
2025 → 2027
Student and Early Career Representative for Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division, International Communication Association
2023 → 2025
Research area keywords
- Climate change communication
- public engagement
- Identities
- Activism
- Youth studies
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Book review: Environmental risk communication in China: actors, issues, and governance
Li, W., Jun 2025, In: Global Media and China . 10, 2, p. 277-281 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Review › Other › peer-review
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ANZCA Editorial
Meng, Z., Li, W., Webster, G. & Li, Y., 2022, In: Platform. 9.2, Special Issue, p. 4-5 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Press/Media
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Hong Kong’s climate weakness: Is the government doing enough?
11/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment